Research Specialist, Social Marketing

ICF • Reston, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Our strategic health communications and social marketing work tackles some of society’s greatest challenges and drives audiences to make positive attitudinal and behavioral changes. A growing research team needs a self-starter to support formative, process, and summative evaluations that guide the planning, implementation, and revision of national health communications and social marketing campaigns. This entry-level position is ideal for someone who is starting a career in mixed methods (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) research and likes to support multiple projects. We seek to hire a Research Specialist to support formative, process, and summative evaluations that guide the planning, implementation, and revision of national health communications and social marketing efforts.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in public health, social or behavioral sciences, marketing, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in social science research to include experience in conducting qualitative or quantitative research
• Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills
• Proficiency in English
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and work under strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

• PhD in public health, social or behavioral sciences, marketing, or a related field
• Strong qualitative and/or quantitative research experience, including research design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead research activities, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality work
• Experience applying behavioral science, human-centered design, or Design Thinking approaches to understand audiences and inform recommendations
• Ability to translate complex research findings into clear, actionable insights for clients and nontechnical audiences
• Proficiency with statistical and/or qualitative analysis software, such as SAS, Stata, SPSS, or NVivo or MaxQDA
• Experience in PowerBI or Looker Studio
• Spanish fluency preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop recruitment and data collection materials (e.g., surveys or interview guides).
• Conduct sampling (e.g., develop literature review search terms and interview/survey inclusion/exclusion criteria and draw samples).
• Conduct data collection (e.g., extract information from the literature review sources, facilitate interviews, or coordinate survey data collection).
• Conduct data analysis (e.g., code text using software such as NVivo, or analyze campaign outcome data in SPSS, SAS, or some other software program).
• Create reports and presentations (e.g., draft white papers or develop data visuals using software such as Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint).
• Present research plans, updates, or findings at client meetings.
• Lead purchasing, subcontracting, and consulting requisitions by obtaining and comparing vendor and consultant quotes, establishing suitable justifications, developing or modifying forms, and processing payments.
• Lead research review processes (e.g., IRB or OMB approval).
• Contribute to project proposals and research plans that describe project purpose, methods, and staffing and provide an estimated timeline and budget.

Benefits

• We are an equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level