(Internally Only) Role Overview: The Senior Research Analyst is responsible for working with and supporting CZ programs/policy teams to develop, manage, and refine research and data collection strategies that answer questions at the heart of policy and advocacy campaigns. The Senior Research Analyst will provide and/or oversee comprehensive analysis of campaign data and communicate findings in a compelling and actionable way to diverse audiences for over two dozen campaigns. Additionally, as a member of the Research & Data team, the Senior Research Analyst will conduct ad hoc analyses and work on discrete research projects with a range of partners. The Senior Research Analyst will report to the Senior Research Manager.

Description

(Internally Only)

Core Competencies

• A personal commitment to dismantling oppressive, marginalizing systems;
• Dedication to upholding and modeling an organizational culture that is anti-racist, inclusive, and committed to a growth mindset;
• Clear understanding of and belief in the power of activism, organizing, and research to push for social change and racial justice; 
• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative organization;
• Exemplary written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to use multiple data sources/points to identify trends, compose straightforward analyses, and present data insights in an accessible format;
• Ability to design and deploy rapid-response analyses to support campaign managers’  plans to persuade decision-makers and legislators;
• Detail-oriented and demonstrates forethought to ensure high-quality data collection and research insights;

Responsibilities

• Support research design and implementation led by the Senior Research Manager, including creating data shells, writing and maintaining data collection instruments such as codebooks and methodology.
• Collect, clean, and structure data from multiple sources (administrative records, public records responses, researcher‑generated data) using tidy principles; maintain data dictionaries and metadata.
• Partner with campaign managers and analysts to implement optimal research design and data collection strategies for multiple campaigns that span from policy assessment to quasi-experimental.
• Perform quality assurance (QA): check data for completeness, consistency, and outliers; flag and resolve issues with teammates.
• Synthesize relevant and key research findings to support campaign policy and advocacy objectives through the development and maintenance of dashboards.
• Identify areas and strategies for automation within campaigns and communicate automation needs to CZ data science and engineering operations.
• Problem-solve and identify trends, themes, and common areas for improvement across CZ campaigns.
• Support the creation of instructional materials for staff training related to research methodology, data collection, and organizational technical tools.
• Manage the operations of one or more campaigns, and with the Senior Research Manager, design the campaign’s research program.
• Serve as a day-to-day “research point of contact” between campaigns and the Senior Research Manager, with an emphasis on methods and quality assurance. 

Required Qualifications

• 1 or more years of experience with quantitative and qualitative research projects, specifically implementing and documenting robust data-generation protocols and methodologies (may be non-traditional).
• 1 or more years of experience tidying, cleaning, reshaping, coding, merging, and/ or preparing administrative data files and researcher-generated data for analysis, with a preference for experience with applying the Tidy data framework.
• Demonstrated experience with data manipulation and/or statistical modeling using statistical software and programming languages like R, SQL, Python, and Stata.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in social science or a similar analytical field (i.e., Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Law, etc), or equivalent non-traditional experience. 
• Familiarity with retrieving and/or extracting information from relational databases via SQL and/or other automated coding mechanisms.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Familiarity and experience working within project management or product management frameworks.
• Experience managing relationships with different research stakeholders and funders. 

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