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Senior Researcher, Community Safety & Violence Prevention

6 hours, 28 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
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American Institutes for Research

American Institutes for Research

American Institutes for Research is a leading behavioral and social science research organization dedicated to using rigorous evidence to enhance everyday life and address critical societal issues across various fields, including education, health, and...

Professional Services
1K-5K
Founded 1946
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Description

  • Manage large, complex research and evaluation projects focused on community safety, violence prevention, and systems-change efforts.
  • Anticipate project risks and develop mitigation strategies to keep deliverables timely and high quality.
  • Ensure compliance with ethical standards, IRB requirements, and data governance policies.
  • Lead and contribute to proposals and capture efforts for community safety-related opportunities across federal, state, local, foundation, and other clients.
  • Develop proposal strategies, including conceptual design, methodological plans, staffing, and budgets.
  • Identify new business opportunities and cultivate partnerships that advance the organization’s mission.
  • Serve as a senior methodological leader and advise teams on rigorous quantitative and/or qualitative approaches.
  • Lead the review, analysis, synthesis, and visualization of data using appropriate methods and techniques.
  • Translate complex research findings into actionable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and community partners.
  • Manage and mentor staff, provide coaching to mid-level researchers, and foster a collaborative team environment.

Requirements

  • PhD in criminology, sociology, psychology, public health, public policy, social work, anthropology, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
  • Deep knowledge of community safety, violence prevention and intervention, prevention science, and/or implementation science.
  • Ability to take big ideas and develop work plans and timelines.
  • Experience in a contract research, evaluation, policy, or applied research organization.
  • Experience with broad data collection methods such as structured interviews, observations, and survey research.
  • Experience with quantitative and/or qualitative analytic software such as STATA, R, Excel, NVivo, and Access.
  • Proven ability to serve as a Project Director or equivalent role, including managing budgets, timelines, staff, and client relationships.
  • Experience building and maintaining strong relationships with community- and systems-based clients and cross-sector stakeholders.
  • Experience with business pursuit activities such as grant and proposal writing.
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, presentation, facilitation, and thought leadership skills, including the ability to write concise summaries and briefings.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively in a virtual work environment.
  • Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis; no employment-based visa sponsorship is available.
  • Qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements depending on project work.
  • Preferred: experience working on broad community- and systems-based approaches to violence prevention and community safety.
  • Preferred: familiarity with mixed methods approaches to building evidence.

Benefits

  • Remote work available within the United States or from one of AIR’s U.S. office locations.
  • Annual salary range of $126,000 to $154,000 USD.
  • AIR’s Total Rewards Program with competitive compensation.
  • Salary offers determined using internal equity and external market competitiveness.
  • Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.
  • Reasonable accommodation support during the employment process.
  • Background and reference checks conducted for selected candidates.
  • Drug-free work environment.

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