Mixed Methods Disability Researcher

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American Institutes for Research

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1946

📚 Education

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Grant on 2017-11

Education • Healthcare Insurance • Social Impact

American Institutes for Research is dedicated to advancing evidence and improving lives through rigorous research and evaluation. The organization focuses on education, health, human services, and international initiatives, providing technical assistance and data science capabilities to address critical social issues. With a mission to generate evidence that contributes to a better and more equitable world, AIR collaborates with communities, policymakers, and researchers to support evidence-based solutions across various sectors.

📋 Description

• Demonstrating and applying content knowledge and methodological expertise to study design decisions, project activities, and reporting. • Contributing to or supervising collection and management of data for projects; · Leading or contributing to designs for rigorous experimental, quasi-experimental, and descriptive studies. • Leading or contributing to quantitative analysis and write-up of research technical reports, briefs and other project deliverables. • Carrying out task management activities, including supervising junior staff, communicating with senior managers, and communicating with clients as appropriate. • Engaging in business development activities, including cultivating relationships with existing and potential new clients, capture planning, managing or writing proposals. • Supporting collaboration among team members, both internal and external to the organization. • Contributing to dissemination activities, including presentations, journal manuscripts, issue briefs, data dashboards, infographics and other products for a variety of audiences. • Mentoring staff, share approaches to solving concrete study design and analytic problems, and provide feedback on the work of others.

🎯 Requirements

• Ph.D. in Higher Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics, Public Policy or related field, or Master’s degree with 4-7 years of relevant work experience. • Demonstrated expertise in disability research, including familiarity with disability policy, vocational rehabilitation systems, independent living supports, and evidence-based practices that promote employment and community participation for adults and transition-aged youth with disabilities. • Experience with mixed‑methods data collection using structured interviews, observations, surveys, and other qualitative and quantitative techniques. • Experience leading mixed‑methods data analysis, including descriptive and inferential statistical analysis as well as management and analysis of interview and focus group data. • Demonstrated familiarity with data organization, including database structure, record layouts, and file structure. • Experience with co-authoring systematic reviews, scoping reviews or other rigorous evidence syntheses using written protocols. • Demonstrated knowledge and experience of research principles and research design. • Knowledge of various analytic and data management software (e.g., SPSS, Excel, STATA, R, NVivo, Airtable). • Familiarity with responsible use of artificial intelligence in research activities. • Experience with developing and implementing interventions and their outcome evaluations.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Health insurance • Retirement plans