Research Analyst, Education

🔥 0 minutes ago

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

AccessLex Institute

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1983

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit • Legal Services

AccessLex Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of lawyers by providing resources and support throughout the legal education journey. They offer a variety of programs focused on academic and bar success, financial education, and increasing diversity within legal education. AccessLex also champions research and advocacy initiatives aimed at improving access and value in legal education, and they provide tools like bar review courses and scholarship resources for aspiring law students.

📋 Description

• Contributing to the development and output of research and data tools that advance the Companys strategic goals and mission. • Providing research counsel and support to internal colleagues, grantees, and external stakeholders. • Actively contributing to the Companys research agenda to further empirical understanding of law school access, affordability, academic and bar success, and the value of legal education; • Assisting in management and maintenance of the Center's research and data tools, e.g., Analytix and XploreJD. • Organizing, structuring and cleaning data to permit for use to perform research and policy analysis. • Conducting basic statistical analyses using both internal and external data; supporting the production of visually appealing and easy to interpret tables and graphical displays of statistical results. • Advising and assisting colleagues, grantees, external researchers and consultants with research design, data analysis, data interpretation, and identifying and navigating higher education data sources. • Contributing to Company efforts to communicate findings to policy and practitioner audiences in succinct briefs, white papers, and reports. • Presenting at professional conferences; representing the Center at relevant industry conferences and events. • Assisting in the development and maintenance of a repository of research evidence and data that can support the Companys research objectives.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors degree in pre-law, statistics, economics, sociology, political science or related field AND a minimum 2 years of related experience in a similar role; OR Masters degree in education, economics, political science, public policy, sociology, statistics, or related field. • Passion for advancing access, affordability, and value in legal education. • Ability to self-organize--to manage and set deadlines independently in order to balance multiple deliverables and ensure their timely completion. • Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills; ability to anticipate and respond to challenges. • Superior attention to detail and commitment to accuracy. • Strong mathematical and analytical skills. • Knowledge (acquired through either experience or coursework) of evaluation methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative. • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel, including the generation of pivot tables and the use of typical data management functions. • Previous experience with performing quantitative analyses using R Studio, STATA, or another statistical program. • Experience writing and presenting research reports. • PREFERRED: Public speaking and presentation skills. • Knowledge of higher education or legal education data sources, data definitions and limitations. • Knowledge of higher education and student financial aid policy, particularly for graduate and professional students. • Experience translating statistical terms and methodologies to lay audiences. • Experience using R Studio. • Experience using PowerBI, Tableau, or another data visualization software program.

🏖️ Benefits

• AccessLex combines mission-driven work with long-term financial strength. • Backed by nearly $1 billion in net assets that funds a $40+ million annual operating budget. • We accomplish this by investing in the resources, programs, and personnel that ensure sustained growth and furtherance of our organizational goals.