Research Analyst

Department

Consortium Research Nagoaka

As one of the first schools of social work in the United States, the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice has shaped the field for more than 100 years. As part of the University of Chicago, the Crown Family School shares the University's core values and distinctive intellectual culture. Crown Family School faculty, staff, and students focus on identifying solutions to complex social problems through research, training, and direct community engagement.

Guided by an interdisciplinary tradition, Crown Family School scholars conduct innovative research to address interconnected social challenges such as educational inequality, health disparities, crime and violence, poverty, and child and family welfare—working at multiple scales, from individual to policy-level interventions. More than 10,000 Crown Family School graduates in the US and globally hold leadership positions in academia, at nonprofits, in business, and at governmental agencies.

The Crown Family School is the home of four academic centers:
Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development, Chicago Center for HIV Elimination, the Kersten Institute for Urban Education, and the Center for Climate, Health, and Society.

The Research Analyst I will support the work of Consortium research teams as they design and implement studies. The successful candidate will contribute to the organization’s capacity to conduct highly rigorous quantitative research on the Chicago Public Schools. The position requires someone with data manipulation, quantitative research, and programming skills and a passion for doing meaningful work to improve schools. The Research Analyst I will be responsible for cleaning and building large‑scale databases and creating data documentation for new projects, as well as conducting detailed statistical analyses for research studies.

The Research Analyst I would provide data and analytic support across Consortium projects and may also be assigned to provide on‑going support to one or two projects. The successful candidate will have a commitment to equity and urban education, be deeply curious, and be willing to learn new methods and topics. The Research Analyst I position requires someone who is able to handle multiple concurrent tasks and projects and work in a highly collaborative environment.

This position is grant‑funded through 8/31/2028 and will end 8/31/2028 unless replacement funding is secured.

• Create specialized databases by merging multiple, complex data sources, including school-, student-, teacher-, community-, and neighborhood-based files.
• Conduct data quality control procedures and update and create internal processes and data documentation for Consortium projects and data library.
• Contribute to conceptualizing, designing, and planning research projects, framing research questions, and particularly identifying appropriate data sources from the Consortium library.
• Conduct statistical analysis of large‑scale databases using R, SAS, or STATA, including both simple descriptive group comparisons and advanced statistical modeling.
• Review pertinent literature and write literature summaries.
• Create effective displays of findings.
• Contribute to the writing of Consortium reports, academic journal articles, and grant proposals.
• Help manage project timelines, schedule meetings, and other project administrative tasks.
• Actively participate in organization‑wide activities, including serving on committees, attending weekly Consortium‑wide meetings, and providing feedback on others’ work.
• Participate and present findings in team and organization‑wide meetings of researchers.
• Maintain technical and administrative support for a research project.
• Recruit and schedule research subjects; assist with developing or amending study protocols; assist with developing data collection tools; assist with building databases; and provide general administrative support. Have general awareness in research techniques or methods, regulatory policies and procedures, and relevant scientific field.
• Perform other related work as needed.