Survey Research Manager

AlphaX

13d • Remote

About The Position

AlphaGov is building a bench of survey research managers to support resident, community, customer, and employee surveys for local governments, school systems, and utilities. The role involves designing statistically sound surveys, managing fieldwork, and translating results into plain-language findings for decision makers. AlphaGov works with experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel, and scope, schedule, and fee are confirmed before each engagement begins. With authorization, AlphaGov may identify the consultant as an expert collaborator or key personnel on relevant proposals.

Requirements

• At least 5 years leading survey research projects, with public-sector, school, or utility clients.
• Experience with questionnaire design, sampling, and weighting.
• Proficiency with SPSS, Stata, R, Qualtrics, or similar tools.
• Comfortable working as a 1099 project-based consultant.

Nice To Haves

• Resident or community satisfaction survey experience, such as National Community Survey-style work.
• AAPOR membership or formal survey methodology training.
• Bilingual survey administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Design questionnaires and sampling plans for resident, customer, and employee surveys.
• Manage multi-mode fieldwork, including online, phone, mail, and address-based sampling.
• Weight data and calculate margins of error and response rates.
• Analyze results using cross-tabs, benchmarks, and trend comparisons.
• Plan and moderate focus groups and community listening sessions.
• Write reports and dashboards and present findings to councils and boards.
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when authorized to be named.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed