[Jobs] Job Opportunity: Research Scientist, AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research]

[Leora Lawton]

NORC at the University of Chicago is looking for a Research Scientist to
join AP-NORC Center team.  The position description is below.  For more
details and to apply please use this link to the NORC Career Central
website:

http://bit.ly/11hvXnN


Research Scientist - AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research

Job Description

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research is seeking a
qualified Research Scientist to manage public opinion research projects in a
fast paced environment.  The position's primary responsibilities include
project management and budgeting; questionnaire development on a range of
social and economic issues; serving as a liaison between the Center and
project stakeholders including subject matter experts and funders; oversight
of the data collection, data cleaning and file preparation process, survey
data analysis, and report writing. The Research Scientist may work from
NORC's offices in Bethesda, MD; Chicago, IL; or Boston, MA.


The AP-NORC Center is a joint research initiative created by The Associated
Press (AP) and NORC at the University of Chicago. The Center combines the
expertise of NORC, one of the world's premier social science research
organizations, with the unparalleled reach of AP, the essential global news
network whose news reports are seen every day over all media platforms and
formats by more than half the world's population. The Center's mission is to
conduct rigorous research on key social problems and policy issues and to
disseminate this research widely using the full power of AP's global reach,
thereby providing insight for informed decision-making. Learn more about the
Center at http://www.apnorc.org.

Responsibilities

- Manage survey research projects in a fast-paced environment including
scheduling the project's workflow, monitoring the project budget, overseeing
questionnaire and materials design, planning and executing data collection
and delivery, and reporting on costs and progress

- Organize and supervise the day-to-day work of the research staff team and
coaching junior staff members

- Articulate project goals to a range of stakeholders including survey
operations and methodology staff, funders, and junior research staff

- Ensure project grant requirements are continually met

- Work on questionnaire content and design, bringing an understanding of the
literature and seminal research of the substantive field to the design of
the instrument

- Analyze data collected in accordance with professional standards

- Participate in writing publication quality research reports

- Assist with the design of experiments and other methodological research
for data collection efforts

- This position also has responsibilities for developing grant applications,
generally contributing to sections in which understanding of the substantive
area is vital and in assisting with communications with funders,
consultants, and members of the research community

Qualifications

-Masters' or Doctoral degree in social or behavioral sciences including
political science, psychology, sociology, and economics -Candidates should
have experience with the design and execution of social science research and
in publishing research results, with a strong career-appropriate record of
peer-reviewed or technical publications

- Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures of survey research is
required

- The ideal candidate will have experience and knowledge of the basic
principles of the survey design, regression analysis and causal modeling in
the social sciences, sampling, standard statistical software packages
(STATA, SAS or SPSS), and quantitative data file construction

- Experience with estimating project and proposal costs is a plus

- The candidate must have very good oral and written communication skills
and a strong orientation toward working in teams and coordinating work with
other teams


About NORC


NORC at the University of Chicago is an independent research organization
headquartered in downtown Chicago with additional offices on The University
of Chicago's campus and in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland. NORC
also supports a nationwide field staff as well as international research
operations. With clients throughout the world, NORC collaborates with
government agencies, foundations, educational institutions, nonprofit
organizations and businesses to provide the data and analysis that supports
informed decision making in key areas including health, education,
economics, crime, justice, energy, security, and the environment. NORC's 70
years of leadership and experience in data collection, analysis, and
dissemination-coupled with deep subject matter expertise-provides the
foundation for effective solutions.


NORC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values and
actively seeks diversity in the workforce.


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