Research and Assessment Intern 2024
2 months ago
Research and Assessment Intern (Graduate Level)
Job Description
About This Role:
Job Overview
The Research and Assessment intern will participate in evaluation and applied research activities as part of the research and assessment team at ATD. This internship will provide opportunities to gain experience working in an applied setting within a non-profit organization, including evaluation and research activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Contribute to a major survey build in Qualtrics along with supporting related report and dashboard development in Tableau or similar platform.
- Contribute as part of a team doing qualitative analysis of documents related to college-wide student success work.
- Employ both qualitative and quantitative research methods in a non-profit applied setting.
- Work collaboratively with a cross-disciplinary research team.
- Write reports for a lay audience to convey research results.
- Other duties as assigned.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate understanding of research and assessment functions in an applied, non-profit setting and be able to make basic judgements/decisions about research methodology in this setting.
- Gain hands on experience in conducting qualitative data analysis with the use of qualitative data analysis software.
- Gain hands on experience building surveys in Qualtrics or similar platform.
- Build skills in developing automated reports and dashboards using Tableau or similar platform.
- Grow writing skills by contributing to both qualitative and quantitative analysis reporting.
- Develop professional skills in communication and collaboration with a specific emphasis on doing so in a remote setting.
Skills/Qualifications/Experience
- Current graduate student (Masters or Doctorate level) in social sciences (education, human development, sociology, psychology, public policy, or similar field).
- Completed coursework must include graduate research methods courses including both quantitative and qualitative methods and analysis.
- Demonstrated experience conducting literature reviews and writing research reports.
- This is a virtual position. In addition to the research skills needed to participate in the work, a strong candidate will be self-directed. The research and assessment team works collaboratively, and good communication skills are an asset to participating fully in the team. This is a learning internship, and strong candidates will have an interest in the fields of education and higher education, particularly in the context of community colleges, along with a desire to explore research in a non-profit setting.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite, including spreadsheets and word processing.
- Experience using qualitative software such as dedoose or NVIVO.
- Experience doing multi-methods projects a bonus.
Core Competencies
Collaboration: Demonstrates respect, humility, and willingness to collaborate when seeking to understand others and making decisions.
Equity Mindset: Demonstrates capacity to recognize and address racialized structures, policies, and practices, that produce and sustain racial inequities.
Learning Orientation: Embraces challenges, new ideas and different perspectives as an opportunity to learn; continually seeks out and applies new learning to activate change or improvements.
Systems Thinking: Defines the system and one’s role in the system. Sees relationships and the dynamic elements of the holistic system and executes work accordingly. Influences the system and maps connections to ATD’s external landscape.
ATD strongly encourages applicants from diverse and historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.
Along with your resume/CV, please provide an unofficial transcript from your graduate work, as well as a cover letter in which you discuss the following:
- How will working at ATD contribute to your post-graduate school goals?
- What qualities, experiences, or other considerations do you believe make you an ideal candidate for this position?
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Achieving the Dream believes that diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to its work and its mission. ATD takes meaningful steps to promote inclusion in its hiring, retention, promotion, and board recruitment, and supports equity work at the community colleges it serves.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally- protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
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