Hybrid Associate Director, Research

at Braven

• Job title: Associate Director, Research
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $69,000 - $86,200 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Associate Director of Research leading research and program evaluation at Braven non-profit. Driving strategic decision-making through data and insights for program improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead qualitative research process from front to end (e.g., from designing interview/focus group protocols and facilitating sessions to analyzing data and surfacing actionable insights.
• Own content creation of thought leadership papers, including outlining, drafting sections, and coordinating with external designers for final publication.
• Support managing external research partnerships by synthesizing insights from both Braven's data and external research to create a compelling, unified narrative.
• Own a subset of continuous improvement priorities from Braven’s Research Agenda
• Define and prioritize the most important learning questions to help Braven monitor and analyze fidelity of implementation, and understand where and how we can best improve
• Design and run pilots and other projects to answer learning questions, in partnership with Product and regional team colleagues
• Translate research findings into strategy to inform continuously improving program design and processes, in partnership with Product and regional team colleagues
• Synthesize research findings in clear and compelling reports, presentations, dashboards, etc. for internal and external audiences.
• Lead analyses for special and/or ad hoc data analysis that provides timely and useful information to other teams at Braven
• Be a member of Braven’s cross-functional project teams, as needed. Project teams centrally plan and execute Braven programming, as well as other strategic projects.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• BA/BS in a quantitative field or work experience that demonstrates expertise in quantitative and qualitative analysis
• 5+ years of experience in a program evaluation or other analytical/learning role
• Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (e.g., Stata or R)
• Master’s Degree Preferred
• You are committed to continuous learning and improvement and, as such, are comfortable seeking out, receiving, and implementing constructive feedback.
• You have a researcher’s mindset and have fun designing pilots and experiments to test hypotheses.
• You enjoy telling stories with data and pair that with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You have experience leading qualitative research from top to bottom, resulting in compelling case studies or narratives
• You have experience conducting quantitative analysis with different tools and statistical packages while working with others to make use of findings, preferably in the non-profit field.
• You love collaboration and are good at it.
• You excel at daily operations, paying close attention to detail and communicating well with stakeholders.
• You have the following technical skills and knowledge:
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Jira Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (e.g., Stata or R)
• Proficiency in Salesforce
• Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff