General Description:
The Child Welfare
Program Area addresses the needs of children who have been or who are at risk
of being abused or neglected, placed in foster care, or adopted. We focus on
how child welfare and collaborative agencies are structured, funded, and
administered; the policies and services implemented to address families needs;
and how interaction with child welfare agencies affects the well-being of
children and families. Through research and technical assistance, we seek to
inform policy makers and improve front-line practice.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Working as part of an experienced research team, research assistants support all aspects of the research process, including idea generation, conducting studies and producing final reports. This position requires strong analytic skills and logical thinking, great attention to detail, excellent writing skills, and an interest in and enthusiasm for topics related to child welfare. Specific responsibilities include:
Duties and Responsibilities:
Working as part of an experienced research team, research assistants support all aspects of the research process, including idea generation, conducting studies and producing final reports. This position requires strong analytic skills and logical thinking, great attention to detail, excellent writing skills, and an interest in and enthusiasm for topics related to child welfare. Specific responsibilities include:
§ Administering structured
surveys (telephone, written, online and in-person interviews) for projects
requiring primary data collection.
§ Performing library
research on specified topics and synthesizing material in the form of
bibliographies, abstracts, memoranda and reports.
§ Participating in site
visits to collect qualitative data
§ Coding and analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data.
§ Tabulating and
maintaining data and producing tables, graphs and other data
representations.
§ With instruction,
processing data using SAS/SPSS/STATA or other such statistical packages.
§ Assisting with clerical
tasks, phones, and photocopying, when necessary.
Qualifications:
§ Bachelor's degree or an
equivalent combination of education and experience or demonstrated ability to
perform entry level research in a social science field.
§ Experience with
Microsoft Office required.
§ Experience with
statistical software packages preferred but not required.
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