Research Assistant (Temporary)

Core responsibilities:

• Perform literature reviews to identify related theories and frameworks and maintain organized databases of references and citations using tools
• Assist in the design and development of survey instruments, coordinate survey distribution across online platforms, monitor response rates, and manage survey data collection, entry, and storage
• Perform quantitative (e.g., SPSS, R, Stata, or Excel) and qualitative (e.g., NVivo, Atlas.ti, MAXQDA) data analysis, apply thematic coding and content analysis, and generate descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations, and regression models
• Draft research summaries, interim memos, reports, and presentations for internal and external audiences and prepare visualizations (charts, graphs, tables) to communicate findings effectively

This role supports research on the early childhood teacher preparation landscape in New York State, contributing to the development of an early childhood workforce system that ensures well-trained and compensated individuals for children's critical developmental years.

Required skills, experience, qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education, social policy, psychology, or related field preferred
• Research experience (qualitative and quantitative)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong, demonstrated analytical skills
• Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders including colleagues and external partners and excellent organization and management skills, with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through

No compensation, perks, or culture highlights mentioned in the description.

The New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute leads the work to establish and implement an early childhood workforce system to ensure funding, standards and competencies, career development resources, qualifications and credentials, professional development, and program quality assurance and improvement for individuals who work with young children throughout New York.