Senior Researcher, Health Innovations

🕒 January 16

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💵 $122k - $162.7k / year

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🧬 Research Scientist

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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

• Manage day-to-day project operations in roles such as principal investigator, project director, or task lead, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard. • Lead collaborative project teams by developing timelines and coordinating staff assignments. • Identify research problems and design rigorous applied studies, including aligned research questions, methodologies, and analytic plans. • Apply subject-matter expertise to design and implement relevant, responsive, and impactful research projects. • Lead and contribute to research proposals for federal, state, foundation, and other clients. • Devise and implement innovative solutions to practical challenges in applied research. • Lead data collection and analysis efforts, including the design of qualitative and/or quantitative data collection tools (e.g., interview protocols, focus group guides, surveys). • Supervise field-based data collection activities, including interviews, observations, focus groups, and document reviews. • Conduct or oversee data analysis using appropriate tools and techniques for various data types. • Communicate study progress and findings clearly and effectively through reports, briefs, visualizations, and other materials. • Represent the organization professionally in client interactions and manage client and stakeholder relationships with awareness of the broader policy and practice landscape. • Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients, partners, and stakeholders, and foster positive, collaborative working relationships. • Contribute thoughtfully and creatively to project teams.

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in a related field (e.g., Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Public Policy, or a related discipline) with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience. • Demonstrated ability to translate complex ideas into actionable work plans and timelines. • Experience with qualitative data collection methodologies (e.g., structured interviews, observations, survey research) and analytic software (e.g., NVivo), and/or quantitative analysis using tools such as Stata, R, Python, or Access. • Experience managing project and/or task teams on research and evaluation projects. • Experience building and maintaining strong client and partner relationships. • Experience supporting business development efforts, including grant and proposal writing. • Experience analyzing claims and other large or complex data sets. • Experience working in contract research and/or evaluation organizations.

🏖️ Benefits

• AIR’s Total Rewards Program is designed to reward our staff competitively and motivate them to achieve our critical mission.