Senior Researcher, Community Safety & Violence Prevention
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American Institutes for ResearchBehavioral Social Research
Candidates hired for the position may work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of our U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories.Full-TimeSenior
Salary126,000 - 154,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- PhD with 3+ years, or Master’s with 7+ years of relevant experience
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementR
Requirements
- PhD in criminology, sociology, psychology, public health, public policy, social work, anthropology, or related field with 3+ years experience.
- Alternatively, Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Deep knowledge of community safety, violence prevention, and prevention science.
- Experience in a contract research, evaluation, policy, or applied research organization.
- Proficiency with data collection and analysis software (e.g., STATA, R, Excel, NVivo, Access).
- Proven ability to serve as a Project Director managing budgets, timelines, staff, and clients.
- Experience with business pursuit, grant writing, and proposal development.
- Strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a virtual work environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage large, complex research and evaluation projects focused on community safety, violence prevention, and related systems-change efforts.
- Anticipate project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure timely, high quality deliverables.
- Ensure compliance with ethical standards, IRB requirements, and data governance policies.
- Lead and contribute to proposals and capture efforts for federal, state, local, foundation, and other client opportunities related to community safety.
- Serve as a senior methodological leader, advising teams on rigorous quantitative and/or qualitative approaches.
- Translate complex research findings into actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners.
- Manage and mentor staff to build technical capacity in community safety and research design.
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