Health & Housing Policy Research Assistant/Associate

CTR BUDGET POLICY; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 55,800 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision and dental coverage

Retirement plan (MERP)

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) seeks a Research Assistant/Associate to support quantitative analysis across Health Policy (~70%) and Housing & Income Security (~30%). The role involves data extraction, cleaning, and interpretation to inform CBPP papers and policy briefs.

Hybrid work in Washington, DC, with a strong emphasis on equity and collaborative research. Responsibilities include developing analytic tables and visualizations, monitoring policy trends, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with coursework demonstrating strong quantitative skills.
• Advanced degree in economics, public policy, statistics, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience.
• Strong quantitative skills and ability to manipulate data in Excel and statistical software (Stata, R, Python).
• Excellent research skills and ability to summarize findings in writing.
• Commitment to CBPP’s mission and advancing racial equity.
• Strong project management, independence, collaboration, and time-management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to evaluate health or housing policies and their impact across demographics and states.
• Extract, clean, transform, and analyze quantitative government surveys and admin data using Stata and Excel; document methods.
• Prepare tables, graphs, and data visualizations for CBPP papers and presentations.
• Assist in monitoring trends in health insurance coverage, program enrollment and costs.
• Collaborate with health and housing policy experts to interpret findings and integrate into analyses.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Research skills

Communication skills

Project management

Equity focus

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Assistant)

Advanced degree in economics, public policy, statistics (Associate)

Tools

Stata

R

Python

Excel

Job description

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) seeks a Research Assistant/Associate to support quantitative analysis across Health Policy (~70%) and Housing & Income Security (~30%). The role involves data extraction, cleaning, and interpretation to inform CBPP papers and policy briefs.

Hybrid work in Washington, DC, with a strong emphasis on equity and collaborative research. Responsibilities include developing analytic tables and visualizations, monitoring policy trends, and contributing to