Narrative Research Specialist

JUSTICE ACTION CENTER

3d•$70,000 - $75,000•Remote

About The Position

Narrative Research Specialist will research and analyze strategies to amplify overlooked immigrant issues. This role involves engaging with Justice Action Center (JAC) plaintiffs and other impacted individuals to create content that centers migrant voices, using storytelling to support JAC's communications, litigation, and research. The specialist will apply research expertise to shape public narratives, conduct interviews for fact-gathering, empower individuals to tell their own stories, and track emerging legal threats to immigrant-inclusive measures. Responsibilities include developing a story bank, amplifying coalition partners' work and breaking immigration news, and utilizing information from FOIA requests and lawsuits to educate the public on immigrant and asylum seeker issues. The role also involves researching the history of messaging strategies in the immigrant rights movement, reporting on asylum and migration narratives, and participating in research to develop immigrant-inclusive narratives for advocates. Additionally, the specialist will present data in a user-friendly manner for non-legal actors and assist with messaging research projects like focus groups and polls. The position is based in the Los Angeles, CA office but allows telecommuting.

Requirements

Ph.D (or foreign equivalent) in humanities or humanistic social sciences or a directly related field.
Fluent in Spanish.
Experience in leading research design, designing interview guides and conducting qualitative research.
Experience in conducting interviews, transcribing interviews, coding and analyzing qualitative data.

Responsibilities

Research and analyze different strategies to amplify otherwise overlooked immigrant issues.
Engage with Justice Action Center (JAC) plaintiffs and other impacted individuals to create content that centers migrant voices.
Use storytelling strategies to support the communications, litigation, and research work of JAC.
Apply research expertise to help shape public narratives.
Work closely with plaintiffs and other directly impacted individuals to engage in interviews for fact gathering and to empower individuals to tell their own stories to target audiences.
Work with litigators and communications staff to track and explain emerging legal threats to immigrant inclusive measures.
Develop and maintain a story bank for communications and litigation use.
Amplify the work of our coalition partners and breaking immigration news.
Work with the legal and communications team to utilize information received from FOIA requests and lawsuits to help the public better understand issues immigrants and asylum seekers face.
Research and document the history of various messaging strategies within the immigrant rights movement in a report to present to partner organizations.
Research and report on existing narratives on asylum and migration.
Participate in communications and narrative research to help develop immigrant-inclusive narratives for advocates to utilize.
Help present data or other information in a user-friendly manner, thus allowing non-legal actors to better understand complex facets of the immigration system.
Assist with development of other messaging research projects, including focus groups, polls, and other tools.