Research Analyst

Summary

Policy Studies Associates, a small firm in Washington, DC, that conducts research and evaluation in education and youth development, seeks a research analyst. This is a full-time, permanent position with excellent potential for advancement.

The employee in this position will support and contribute to studies in education and youth development. Depending on research requirements, these studies may collect and analyze data from sources such as surveys, administrative databases (including databases containing test data), interviews, and focus groups. The position will draw on the employee’s content knowledge and his/her familiarity with research methods, including methods required for longitudinal and/or cross-sectional analysis and for the manipulation of data sets in SPSS, STATA, Excel, and Access.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Administering online and mail surveys
• Coding, entering, and cleaning data
• Creating, maintaining, and manipulating databases
• Creating variables for use in analysis
• Analyzing survey and administrative data, including data gathered through achievement tests
• Conducting reliability analyses to build scales
• Preparing tables and graphs based on analyses
• Conducting onsite and telephone interviews with service providers, program administrators, and participants
• Assisting in writing project reports
• Conducting Internet searches

A candidate should have a master’s degree with an excellent academic record, including courses in education, public policy, social science, mathematics/statistics, or computer science. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree only and expertise in one or more of these areas will also be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

A candidate should have academic training or work experience in several of the skill areas listed under Duties and Responsibilities. In addition, the candidate must have excellent communication skills, strong organizational and time management skills, the ability to work with others, and a career interest in being a member of a team engaged in research in education and youth development. The successful candidate for this position will work in the firm’s Washington, DC, office.

FSLSA Status: Exempt

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to:

Mary Gerace
Human Resources Coordinator
Policy Studies Associates, Inc.
1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
mgerace@policystudies.com
www.policystudies.com

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