The SCALE initiative of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, housed at Stanford Graduate School of Education is seeking a Research Associate to work on our National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) team. The SCALE initiative works to equalize and improve educational opportunities for students by supporting implementation of the most promising educational practices. One such project is the NSSA, a project begun in response to the pandemic and addressing the learning and emotional needs of students. It has expanded into a research, strategic advising and engagement program aimed at increasing students’ access to the individualized supports they need to thrive. This position will provide data management support for several fast-paced research projects for the NSSA.
Note: This is a 1-year fixed term position that may be renewed subject to funding and operational need. This position is based on Stanford’s main campus and will be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement (partly in-person, partly remote)
Your primary responsibilities will include:
The Research Associate will be responsible for cleaning, analyzing, and organizing data from multiple NSSA research partnerships, working with the Director of Research and faculty lead in defining research objectives, and summarizing and developing findings from the data collection. The position requires independent work to meet competing deadlines well as collaboration with the NSSA Research team. The Research Associate must have a demonstrated ability to support a community of diverse perspectives and cultures in an inclusive environment.
Core duties will include:
- Collect, manage and clean datasets.
- Design and customize reports based upon data in the database. Oversee and monitor regulatory compliance for utilization of the data.
- Develop charts and databases, perform statistical analyses, and develop graphs and tables for publication and presentation.
- Employ new and existing tools to interpret, analyze, and visualize multivariate relationships in data.
- Write up reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Create databases and reports, develop algorithms and statistical models, and perform statistical analyses appropriate to data and reporting requirements. Serve as a resource for non-routine inquiries such as requests for statistics or surveys.
- Use system reports and analyses to identify potentially problematic data, make corrections, and determine root cause for data problems from input errors or inadequate field edits, and suggest possible solutions.
- Provide documentation based on audit and reporting criteria to investigators and research staff.
- Communicate with government officials, grant agencies and industry representatives.
- Collaborate with faculty and research staff on data collection and analysis methods.
- Participate in project planning and strategic thinking for overall growth and direction of research teams’ projects and activities.
To be successful in this position, you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and relevant experience. Experience in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, statistics or engineering.
- Substantial experience with MS Office and analytical programs.
- Strong writing and analytical skills.
- Ability to prioritize workload.
In addition, preferred requirements include:
- Significant experience with STATA statistical software. Proficiency with other statistical software is beneficial but most of the work will be completed in STATA.
- Significant experience cleaning, analyzing, and summarizing administrative data from school districts or other educational settings.
- Have a detail orientation in quantitative work with demonstrated ability to set priorities, project manage a large volume of work, and communicate findings for a wide variety of audiences, both oral and written.
Work Standards:
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
The expected pay range for this position is $66,000-$70,000k per annum. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.