Senior Researcher, Employment & Economic Opportunity Program
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American Institutes for ResearchEducation research
This position has the flexibility to work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of AIR’s U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories., Availability to participate in meetings across all continental U.S. time zones and, occasionally, international time zones, predominately Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.Part-TimeSenior
Salary62 - 67 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- PhD in related subject area with 3+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Required Skills
- Microsoft ExcelR
Requirements
- Hold a PhD in a related subject area with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Have a firm understanding of implementation science.
- Have experience at contract research and/or evaluation organizations.
- Have experience with data collection methods such as structured interviews, observations, and survey research.
- Have experience with quantitative and/or qualitative analysis and analytic software such as Stata, R, Excel, NVivo, or Access.
- Have experience managing project and/or task teams on research and evaluation projects.
- Have experience building and maintaining client and partner relationships.
- Have experience with business pursuit, such as grant and proposal writing.
- Be able to develop work plans and timelines from broad ideas.
- Demonstrate organizational, interpersonal, negotiation, client management, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Be able to produce concise, high-level summaries and briefings and write accurately.
- Be able to collaborate effectively in a virtual work environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day project operations as a principal investigator, project director, or task lead.
- Lead project teams by developing timelines, coordinating staff assignments, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
- Identify research problems and design applied studies with aligned research questions, methodologies, and analytic plans.
- Lead and contribute to research proposals for federal, state, foundation, and other clients.
- Lead data collection and analysis efforts and oversee the design of data collection tools.
- Supervise field-based interviews, observations, focus groups, and document reviews.
- Conduct or oversee analysis using appropriate tools and techniques for different data types.
- Prepare reports, briefs, visualizations, and other materials communicating research findings.
- Manage client and stakeholder relationships and communicate study progress and findings.
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