Advancing Evidence. Improving Lives.
Mixed Methods Disability Researcher
Location
California + 4 moreAll locations: California | Illinois | North Carolina | Texas | Virginia
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
$92.7K - $113K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Mixed Methods Disability Researcher
American Institutes for Research
• Demonstrating and applying content knowledge and methodological expertise to study design decisions, project activities, and reporting. • Contributing to or supervising collection and management of data for projects; · Leading or contributing to designs for rigorous experimental, quasi-experimental, and descriptive studies. • Leading or contributing to quantitative analysis and write-up of research technical reports, briefs and other project deliverables. • Carrying out task management activities, including supervising junior staff, communicating with senior managers, and communicating with clients as appropriate. • Engaging in business development activities, including cultivating relationships with existing and potential new clients, capture planning, managing or writing proposals. • Supporting collaboration among team members, both internal and external to the organization. • Contributing to dissemination activities, including presentations, journal manuscripts, issue briefs, data dashboards, infographics and other products for a variety of audiences. • Mentoring staff, share approaches to solving concrete study design and analytic problems, and provide feedback on the work of others.
Job Requirements
- Ph.D. in Higher Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics, Public Policy or related field, or Master’s degree with 4-7 years of relevant work experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in disability research, including familiarity with disability policy, vocational rehabilitation systems, independent living supports, and evidence-based practices that promote employment and community participation for adults and transition-aged youth with disabilities.
- Experience with mixed‑methods data collection using structured interviews, observations, surveys, and other qualitative and quantitative techniques.
- Experience leading mixed‑methods data analysis, including descriptive and inferential statistical analysis as well as management and analysis of interview and focus group data.
- Demonstrated familiarity with data organization, including database structure, record layouts, and file structure.
- Experience with co-authoring systematic reviews, scoping reviews or other rigorous evidence syntheses using written protocols.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of research principles and research design.
- Knowledge of various analytic and data management software (e.g., SPSS, Excel, STATA, R, NVivo, Airtable).
- Familiarity with responsible use of artificial intelligence in research activities.
- Experience with developing and implementing interventions and their outcome evaluations.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
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