Senior Research Analyst Education Remote

For nearly 40 years, nonprofit Access Lex Institute has been partnering with our member institutions - the nearly 200 state-affiliated and nonprofit ABA-approved law schools - to meet the ever-changing needs and challenges of law students and the legal education community we serve. From providing free resources for every step of the law school journey to maximizing the value and affordability of a law degree through research and policy advocacy, we exist to increase access and further the success of aspiring lawyers from admission to law school to admission to the bar.

Helix Bar Review is our latest service in pursuit of our nonprofit mission - empowering the next generation of lawyers.

Access Lex combines mission-driven work with long-term financial strength. Backed by nearly $1 billion in net assets that funds a $40+ million annual operating budget, we're built to advance our mission for the long haul, and we accomplish this by investing in the resources, programs, and personnel that ensure sustained growth and furtherance of our organizational goals. Learn more at Access Lex.org

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This is a remote position; however, incumbent is expected to work 8:15am-5pm eastern regardless of time zone residing in as work is currently team/project based. Annual salary is $80,000.

The Senior Research Analyst is a member of the Research Programs department—the Center for Legal Education Excellence—and provides analytical support for the Company's research and data initiatives. The position plays a key role in: a) contributing to the administration and evaluation of Lex Scholars Initiatives, b) contributing to the development and output of research and data tools that advance the Company's strategic goals and mission of increasing access, affordability and the value of legal education, and c) providing research counsel and support to internal colleagues, grantees, and external stakeholders.

• Actively contribute to the Company's research agenda to further empirical understanding of law school access, affordability, academic and bar success, and the value of legal education; assist in implementing tactics associated with the Company's Strategic Plan.
• Assist in the administration and evaluation of the Lex Scholars Pre-Law and Post-Baccalaureate law school pathway programs, including but not limited to processing program applications, entering applicant and participant data, and maintaining related databases.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods, including but not limited to survey development, in-depth interviews, focus groups, regression modeling, and other statistical techniques.
• Produce compelling and easily interpretable tables and graphical displays of statistical results for a variety of audiences.
• Organize, structure and clean data to permit for use to perform research and policy analysis.
• Advise and assist colleagues and external stakeholders with research design, data analysis, data interpretation, and identifying and navigating higher education data sources.
• Design and conduct quality control procedures for data collection, analyses, reports and the Company's data tools; produce technical reports describing procedures, data collection, and/or research results.
• Communicate findings to policy and practitioner audiences in succinct briefs, white papers and reports through cogent prose and graphical modeling.
• Present, with approval from supervisor and as needed, at professional conferences; represent the Center at relevant industry conferences and events.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of a repository of research evidence and data (e.g., the Access Lex Resource Collections) based on internal and external sources that can support the Company's research objectives, specifically, and those of legal education more generally.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

(KSAs) – To succeed in the Senior Research Analyst position, candidates should possess the following KSAs:

• REQUIRED
  • Passion for advancing access, affordability, and value in legal education.
  • Ability to self-organize to manage and set…