Quantitative Research Associate, Human & Community Dev

American Institutes for Research; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

American Institutes for Research is seeking a Quantitative Research Associate to support applied research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects within the Human and Community Development program. You will work with interdisciplinary teams on portfolio work spanning children, families, safety, and justice initiatives, contributing to literature reviews, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

The role emphasizes rigorous data management, statistical analysis in R or Stata, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, statistics, data science, mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field with 2+ years of experience; or a Master’s degree in one of these fields.
• Experience conducting quantitative data collection.
• Experience managing and cleaning quantitative data.
• Experience using quantitative data analysis software, such as Stata or R.

Responsibilities

• Assist project teams in compiling and synthesizing information, including literature reviews and policy scans.
• Participate in the collection and review of research and evaluation data.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data and contribute to interpretation and reporting of findings.
• Prepare documents, report sections, briefs, charts, and graphs describing analysis findings.
• Support proposal writing and business development activities.

Skills

Data analysis

Quantitative data handling

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s in social sciences or quantitative field

Master’s in quantitative field

Tools

Stata

R

Excel

Job description

American Institutes for Research is seeking a Quantitative Research Associate to support applied research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects within the Human and Community Development program. You will work with interdisciplinary teams on portfolio work spanning children, families, safety, and justice initiatives, contributing to literature reviews, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

The role emphasizes rigorous data management, statistical analysis in R or Stata, and