Senior Researcher, Suicide Prevention and Safety Outcomes

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American Institutes for Research

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📚 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 large, complex research projects or a portfolio of smaller studies, ensuring alignment with client expectations and organizational priorities. • Oversee project planning, design, and implementation, including development of methods, procedures, timelines, and reporting structures. • Anticipate project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure timely, high‑quality deliverables. • Ensure compliance with ethical standards, IRB requirements, and data governance policies. • Serve as a methodological authority, advising teams on advanced quantitative, qualitative, and mixed‑methods approaches. • Develop conceptual frameworks and innovative research methodologies that advance understanding of prevention and evaluation topics. • Lead the review, analysis, synthesis, and visualization of data using appropriate practices and techniques. • Ensure data integrity, reproducibility, and strong documentation across all analytic workflows. • Contribute to organizational strategy by identifying emerging research needs, funding trends, and opportunities for innovation in public health and prevention science. • Represent the organization in national working groups, advisory panels, and technical expert meetings. • Lead internal capacity‑building efforts through trainings, workshops, and knowledge‑sharing initiatives. • Communicate effectively—both orally and in writing—with clients, partners, funders, and other key stakeholders. • Translate complex research findings into actionable insights tailored to policymakers, practitioners, and community partners. • Manage client and stakeholder relationships with professionalism and awareness of the broader policy and practice landscape. • Curate external relationships by engaging thought leaders, innovators, and implementation partners across the public health arena.

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in related subject area (e.g., Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Public Policy, or related field) with 3+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience. • Firm understanding of implementation science. • Ability to take big ideas and develop work plans and timelines. • Experience at contract research and/or evaluation organization(s). • Experience with data collection methodologies (including but not limited to structured interviews, observations, survey research) and analysis activities (including but not limited to experience with quantitative and/or qualitative analytic software packages such as STATA, R, Excel, NVivo, and Access). • Experience managing project and/or task teams on research and evaluation projects. • Experience building and maintaining client and partner relationships. • Experience with business pursuit (e.g., grant and proposal writing).

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities