Research Assistant – Senior, Early Childhood
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Research Assistant supporting Child Trends’ early childhood social science research projects. Collecting, analyzing, and organizing data for research, evaluation, and policy projects.
Responsibilities:
- Support multiple Early Childhood research projects simultaneously under staff supervision
- Gather data and information from study participants and stakeholders
- Develop project materials and data collection tools
- Administer surveys and questionnaires and conduct interviews
- Compile research results
- Recruit and follow up with study participants
- Schedule interviews, focus groups, and meetings
- Take and summarize notes for teams, clients, and stakeholders
- Assist with scheduling, participant incentives, budget tracking, progress reports, and mailings
- Conduct observations, interviews, surveys, and other data collection
- Support literature reviews by collecting and synthesizing research
- Tabulate and maintain study data; perform data entry, data cleaning, and quality checks
- Develop tables and graphs
- Conduct basic quantitative analyses using Stata, R, or other statistical packages
- Analyze qualitative data using Dedoose, NVivo, and basic thematic coding
- Organize project files and track deadlines
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in one of the social sciences
- Demonstrated ability to perform beginning-level research in a social science field
- Strong detail orientation and written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with literature reviews
- Excellent writing skills, including communicating complex information for general audiences
- Excellent task management and organizational skills
- Strong communication skills for collaborative work
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to provide and take direction
- All candidates must be authorized to work in the US
- Background check required at hire, contingent upon results
- Resume/CV, cover letter, brief writing sample, and three professional references required
- Two to three years of applied research experience outside college courses may qualify for the Senior Research Assistant level
- Experience with early childhood research or policy, applied research settings, Spanish-language research, and Stata/R are desired but not required
Benefits:
- Benefits eligibility
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible remote work arrangement
- Reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process
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