Senior Research Associate

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $105k - $115k / year

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🔬 Research Analyst

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TalkingPoints

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🤝 B2B

Education • Non-profit • B2B

TalkingPoints is a non-profit organization focused on enhancing student performance through effective school-family communication. Their platform provides tools and strategies to boost family engagement, particularly in K-12 settings, and addresses language barriers with translation services in over 150 languages. By leveraging data-informed practices, TalkingPoints aids schools and districts in improving student attendance, course proficiency, and overall academic outcomes, with notable success in underserved communities.

📋 Description

• Execute research studies from rapid descriptive analyses to quasi-experimental designs • Develop and maintain clear research plans: defining questions, selecting methods, setting timelines, and tracking deliverables from kickoff through dissemination • Manage, clean, and analyze data from TalkingPoints’ platform, partner datasets, and public sources • Apply methods appropriate to the question, from exploratory and descriptive analyses to advanced approaches including quasi-experimental design, hierarchical linear modeling, and natural language processing • Use R/Python for data analysis and visualization, SQL and tools like Sigma for data exploration, and AI tools to accelerate work from analysis to research communications • Turn findings into clear, compelling impact stories — presentations, reports, and publications • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to connect research to organizational priorities and support revenue generation • Engage with external district contacts in coordination with the Senior Research Manager and Director of Research • Co-develop study questions and approaches with internal and external partners

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree in social science, education, public policy, or related field with strong research methods training • 5+ years applied research experience focused on K-12 education, in nonprofit/edtech/mission-driven settings • Expertise in mixed methods design and data analysis, including comfort with proxy measures and honest communication of methodological tradeoffs • Strong project management and follow-through, with minimal need for oversight • Excellent communicator who can tailor research findings to diverse non-research audiences through clear writing and data visualizations • Strong cross-functional collaborator • Experience with public education datasets (e.g., NCES, state longitudinal systems) • Proficiency in R or Python; working knowledge of SQL and self-service data tools (e.g., Sigma) • Comfort using AI tools in research workflows • Experience handling PII/sensitive data appropriately

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Health insurance • Flexible time off • 401K match • Annual professional development benefit • Flexibility to work remotely