Job Summary

The Education Practice Area leverages cutting-edge methodologies, education survey techniques, and practical educator experience to improve education and education policy. Education Practice Area staff design and conduct high-quality education surveys, including some of the largest education studies in the nation, leaning deeply into partnerships with clients for the entire lifecycle of a study, from school recruitment to the dissemination of analyses and findings.

The Education Analyst coordinates and assists with education studies in elementary/secondary/postsecondary education research and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and assist with education studies in elementary/secondary/postsecondary education research and evaluation.
• Build and maintain education research data files and manipulate large data sets.
• Provide general support for instrument design, district/school recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and reporting activities.
• Assist in the development of training materials and training of data collection staff.
• Provide technical support for and assists with the monitoring of data collection and quality assurance activities.
• Assist with the research and literature review of published and web-based education research information sources.
• Analyze data and assist in the preparation of text, statistical tables and graphics for project reports and related presentations.
• Prepare standard reports, budgets and monitors project costs.
• May have direct contact with the client.
• Contribute to proposals and business development.
• Write proposal sections of limited technical complexity and gather background information to support proposal efforts.
• Meet scientific stature goals by co-authoring papers to peer-reviewed journals, participate in professional meetings and associations, and develop tools and methods to advance RTI’s capabilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 0 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Quantitative and/or qualitative research experience or coursework.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities/tasks across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to meet frequent, multiple and tight deadlines.
• Demonstration of the RTI Values and Lead Forward behaviors by all employees is critical to the Institute’s success. Behaviors associated with our Values and Lead Forward can been found on RTI Insider and Careers page.
• To apply, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with statistical computing software, specifically R or Python, is desired.