Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

Education Policy and Applied Research Analyst

Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania

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Salary

💰 $83,000 - $90,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

SQL

About the role

  • Collaborate with other internal stakeholders to ensure clear and easily accessible summaries of research and data, including useable and understandable data visualization.
  • Document and communicate research findings through published essays, reports, and presentations to stakeholders in legal education and the legal profession, including regulators, educators, law schools, prelaw advisors, pathway programs, and others.
  • Compile the annual report of LSAC’s research and data insights.
  • Conduct data analysis, both quantitative and qualitative.
  • Create datasets, pulling data from various sources.
  • Use an equity-minded framework and approach to write applied policy and research reports based on research and data produced by LSAC’s Research team.
  • Readily identify potential for bias and actively work to minimize inequities in research and applied settings, including research projects, tools, products, and services.
  • Contribute to the Research team strategic plan, goals, and research agenda.
  • Follow LSAC procedures, processes, and protocols to conduct rigorous research
  • Support and collaborate closely with the senior director of research and the Research team.
  • Monitor current events, political and economic developments, and social trends that may have an impact on legal and higher education policies.
  • Keep up to date on the latest research and literature in education, pipeline/pathway programs, admissions, legal education, student learning outcomes, student development, measurement tools, assessments, the legal profession, equity, advance quantitative methodology, and other relevant fields.

Requirements

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to write for and speak to academic and lay audiences.
  • Experience using STATA, and SQL for data management, data visualization, and analyses.
  • 3 years of experience in interpreting and writing quantitative and mixed-methods research findings for lay audiences.
  • 3 years of experience in applied work, with a strong preference for experience in education policy or equivalent experience/training.
  • Prior experience collaborating on a team and working on multiple projects.
  • Direct experience in equitable evaluation and/or culturally responsive approaches to using evidence.
  • Experience in mixed-methods research projects, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
  • Preferred MA in a social science field such as sociology, higher education, education policy, or something similar strongly preferred.
  • Three or more years of experience working in social science, applied research, or education policy in an academic or professional setting.
  • Excellent public speaking ability.
  • Strong knowledge of quantitative research design and methodology and statistical analysis (e.g., test statistics, power analysis, effect sizes, multivariate analysis, multilevel models).
  • Experience using Power BI and Qualtrics for data collection, data management, data visualization, and analyses.