Sociologist

ProSidian Seeks a Social Scientist (Contract Contingent) in Charlotte, NC / Washington, DC / Remote to support an engagement for agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. 

The ProSidian Engagement Team Members work to understand and improve consumer financial decision-making skills by researching consumer financial behavior, knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and experiences, developing innovative approaches to help consumers make better-informed financial decisions, and analyze and study the effectiveness of financial education approaches.

Social Scientist Candidates shall work to support requirements for PR0001 Program Support and lead a research project on consumer behavior, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences in order to better understand consumer financial decision-making. Additionally, the Social Scientist will recommend and develop tools, strategies, and messages for consumers to improve their financial education, conduct field tests and experiments to test the newly-developed tools, and work with other members of the Research Team to compile research into comprehensive reports.

The Social Scientist is responsible for: 

• Leading the Research Team's in-depth research of consumer financial decision-making and the behavior, knowledge, and experience that contribute to those decisions 
• Developing and recommending new tools, messages, and programs to help consumer financial education practices and evaluating how those newly-developed strategies affect consumer behavior
• Monitoring the implementation of the strategies during field tests, small-scale pilots, large-scale randomized control trials, or other samples
• Documenting the evaluation and field test findings, producing the market-ready strategies, and compiling the information collected into a final report along with other members of the Research Team