Riverside University Health System – Research Specialist – Riverside, CA

Salary: $73,214.95 - $98,780.30 Annually

Location:

Riverside

Job Type: Regular

Job Number: 26-79837-EM

Department:
Behavioral Health

Division:
Research

Opening Date:
July 1, 2026

Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health is recruiting for a Research Specialist I to support its Research division in Riverside, CA. This position will support Behavioral Health programs with data analysis and reporting, developing evaluation designs, developing program indicators, identifying or developing data sources, assisting with survey design, and identifying areas of greatest need. Staff will write queries to produce ongoing and ad-hoc reports.

Incumbents will develop written and oral presentations tailored to its intended audience such as the general public, department leadership, funders, vendors, or stakeholders. Duties are performed with instruction and guidance and require the utilization of initiative and judgment in problem solving activities. Positions in this class are subject to closer supervision and may perform subordinate research responsibilities when the Research Specialist II class leads more highly complex research studies and program evaluations.

The most competitive candidates will have a Masters or Ph.D. with graduate-level work in psychology, behavioral health, evaluation, or social sciences with a strong emphasis in statistics and research design desired. The ideal candidate will have experience in research and/or evaluation activities, including statistical analysis and interpretation, and proficiency with statistical software such as SPSS and/or R. Additionally, competitive candidates will have experience in report design in SSRS, Power BI, and/or Crystal Reports.

SQL skills are highly desired. Experience in behavioral health and using electronic health record data is also a plus.

Schedule:

This position offers a 5/8 or 9/80 schedule with opportunities for a hybrid schedule.

• Initiates research and statistical investigations and recognizes the need for research and statistical investigations in the areas of behavioral health or social service delivery and program planning and evaluation.
• Assists in coordination with staff and outside agencies to obtain data; designs, organizes and develops research plans and evaluation designs.
• May assist in defining study populations and sample selection criteria; generating databases and writing queries and computer programs to produce ongoing and ad-hoc reports; conducts surveys and interviews and administers questionnaire forms; collects and analyzes baseline and administrative data; performs random assignment of study subjects; and periodically posts reports to the web site.
• Advises administrators of research findings and/or procedures; prepares narrative reports of findings with valid conclusions, projects program impacts, and predicts trends.
• Assists in conducting research to identify needs for new programs, identifies appropriate sources of funding to support new programs and prepares funding applications.

Education: Graduation from a recognized college with a Bachelor’s degree in social science, statistics, mathematics, economics, business/public administration, public health, data processing, or any of the natural sciences. While a Bachelor’s degree is preferred, additional qualifying experience may be substituted for up to two years of education on the basis of 30 semester or 45 quarter units equaling one year of experience.

Experience – Option I: Two years of progressively responsible experience in administrative, professional, investigative, technical or other responsible work which included statistical analysis, research or program design and data collection, and electronic data storage and report generation or grant writing.

Experience – Option II: Two years as an employment, eligibility, social service, or accounting supervisor with responsibilities that include the development or use of personal computer programs to compute or analyze benefits or the delivery of services.

Knowledge: Policies, procedures, practices and legislation governing the provision of social…