Westat · 4 days ago

Principal Research Associate - Education Evaluations

Rockville, MD

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$135K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

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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.

Qualification

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Quantitative AnalysisQualitative AnalysisEducation Program EvaluationFederal EvaluationProject ManagementProblem-SolvingLeadershipProposal EvaluationRecruitmentData AnalysisCost AnalysisStatistical SoftwareData ScienceNatural Language ProcessingCluster Randomized TrialsMeta-AnalysisQuasi-Experimental DesignsCost-Effectiveness AnalysisWhat Works Clearinghouse Standards

Required

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.