Senior Research Associate

15 hours ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States U of C NORC Full time
Job Title: Senior Research Associate I

NORC at the University of Chicago is seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Associate I to join our team in the Chicago – Hyde Park office. The successful candidate will work closely with our research and evaluation teams on various projects in the arts, culture, and community field, and may also work in adjacent areas like education and health.

Responsibilities:
  • Assist with business development activities, including participating in early-stage conversations and supporting proposal efforts.
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of key project tasks in collaboration with other researchers.
  • Develop instruments for quantitative or qualitative data collection.
  • Conduct quantitative or qualitative data analysis and synthesis.
  • Develop charts, tables, visualizations, and narratives communicating study findings.
  • Draft reports and presentations for clients and other local or national stakeholders.
  • Be informed about national, regional, and issue-specific discourse in the arts and culture sector and related areas, especially equity movements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree, with a Master's degree strongly preferred (ideally in public policy, economics, statistics, developmental psychology, sociology, or education); degrees in other subjects may be considered if relevant skills apply.
  • Minimum three years' research experience, including having played a lead role in managing and executing tasks such as data cleaning, analysis, and reporting.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, along with excellent writing and organizational abilities.
  • Experience with quantitative analysis, including working knowledge of R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, or other statistical analysis tools.
  • The successful candidate must also demonstrate effective workplace competencies, including attentiveness to detailed tasks, organizational skills, and ability to meet requirements of multiple assignments simultaneously.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
  • Effective written and verbal communication.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including ability to work with Microsoft Teams.
  • Occasional travel for research fieldwork, site visits, meetings, and conferences may be required.
Benefits:
  • Generously subsidized health insurance, effective on the first day of employment.
  • Dental and vision insurance.
  • A defined contribution retirement program, along with a separate voluntary 403(b) retirement program.
  • Group life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance.
  • Benefits that promote work/life balance, including generous paid time off, holidays; paid parental leave, bereavement leave, tuition assistance, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
About NORC:

NORC at the University of Chicago is an objective, non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions. Since 1941, our teams have conducted groundbreaking studies, created and applied innovative methods and tools, and advanced principles of scientific integrity and collaboration.

We take a comprehensive approach to setting salary ranges and reviewing raises and promotions, which is overseen by a formal Salary Review Committee (SRC). Our commitment to pay equity and salary transparency helps to reduce wage gaps.

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