Research Manager Jobs

ABOUT ALLOVUE

Allovue believes every student deserves access to the resources they need to be successful in school. Our education resource planning software empowers K-12 administrators at every level to allocate resources to best support the needs of their students. We seek people who are creative, funny, humble, flexible, motivated, collaborative, and problem-solvers. We love and respect our team members. We also love silly GIFs.

YOUR ROLE

As Allovue’s Research Manager, you will expand the capacity and impact of our growing Professional Services team by playing a key role in new research projects. You will report to our Director of Professional Services and manage key education finance research projects in collaboration with our internal R&D resources as well as external research partners. You will build relationships with school and district administrators in order to understand systems, processes, and challenges relevant to research objectives, including conducting user research and testing. You will work in a cross-functional collaborative capacity with our Professional Services and Product teams to accomplish research goals. Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills are essential.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to and co-develop ground-breaking education finance research projects and deliverables that will have a national impact on the future of K-12 education for practitioners and researchers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage milestones and deliverables against a defined timeline and budget and write quarterly progress reports for relevant stakeholders
• Gather/develop product requirements alongside Allovue UX/design and product management staff utilizing an iterative, design-thinking process.
• Write summaries of research and analysis findings and recommendations
• Proactively identify potential implementation barriers and leverage R&D resources to mitigate these obstacles
• Translate academic and robust research findings from program evaluation into practical language for practitioners.
• Conduct focus groups and interviews to understand school district processes and pain points.
• Manage Research Data Associates on data collection and analysis tasks
• Recruit and train school district personnel to participate in pilot user testing and analysis

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with statistical/data analysis software packages such as R, Stata, SPSS, and/or Python outside of a classroom environment.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate intermediate and advanced research concepts to non-academic stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to read and interpret program evaluation research, particularly causal inference in public policy and schools.
• Demonstrated ability to develop qualitative interview protocols and document collection processes.
• +3 years experience coordinating or managing multi-year research/data projects
• Demonstrated ability to correctly estimate the complexity of work required to accomplish intermediate tasks aligned to multi-year project deliverables
• Proficient in at least one core area of domain expertise: K-12 education finance, cost-effectiveness research, instructional intervention strategy implementation

BONUS POINTS

• Knowledge and experience with cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis techniques such as the ingredients method
• Experience implementing user-centered design or design thinking techniques
• Experience using and/or navigating an open-source research repository (e.g. What Works Clearinghouse, Results4America)
• Master’s or PhD in relevant subject matter

SALARY RANGE: $105-125K