Research Analyst

The Center for the Transformation of Schools (CTS) at UCLA's School of Education and Information Studies (Ed&IS) is dedicated to partnering with the education ecosystem to bring about systems change through Humanizing Research, Validating Practices, and Transformative Policies with key stakeholders to support equitable educational outcomes for historically underserved students. Our vision is to be a catalyst for learning communities to boldly nurture and protect the dignity, wellbeing, and full potential of all students.
The Research Analyst will play a significant role in developing, managing and executing the project for the duration of the grant. Reporting to the Project Director, Research Director, Executive Director of Research Administration, and Faculty Directors, the Research Analyst will assist in carrying out research projects related to educational equity and access issues, with a focus on Regional Technical Assistance and Coaching-Community Schools project. The Research Analyst will focus on disparities in school discipline, achievement, graduation rates and other areas, prioritizing work in California but including other states and federal level programs. Specifically, the Research Analyst will be deeply involved in the design, organization, management, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data to examine patterns of disparities in education, discipline, and access to educational supports or resources along a broad set of demographic and economic quantitative data sources. Incumbent will participate in collaborative research, report writing, and dissemination, including public presentations of research findings and assistance with strategy development for policy change work in California among all the CTS research projects. This position will be based at the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA. Some travel to conduct field work and to attend conferences/meetings will be required.
The Research Analyst will work closely with the Project Director, Research Director, Executive Director of Research Administration, and Faculty Directors to support deliverables for Los Angeles County Office of Education Regional Technical Assistance and Coaching- Community Schools research portfolio. This includes establishing the research agenda and study design and analysis, identifying related research projects, scholarly networks, project development efforts, and supporting school, district, university, county, and state practices tied to the grant's goals. The incumbent may be asked to assist with other CTS projects as needed.
The Research Analyst will also be responsible for managing bi-weekly meetings for RTAC Community Schools research teams at CTS, meetings with center staff, supporting the project and period reporting to partners.
The Research Analyst will co-develop a timeline, evaluation metrics, and project management benchmarks in Monday.com with CTS staff and leadership, including external partners when appropriate and generate tools for measuring progress for the studies.
Percentage of Time:
100
Shift Start:
8:00 am
Shift End:
5:00 pm
Qualifications for Position
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Qualifications
Required/Preferred
1. Knowledge of K-12 education policy, at the state and federal levels, specifically pertaining to school discipline and issues of inequity in education.
Required
2. Experience in training local advocates to use data in presentations, and in
related problem-solving activities with school boards, administrators, teachers'
unions and community members.
Preferred
3. Ability to accept delegated work, validate expectations, problem-solve
obstacles, and follow-up to completion and/or report status of delegated tasks.
Required
4. Ability and willingness to work as an effective, collegial, contributing
member of the project team and work independently to successfully accomplish
assigned tasks.
Required
5. Ability to work with competing deadlines, manage multiple assignments,
meet fixed deadlines, and follow tasks through to completion.
Required
6. Ability to travel to sites in and outside the state to represent CTS if required
by the research or at the request of the supervisor.
Required
7. Demonstrated ability to prepare high level presentations for scholars,
lawyers, education administrators and policymakers.
Required
8. Experience writing grant proposals for extramural funding.
Can be trained
9. Advanced degree in education, sociology, urban planning, public policy,
statistics, law, economics, an allied field, or equivalent combination of education
and experience.
Preferred
10. Strong knowledge of and background in quantitative research methods and
analysis, education research, evaluation, and data collection design for
quantitative methodologies.
Required
11. Demonstrated ability to efficiently operate computers and utilize quantitative
statistical software (e.g. SPSS, Stata).
Required
12. Familiarity with programs such as DBMSCop; experience translating
data findings into web tools and data visualizations.
Required
13. Background and experience in writing or contributing to the writing of
education research summaries and policy reports, proposals and/or other
related documents.
Required
14. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, implement, and successfully complete
research projects with excellent attention to detail.
Required
15. Excellent skills in oral and written English communication including, as
appropriate, skill in writing sections of reports, proposals, and other documents
with fluency and precision.
Required
16. Ability and willingness to work directly and collaboratively with multilingual,
multiethnic, and/or multiracial education and non-education professionals and
laypersons.
Required
17. Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
Required
Additional Posting Information
Bargaining Unit:
99-Policy Covered
Application Deadline:
03-25-2024
External Posting Date: