Principal Research Associate - Education Evaluations - Remote
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Rockville
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation
providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as
well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments.
Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than
2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near
Washington, DC.Westat is committed to building a diverse workforce
and a culture of inclusivity, belonging and equity for all. We
believe that our greatest strength draws on the different
backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and experiences of our
employees.Westat is seeking a Principal Research Associate to join
its team of experienced evaluators who design and conduct studies
of federal education programs and policies for the U.S. Department
of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and other
clients. This position involves directing one or more tasks on
large federal evaluation contracts and contributing proposals and
business development. This position is remote-eligible.Job
responsibilities:--- Directing one or more tasks on large federal
implementation or impact evaluations of federally funded education
programs or federal policies.--- Conducting quantitative
analyses.--- Co-authoring reports for policymaker audiences.---
Mentoring staff on evaluation projects and proposals.---
Contributing to the identification and advancement of business
opportunities.--- Making substantive contributions to sections of
technical proposals and budgets.Basic Qualifications:--- Doctoral
degree in a social science field (e.g., economics, education,
psychology, public policy, or sociology) with 5 or more years of
experience in education research; or a master's degree in a social
science field with 8 or more years of experience in education
research.--- Experience conducting and reporting findings from
quantitative or qualitative analyses.--- Experience on at least one
federally funded evaluation of an education program.--- Experience
on at least one federal evaluation contract.--- Experience leading
and overseeing a task or set of project activities.--- US
Citizenship is required by contract.Preferred Qualifications:---
Demonstrated experience contributing to proposals to evaluate of
education programs or policies.--- Experience leading site
recruitment for impact evaluations.--- Experience leading the
collection and analysis of administrative data.--- Experience
contributing to cost or cost-effectiveness analyses.--- Expertise
in R, SAS, Stata, or another statistical software program.---
Experience with data science applications such as natural language
processing to extract information from existing sources.---
Completion of IES-supported trainings in cluster randomized trials,
meta-analysis, quasi-experimental designs, or cost-effectiveness
analysis.--- Certification in What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) 5.0
standards.Westat offers a well-rounded and comprehensive benefits
program focused on wellness and work/life balance. Subject to plan
requirements, employees may participate in:
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