University of Chicago

Evaluation and Research Scientist

Chicago, IL · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$85k-$95kDetected 1 hour ago

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About the role

The ideal candidate is an experienced, organized, and self-motivated research and evaluation professional with strong experience in program evaluation and mixed-methods research.

Manages program evaluation projects, including evaluation design, data collection planning, instrument development, analysis planning, reporting, and partner communication.
Collaborates with senior researchers, research staff, DSI colleagues, funders, and partner organizations to design, implement, and disseminate research and evaluation work.
Leads or substantially contributes to IRB submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, and related compliance processes.
Contributes to funding strategy and proposal development, including identifying relevant funding opportunities, drafting research and evaluation plans, developing scopes of work, and preparing proposal materials for grants, contracts, and sponsored projects.
Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
Guides data collection, evaluation and analysis. Designs and manages databases. Writes reports, articles and manuscripts.
Performs other related tasks as needed.
The staff in the Data Science Institute support the University's students and scholars, their shared ideals, and the core values that make the University a singular intellectual destination.

include a college or university degree in related field.
When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Experience leading research and/or evaluation projects with minimal guidance.
Experience managing mixed-methods research or evaluation projects.
Experience leading small to medium-size program evaluations and/or research projects.
Experience seeking funding or contributing substantially to grant proposals, sponsored research applications, evaluation scopes of work, foundation/funder submissions, contract proposals, or related funding materials.
Experience contributing to funder reports, grant deliverables, scopes of work, budgets or budget narratives, and proposal timelines.
Preferred Competencies
Experience collecting, cleaning, managing, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data.
Experience guiding or coordinating data collection, coding, analysis, and reporting across project teams.

$85,000.00 - $95,000.00 The included pay rate or range represents the University's good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
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Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
The Data Science Institute (DSI) executes the University of Chicago's bold, innovative vision of Data Science as a new discipline.
The DSI seeds research on the interdisciplinary frontiers of this emerging field, forms partnerships with industry, government, and social impact organizations, and supports holistic data science and AI education.

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