Senior Research Associate (Contract Contingent)

Company: ProSidian Consulting, LLC
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: February 16, 2020

Job Description:

Company Description

ProSidian is looking for "Great People Who Lead" at all levels in the organization. Are you a talented professional ready to deliver real value to clients in a fast-paced, challenging environment? ProSidian Consulting is looking for professionals who share our commitment to integrity, quality, and value.

ProSidian is a management and operations consulting firm with a reputation for its strong national practice spanning six solution areas including Risk Management, Energy & Sustainability, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, and Talent Management. We help clients improve their operations.

Linking strategy to execution, ProSidian assists client leaders in maximizing company return on investment capital through design and execution of operations core to delivering value to customers. Visit www.ProSidian.com or follow the company on Twitter at www.twitter.com/prosidian for more information.

Job Description

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.
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  • Master's Degree (doctoral degree preferred) in an area related to assessment and measurement
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in a research setting, professional practice with assessment, evaluation, and/or research as their primary position responsibility
  • Experience building and/or utilizing analytic databases i.e. PC SAS/SPSS/STATA or other analytical software
  • Experience designing, conducting and making performance management recommendations from formative and summative evaluations
  • Experience in designing evaluations of qualitative and quantitative data, analyzing secondary data from administrative records, collecting and analyzing primary data, and using a broad set of methodological designs
  • Ability to Travel to Client Site
    
    Additional Information
    
    CORE COMPETENCIES
    
    • Teamwork - ability to foster teamwork collaboratively as a participant, and effectively as a team leader
    • Leadership - ability to guide and lead colleagues on projects and initiatives
    • Business Acumen - understanding and insight into how organizations perform, including business processes, data, systems, and people
    • Communication - ability to effectively communicate to stakeholders of all levels orally and in writing
    • Motivation - persistent in pursuit of quality and optimal client and company solutions
    • Agility - ability to quickly understand and transition between different projects, concepts, initiatives, or work streams
    • Judgment - exercises prudence and insight in decision-making process while mindful of other stakeholders and long-term ramifications
    • Organization - ability to manage projects and activity, and prioritize tasks
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