Quantitative Research Associate

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• DATE POSTED 2 days ago
• Schedule Full‑time
• Job Code 4113
• Employee Status Fixed‑Term
• Grade K
• Requisition

This position is a 1‑year fixed‑term appointment based on Stanford University’s main campus. Consideration will be given to a hybrid work schedule (partially onsite and offsite work), subject to operational need. Interested candidates should include a resume and cover letter describing why they are interested in this position at this stage in their career.

The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) is dedicated to solving education's greatest challenges. Through rigorous research, model training programs and partnerships with educators worldwide, we're pursuing equitable, accessible and effective learning for all. The GSE is a top‑ranked school of education, known for its prestigious faculty, rigorous graduate degree programs, and its impact on the quality of education across the world.

The GSE is committed to developing leaders in education research, practice and policy. Our community includes over 60 faculty, 400 students, 230 staff, 14,000 alumni and countless individuals from the local and global communities that we work with and impact.

The John W. Gardner Center was founded in 2000 as an expression of John W. Gardner’s vision for vibrant civic participation and civic life, and within that, his conviction that we have collective responsibility—as individuals, institutions, and communities—to promote and sustain civic vitality. Our multi‑disciplinary team advances this vision by conducting rigorous, actionable, and capacity‑building research and evaluation in partnership with agencies dedicated to improving positive and equitable community outcomes.

Reporting to the Deputy Director for the John Gardner Center, the Quantitative Research Associate collaborate with Gardner Center staff and community partners to design and carry out rigorous, actionable, and capacity building research that responds to the partner’s needs and enables them to make research‑informed decisions that advance their efforts to improve the lives of youth, families, and communities.

Develop and carry out research designs that utilize the most robust quantitative methods possible given project parameters (e.g., timeline, budget). This includes collecting, securing, cleaning, verifying, documenting, coding, and analyzing data using a variety of methods.

Ensure quantitative and qualitative dimensions of a study are seamlessly integrated from initial design through final reporting.

Meet with partners on an ongoing basis to review research activities, interim findings, and evolving analyses.

Communicate research findings to a variety of interested, invested, and impacted parties, including academic and community audiences. This may include writing and presenting interim research updates, non‑technical research summaries, and peer‑reviewed studies for leading peer‑reviewed journals.

Participate actively as a collaborative member of the Gardner Center team, contributing to a vibrant, generative community dedicated to community engaged scholarship in the service of ensuring the wellbeing of our most vulnerable youth, families, and communities. This includes attending regular staff meetings and retreats, supervising students and junior staff on specific projects, collaborating with colleagues across the greater Stanford community and research field, and contributing to proposal development for future projects.

• Education and Experience: A master’s degree and five years of relevant experience in area of specialization relevant to this position or a combination of relevant education, training, and/or experience.
• Preferred
  
  Education and Experience:
  
  A doctorate (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g., education, public policy, economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, public…