E3 Alliance UT Graduate Research Assistant

E3 Alliance UT Graduate Research Assistant

E3 Alliance is a nonprofit organization leading the charge in the relentless pursuit of education transformation for Texas students. Founded in 2006, E3 Alliance is a Texas-based education collaborative that leverages data to serve as a catalyst to impact educational outcomes for all students—cradle to career. Partnering with school, community, and business leaders, E3 Alliance brings together diverse voices to collaborate and build a strong, equitable education pipeline that delivers a trained and educated workforce while creating long-term, systemic change.

Our Core Values:
Trustworthy | Resolute | Collaborative | Intentional

At E3 Alliance, we value both the effectiveness of remote work and the importance of in-person collaboration. E3 Alliance offers flexibility of working remotely or coming into an office. Some in-person meetings are required.

Purpose

E3 Alliance is looking for a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) to support research projects through data analysis, literature review, and reporting. This placement is in partnership with E3 Alliance and the University of Texas  GRA will work with E3 Alliance research staff to prepare data, review evidence, create clear summaries and visuals, and help communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

Data Analysis

• Clean, organize, validate, and document data from approved sources.
• Create and maintain reproducible analytic scripts and workflows.
• Analyze data and produce clear tables, figures, and other outputs.
• Follow data security, confidentiality, version control, and quality assurance practices.
• Work with E3 Alliance staff to clarify project goals, research questions, timelines, and deliverables.

Literature Review

• Conduct literature reviews, research scans, and evidence syntheses aligned to project needs.
• Identify credible sources, track citations, and extract key findings.
• Summarize themes, limitations, implications, and practical takeaways.
• Prepare annotated bibliographies, evidence maps, memos, or short narrative summaries.

Reporting and Storytelling

• Draft research memos and summaries, research report sections, slide content, and technical notes.
• Create or update charts, tables, graphics, and other report-ready visuals.
• Translate technical findings into clear language for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in check-ins, share progress, raise questions, and incorporate feedback.

• Enrolled in UT-Austin Graduate Program (Eligible for Graduate Research Assistant positions through UT)
• Demonstrated experience cleaning, transforming, analyzing, and documenting quantitative data for research, evaluation, policy, or programmatic purposes.
• Proficiency using R to create reproducible analytic workflows, including clear scripts, code comments, and organized outputs.
• Ability to interpret research questions, define appropriate analytic approaches, and produce accurate tables, figures, and written summaries.
• Experience conducting literature reviews, including identifying credible sources, extracting key findings, and synthesizing evidence.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• Familiarity with administrative datasets, public datasets, longitudinal data, cohort definition and creation, subgroup analyses, and data validation methods.
• Experience creating polished data visualizations, dashboards, slide content, or report-ready graphics that follow organizational style and accessibility expectations.
• Knowledge of statistical modeling, program evaluation, or applied research methods relevant to education, policy, or systems-level analysis.
• Experience working with Texas education data, specifically work in the Texas Education Research Center (ERC)
• Comfort working independently in a project-based role and maintaining clear communication about progress, assumptions, questions, and risks.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical findings into clear narratives for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data quality, documentation, and confidentiality.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with research staff, participate in regular check-ins, incorporate feedback, manage work across project-based assignments, and complete deliverables in a timely fashion.
• Knowledge of and ability to adhere to FERPA, HIPAA, and Human Subjects Research requirements, policies, and best practices for sensitive, confidential, and protected data and materials.

$1,894.61 per month for a Master's student

$2,399.86 per month for a Ph.D. student

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest