Data Scientist, Education Systems and Policy

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📊 Data Scientist

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American Institutes for Research

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1946

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📚 Education

💰 Grant on 2017-11

Healthcare • Consulting • Education

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

• Lead or contribute to rigorous quantitative research and evaluation projects across Education Systems and Policy initiatives • Apply quantitative methods to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret data, including inferential analyses for causal and non-causal research questions • Develop, maintain, and document reproducible and collaborative analytic workflows, data management processes, and quality control procedures • Review, quality-check, and strengthen analytic code and outputs produced by junior staff; provide guidance and mentorship • Translate complex analytic findings into actionable insights for client reports, technical memos, presentations, and briefings • Manage project tasks or analytic components, including timelines, deliverables, and coordination with project leadership and clients • Support proposal development through technical and analytic contributions and study-design input • Engage internal and external stakeholders through meetings and dissemination activities

🎯 Requirements

• Master's or doctoral degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, computational social science, education data science, or a related discipline • Demonstrated understanding of education policy, education systems, and school and district finance • Demonstrated experience supporting or leading quantitative research or evaluation projects, preferably for public-sector, nonprofit, or education-focused clients • Experience designing and executing inferential analyses and contributing to research reports, briefs, or presentations • Experience managing and maintaining analytic datasets, including documentation, quality control, and reproducible workflows • Experience with machine learning methods or interest in applying ML to support causal and non-causal research • Experience working in education or K–12 research contexts • Proficiency in R, Stata, or Python for applied quantitative analysis • Ability to review, quality-check, and improve others’ analytic code and support junior staff through guidance and mentorship • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to accuracy and research best practices • Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses for technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment • Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis • Employment-based visa sponsorship, including H-1B sponsorship, is not available • Depending on project work, qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements • Selected candidates must adhere to child safeguarding standards and undergo reference and background checks

🏖️ Benefits

• AIR’s Total Rewards Program designed to reward staff competitively • Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer • Reasonable accommodation available during the employment process • Drug-free work environment

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