Survey Research Associate, Military Health and Wellbeing Research

WHO WE ARE: At Fors Marsh, we take on issues that matter. We are a team of researchers, advisors, and communicators working together to shape the systems that shape our lives. We look at human behavior from all angles to design targeted solutions that influence decision-making and move people to action. We are committed to the problem, not just the project, and we are intentional about taking on work and forming partnerships that balance purpose, people, planet, and profit. We are a certified B Corporation, a Just employer, and a 2019-2024 Top Workplace. We hold ourselves accountable to the values that have always defined us. And those values drive us to be the best possible versions of ourselves-for each other, our communities, our clients, and the world.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Fors Marsh is seeking an intelligent and motivated Survey Research Associate with a background in quantitative social science and survey research. This individual’s primary responsibility would be to support a portfolio of social science research projects for our Military Health and Wellbeing Research team. This individual would work in a researcher role, providing expertise to improve service members’ well-being and inform policies and organizational decision making. This job is best for someone who enjoys applying innovative methods to solve challenging analytic problems, has experience gleaning insights from large data sets, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities include:

Analytical and Technical Skills

• Support the production of literature reviews spanning across disciplines and synthesize information.
• Able to support all phases of the social science analytics process, including the design, analysis, and interpretation of survey research, and integrated datasets (e.g., survey data integrated with administrative data).
• Support survey question development/adaptation, layout, and structure of surveys to meet specific research objectives.
• Apply best practices in survey design, sampling, and data collection methodologies.
• Support testing of surveys (e.g., pilot testing, cognitive interviews) to ensure clarity, reliability, and respondent engagement.
• Resolves problems that require general knowledge of analytic methodologies and principles, as well as the ability to learn new techniques quickly.
• Conducts analysis and writing syntax in R.

Project Management and Coordination

• Support the development, implementation, and analysis of research projects examining topics related to service member well-being, such as sexual harassment, sexual assault, ethnic/racial discrimination, and suicide ideation/attempt in the military.
• Manage project tasks with support from the project manager by coordinating with internal resources, ensuring quality control, and maintaining effective communication with team members.
• Plan and assign tasks to team members and monitor their progress to ensure timely completion.

Team Orientation

• Work with a mixed team of data and social scientists to operationalize personnel-related metrics and explore, aggregate, and analyze large, complex quantitative data sets through a variety of techniques in R and other software.

Client and Stakeholder Interaction and Communication

• Directly interface with clients to communicate the most pertinent analysis results in a way that is useful and easy to understand.
• Assist in preparing research reports/briefs for the analyst and non-analyst audiences, written proposals, and other internal or external communications summarizing research methods, findings, and implications.

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in social science (e.g., sociology, political science, psychology) or related field.
• PhD with 1-2 years industry experience, or, Master’s degree with 3+ years of applicable industry experience.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, including the ability to describe technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work effectively independently and as a team member.
• Experience developing and testing survey questionnaires and analyzing complex survey data.
• Experience working with diverse data sources, including survey, personnel, and administrative data.
• Experience conducting quantitative research.
• Knowledge and experience of quantitative methodologies such as regression, factor analysis, and/or multilevel modeling.
• Experience working in R/R Studio.
• Experience working with large d