Research Assistant

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Pregnancy Justice

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $69,487.50 USD-$74,830 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 03/04/2024
  • Location: United States 
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
Job Summary
The Research Assistant (RA) for the Pregnancy Prosecution Tracking Study will work in a supporting research role and contribute to a three-year research project on pregnancy criminalization Post-Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, focusing on cases where an individual's pregnancy was a but-for factor in their arrest or justification for a criminal penalty.
The Research Assistant is responsible for identifying cases of pregnancy-related criminalization, collecting data, coding and recording information, undertaking basic quality control checks, conducting basic data analysis, and assisting with the reporting and presentation of findings. 

Essential Job Functions
  • Conducting data analysis using specialized software such as STATA, SPSS, R or ArcView GIS;  
  • Identification and utilization of public data sources from a wide range of federal, state and local data providers, as well as private data providers to extensively analyze social, economic, and demographic conditions;  
  • Reviewing and updating team on trends in research; providing relevant information to team in response to media requests, testimony, and/or to inform organizing and litigation strategies;  
  • Performing telephone, in-person, or virtual interviews to gather data, as needed;  
  • Collect, clean, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data for projects. This includes managing data for data processing and analysis, verifying accuracy of database information and assisting in making necessary corrections.
  • With guidance from supervisor, assisting with development, communication and design of research findings to internal and external audiences, which may include web updates, social media, and/or white papers;  
  • Other research projects as identified.  

Experience
  • 0-3 years of experience in (or in lieu of work experience, familiarity with or academic study in) social science research methodology and statistics in a non-profit advocacy or legal setting; managing complex datasets, and data visualization (for  building/maintaining website content);  
  • Experience using quantitative and qualitative research methods/techniques and analysis (including case research);  
  • Experience with coding legal cases or similar forms of data (such as interviews, focus groups, or newspaper articles), reading in detail and noting the categories into which the data fall;  
  • Experience with submitting public records requests and working with public datasets produced by state administrative and legal agencies; 
  • Experience writing for multiple audiences, with a particular focus on policy;  
  • Experience working in non-profits or community organizations or demonstrated commitment to community service/public interest. 

Education
A bachelor’s degree in social science, or completion of coursework related to social science or public health research, including coursework in statistics and quantitative research methods.

Relevant, practical experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

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