Research Assistant – Center for Mobility & Measurement

🔥 13 hours ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $71.2k - $111.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧬 Research Scientist

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WestEd

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1966

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

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Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

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

• Perform literature searches and literature reviews on education and related systems topics • Support research efforts with IRB approvals and data agreements • Contribute to data collection protocols • Co-lead primary and secondary data collection activities • Use software for qualitative and/or quantitative analyses • Manage, clean, analyze, and interpret data • Take notes, create agendas, and schedule meetings for research teams • Coordinate and contribute to proposal development • Create and modify report templates • Manage timelines and communicate deadlines • Contribute to and edit research and evaluation reports and proposals • Create short papers, infographics, and other materials conveying findings to clients, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers • Assist in preparing presentations for clients and conferences • Work as part of WestEd’s Center for Mobility and Measurement to conduct and apply research, develop evidence-based solutions, and provide consulting services that improve equitable outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree or graduate training in education or an equivalent social science degree • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Experience managing data • Proficiency in Microsoft Office or Google Docs • Proficiency developing organizational structures, including file-sharing software and structures, timelines, and trackers • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management • Comfort with fast-paced, quick-turnaround projects and timelines • Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently • Training or coursework in statistical methods • Experience with statistical coding, such as R, SPSS, Stata, or similar software • Experience with survey design and/or analysis • Exposure to qualitative data collection and analysis • Knowledge of education, education policy, and/or educational research • Experience working with education quantitative or qualitative data • Experience with data visualization • Ability to travel occasionally, up to 20%, within the United States • Experience with data collection and data processing, including data quality-control procedures • Experience with report writing • Experience presenting to external audiences • Applied statistical experience • Must be authorized to work in the United States • Visa sponsorship is not available • Successful candidates must pass a criminal background check and education verification

🏖️ Benefits

• 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option • Health/welfare benefits 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 valued at 3x gross salary, maximum $500,000 • Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases • Annual incentives • Professional development opportunities • Mentorship program • Option to work remotely for employee convenience • Drug-free workplace