Remote Research Assistant, Learning & Education

American Institutes for Research; United States; Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

American Institutes for Research (AIR) seeks a Research Assistant to support its Learning Supports program. The role covers literature reviews, data preparation, analysis, and dissemination across multiple projects, with travel and collaboration across teams.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and strong communication and organizational skills, plus familiarity with NVivo, R, or Stata. Remote work within the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences or related field.
• Knowledge of or experience with research methodologies and data collection approaches.
• Experience with or interest in learning communication tools and strategies.
• Experience with or interest in learning software such as NVivo, R, or Stata for data analysis is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct literature reviews to support research projects and proposal development activities.
• Prepare and clean data for analysis, including renaming variables and generating derived variables.
• Code and review studies for research synthesis and evidence review projects.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses and contribute to reporting findings.
• Support recruitment and engagement of schools and districts in studies.

Skills

Literature reviews

Data cleaning

Data analysis

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences

Tools

NVivo

R

Stata

Job description

American Institutes for Research (AIR) seeks a Research Assistant to support its Learning Supports program. The role covers literature reviews, data preparation, analysis, and dissemination across multiple projects, with travel and collaboration across teams.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and strong communication and organizational skills, plus familiarity with NVivo, R, or Stata. Remote work within the U.S.