Research Associate – Language and Literacy Research, Evaluation

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $92k - $115k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

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WestEd

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1966

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

WestEd is a nonprofit research, evaluation, and services organization that partners with schools, districts, communities, and policymakers to improve education and human development. Through rigorous research, professional learning, and technical assistance, WestEd supports early childhood development, K–12 and special education, assessment, teacher workforce development, and systemwide transformation. It also focuses on policy/practice guidance and emerging areas such as AI in education, economic mobility, and workforce pathways to translate evidence into practical solutions and resources.

📋 Description

• Contribute to research design decisions, including selection of methods, measures, and study designs appropriate for literacy and language evaluations. • Develop data collection protocols. • Collect and prepare data for and conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis. • Analyze data to measure the effectiveness of educational programs and interventions. • Develop tables, figures, and data displays that communicate findings clearly to research and practitioner audiences. • Analyze and synthesize qualitative data from interviews, observations, and documents using systematic coding and analytic approaches. • Conduct literature reviews, including the identification and gathering of relevant research. • Lead the development of project plans and timelines to produce timely, high-quality deliverables. • Build productive working relationships to coordinate shared work and accomplish project goals. • Communicate with study participants and stakeholders to coordinate fieldwork and maintain project momentum. • Develop and manage IRB documentation and approvals and data sharing agreements. • Write and present findings in formats tailored to research and practitioner audiences, including reports, memos, policy briefs, and presentations. • Contribute to the creation of proposals and outreach efforts that advance the goals of the Literacy Team.

🎯 Requirements

• Knowledge of educational issues in the K-12 literacy context. • Master’s degree in education, public policy, economics, or closely related field. • Proficiency with research software such as Stata, R, SPSS, NVIVO, Dedoose. • Understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods, with expertise in inferential statistics and data management. • Additional Experiences of Interest (Preferred) Experience with school-based work (e.g., teaching, leadership, coaching, curriculum coordination, assessment, or intervention support) • Organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills • Exceptional written and oral communication with a variety of interest holders • Ability to think critically about complex problems, break down those problems into manageable parts, and engage in creative problem solving to achieve practical and efficient solutions

🏖️ Benefits

• 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option • All health/welfare benefits are effective the first of the month following the hire date • PTO: 19 days (increases to 21 days beginning the third year of employment), 12 paid holidays • Life Insurance: value of 3x gross salary, max of 500k • Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases + annual incentives • Professional development opportunities & mentorship program