Quantitative Research Assistant

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $71.2k - $89k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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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

• coordinate and schedule research activities such as interviews, focus groups, and survey administrations; cultivate and sustain strategic partnerships with internal and external teams; assist with participant recruitment and incentive management. • maintain data collection and implementation measurement systems to monitor program quality; participate in various data collection efforts (e.g., focus group, surveys, interviews, etc.); conduct user needs assessments and use data-driven frameworks to guide continuous product iteration. • build, maintain, clean, and manage large datasets (e.g., Common Core of Data school directory files, client implementation databases, etc.) using Stata, R or another statistical software package; effectively summarize descriptive data for client products, dissemination, and annual reports. • contribute to the and writing of small-to-large project reports and proposals; assist in the preparation and submission of large and small proposals. • present project work to internal project teams; interface with research participants related to data collection, analyses and reports; communicate effectively with internal colleagues about project needs, including IRB, the Data Protection Office, and Accounting.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., quantitative methods, cognitive science, statistics, mathematics, data science) or degree in education or social science with knowledge about quantitative methods. • Prior coursework or direct work experience related to research and evaluation methodology, measurement, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. • Fluency with major statistical package (e.g., SPSS, SAS, R, or Stata). • Ability to balance multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and communicate effectively with peers and supervisors. • Capability to be adaptive to pressing requests and work with project directors to ensure timely completion of deliverables. • Excellent organizational skills & demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and quantitative methodologies. • Ability to collaborate with others and work in a team setting. • Strong technical writing and communication skills with the ability to coordinate multiple tasks on various projects. • Ability to develop charts, tables, and other graphics for reports. • Familiarity with generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot) and sound judgment about when and how to use them across research and technical tasks, including fact-checking, bias awareness, and source verification of written outputs, as well as catching hallucinated or incorrect code.

🏖️ 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