At the Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS, we use individual interventions and systems-level change to transform and end overreliance on policing and to mitigate the devastating impacts of racial and ethnic discrimination and economic inequality in the criminal legal system. Job Overview. The Research Assistant - in a temporary role - provides administrative and support across CICS research initiatives toward fulfill our mission to transform police culture. They support the Directo... more details
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Research Assistant (temporary) - Center for Innovations in Community Safety - Georgetown University Law Center
At the Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS, we use individual interventions and systems-level change to transform and end overreliance on policing and to mitigate the devastating impacts of racial and ethnic discrimination and economic inequality in the criminal legal system.
Job Overview
The Research Assistant - in a temporary role - provides administrative and support across CICS research initiatives toward fulfill our mission to transform police culture
They support the Director of Research and Evaluation in collaborating with faculty, staff, and community partners, and executing research activities to measure the impact of community safety-related programs and interventions, including programs being implemented by CICS.
Additionally, they support mixed methods research, data collection and analyses, and help draft research protocols and presentations of data analyses; and present research findings for diverse audiences, including donors, policy-makers, journalists, and academics among others, through reports, data visualizations and other publications.
Reporting to the Director of Research and Evaluation, the Research Assistant has duties that include but are not limited to:
Research (40%)
- Provide support for CICS research and evaluation activities, including research design, data collection, and analysis
- Support the implementation of various mixed-methods ranging from surveys to focus groups
- Support CICS in developing and implementing community-engaged research methods - e.g., participatory action research
- Assist with data entry, cleaning, and analysis using statistical software - e.g., SPSS, Qualtrics, Stata
- Identify opportunities to expand research that aligns with CICS mission and core values
Project Management (40%)
- Spearhead project management of research for CICS programs, including ABLE, Policing for Tomorrow, and Jigsaw
- Schedule and attend meetings with internal staff and external stakeholders
- Track progress – e.g., taking meeting notes, establishing and following up on action items, and monitoring budgets
- Support CICS staff as needed across research activities
Writing (20%)
- Conduct literature reviews and draft written documents - including IRB proposals and revisions, research instruments, study findings, and grant proposals
- Develop charts, infographics, and other visual representations of study findings
- Prepare progress reports for the CICS and stakeholders, and assist with publishing other articles, reports, and presentations
Work Mode Designation
This position has been designated as Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources website: https://hr.georgetown.edu/mode-of-work-designation.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in public policy or law
- Professional experience supporting a social science research project
- Strong research, project management, writing, and editing skills
- Experience conducting research using Dedoose qualitative analysis software, statistical analysis packages - such as Qualtrics SPSS, Stata - and creating visualizations of data
- Comfort reading, interpreting, and summarizing social science literature and research
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- A sincere interest in criminal justice, policing, and/or community safety
- Basic knowledge of contemporary issues in American policing and community safety.
- Shared commitment to our mission to transform police culture to reduce harm to marginalized communities
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Benefits:
Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.
