Research Assistant - Healthcare Quality - Hybrid

Westat•Bethesda, MD

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Westat has an immediate opening for a Research Assistant to work with a multidisciplinary team on a variety of health services research projects. Our work is focused on innovative health care delivery, policy implementation, quality monitoring, consumer engagement, and data management. This is a full-time position to work onsite at our office in Bethesda, Maryland at least 3 days/week and from your home office 2 days/week. Candidates selected for a phone screening will be asked to provide an independently authored writing sample.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in social sciences, public health, or a related field.
At least 1 year of social science research project experience in a health-related area.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Westat does not offer employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) for this role.

Nice To Haves

Experience analyzing qualitative or quantitative data.
Experience summarizing or synthesizing information for different audiences and purposes.
Experience producing and systematically updating detailed reports and communication products.
Ability to work independently and manage time effectively to coordinate completion of projects and tasks.
Experience and skill working with MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Demonstrated writing, communication, and organizational skills.
Collaboration with teams, managers, and/or clients.
Detail oriented.

Responsibilities

Provide basic research and administrative support on a range of projects employing varying methodologies and across health-related areas.
Conduct literature searches and reviews; contribute to writing case studies, reports, and profiles.
Provide logistical or content-related support for help desks, expert panels, consumer testing, and advisory groups.
Contribute to manipulating and modeling data, including importing and inputting data, maintaining databases, recoding variables, populating presentation, report templates, and reviewing data tables.
Produce infographics and other data visualization products to effectively present data/results.
Support data collection activities, including survey administration, consumer testing, cognitive interviews, in-depth interviews, site visits, focus groups, coding qualitative data, and background research.
Support project management by taking notes at project meetings, contributing to client reports, monitoring project schedules, or other tasks.
Perform activities under supervision of senior research staff.