Research Specialist - Qualitative

JOB SUMMARY

The Research Specialist will perform research in support of various initiatives for the Trellis Strategies.

The individual will produce reports related to Trellis client needs, conduct various qualitative research projects, and support other researchers as members of project teams.

The Research Specialist will implement survey instruments, conduct interviews, and focus groups, code transcripts, and draft reports for clients.

The individual will use MS Excel and similar tools for queries of internal and public databases to generate reports and databases for Trellis management and clients.

The individual will provide quality control including reconciling and proofreading reports.

The Research Specialist must be able to contribute to projects, exercise sound time management skills, demonstrate attention to detail, and work with a moderate amount of independence.

The individual will support communication efforts to promote Trellis Strategies to a variety of audiences including the development of research briefs and various other social media related outreach.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The position incumbent is expected to perform the following essential duties and responsibilities of the position with reasonable accommodation.



* Lead standard qualitative research projects including administering survey instruments, focus groups, and interviews.


* Assist in other research projects including navigating publicly available databases for relevant information and conducting landscape assessments on specific topics.


* Independently draft reports related to best practices in postsecondary education and workforce development for external consumption.


* Develop and recommend appropriate research and data management techniques including identifying and resolving incongruities between research requirements and available data.


* In consultation with research staff, decide on the most efficient and effective technical means for achieving research objective including how to acquire, organize, interpret, and display data.


* Perform quality control checks on reports generated by the team.


* Contribute to transcription and analysis of focus groups, manages data, and codes relevant data.


* Build tables in MS Excel and performs data cleaning.


* Develop communication tools to present Trellis Strategies to a broad audience base including via social media.


* Contribute to project teams and small, informal research teams to carry out research objectives.


* Contribute to recruitment efforts for large-scale research projects, including participant outreach, client communication, and recruitment tracking to support study enrollment goals.


* Uses AI tools appropriately to support research tasks such as transcription, preliminary coding, and landscape scans, applying professional judgment to review and verify outputs, and adhering to data privacy, confidentiality, and IRB requirements when...