Senior Research Scientist (REMOTE ROLE)

ICF•Reston, VA

14h•Remote

About The Position

Our public health group is growing and we’re currently seeking a Senior Research Scientist to work in our Public Health Solutions Portfolio. This role involves performing routine data management tasks, data validations, complex statistical analyses, and contributing to the development of data management plans, data collection procedures, reports, and grant submissions.

Requirements

Master’s in a relevant field (e.g., public health, psychology, statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology).
Minimum of five years of experience involving management and analysis of quantitative data.
Demonstrated ability to formulate and execute technical approaches to data management or analyses processes.
Proficiency in statistical analysis, particularly in SAS and R.

Nice To Haves

Professional or educational experience in behavioral health (mental health or substance use treatment or prevention).
Experience developing dashboards or infographics in Tableau or similar tools.
Experience with program evaluation.

Responsibilities

Perform routine data management tasks (data cleaning, data processing, merging data files).
Perform data validations/quality assurance, potentially including conversations with survey respondents to ensure data are correct.
Perform complex and advanced statistical analyses.
Prepare reports, manuscripts, briefing materials, etc.
Contribute to the development of: Data management and data analyses plans; Procedures for data collection (including recommendations among different sampling plans, data sources, and cost/time investments); Written or visual reports (dashboards, infographics); Proposal or grant submissions, including but not limited to technical writing.