The Senior Research Associate (Contract Contingent) will be responsible for leading efforts of program evaluation and reporting for various government programs that seek to evaluate overall effectiveness and alignment with government mandates within a government agency tasked with assisting and guiding small businesses. This position will specifically entails developing program evaluation protocol and data tools; documenting analysis and processes; and reporting findings to appropriate stakeholders.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of research design and analysis.
- Assist in the development of research projects including research plan and sample plan.
- Assist in the creation of survey instruments
- Assist in the management of research projects including programming, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Export, analyze, query, and clean data from completed surveys in multiple formats.
- Assist in preparation of summaries of analysis and reports for stakeholders and internal partners.
- Assist in responding to custom/ad hoc requests for research data.
- Monitor secondary sources for consumer trends, industry trends, brand/product/category developments, and competitor marketing and research activities and integrate findings into research activities.
- Multi-task and demonstrate flexibility to meet needs and deadlines.
- Other duties as assigned.