Research Analyst

What We Offer

• The initial compensation for this position ranges from $68,640 to $84,418.54 annually.
• Salary is dependent on commensurate experience above the minimum qualifications for the role and internal equity considerations.
• The salary may also vary if you reside in a different location than the location posted.

Benefits We Offer

• Benefits eligibility starts on day ONE!
• We Offer Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, Voluntary Life Insurance, Flex Spending, Health Savings Account, EAP, and more!
• Employer Paid Long-Term Disability & Basic Life Insurance
• 401K Employer Match up to 4%
• Competitive Time Off Plans (may vary by employment status)
• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.

Who We Are

Pacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and support. Our team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults.

Who We Serve

Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura Counties.

JOB SUMMARY:

Schedule: Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm.

Works within the vision, mission, and philosophy of the agency. Provides intermediary research support and assistance. Performs data analysis, participates in special projects, trains department staff, and provides consultation regarding outcome measures.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

1. Serve as primary liaison between program leadership and relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation of program-sponsored continuous quality improvement initiatives, including logic models, data visualization and reporting, and in-depth analyses.

2. Conduct independent research that contributes to the agency's long-term success (e.g., white papers, logic models, agency-wide internal reporting) with the possibility of publication, presentation, or further development of research ideas.

3. Oversees the project management (timelines, organization and task assignments) for incoming requests for proposals or funding opportunity announcements, as well as for regular intra-agency reports, ad-hoc report requests, and county-mandated compliance reporting.

4. Manages complex databases using statistical software platforms (SPSS, R), including data cleaning, syntax updates, and identifying errors in reporting and other data integrity issues.

5. Reviews reports and relevant analysis for reliability and validity.

6. Provides training and mentorship to incoming Research Assistants and other agency staff on data management and analysis procedures and policies.

7. Conducts literature reviews and research regarding best practice guidelines for program level and clinical-level evaluation methods. Compiles findings into synthesized factsheets or formal reports.

8. Assists with the preparation and development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with O&E Clinical Manager and Research Assistants. Examples include maintaining an agency-wide codebook for all major databases, streamlining statistical syntaxes, and standardizing data analysis protocols.

9. Produces materials (reports, dashboards, manuscripts, presentations) to showcase evaluation findings to diverse audiences.

10. Establishes and maintains positive and effective working relationships with employees throughout all levels of the organization.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Clerical Skills
• Contributes to Team Performance
• Presentation Skills
• Project Management
• Research

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors in a related field required
• Minimum four (4) years of direct experience supporting Science/Research, Clinical Research,

Clinical Data Management, Literature Review, and/or Research training required

• Experience with a statistical software (SPSS, STATA, R) required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Six (6) years direct experience Science/Research, Clinical Research, Clinical Data Management, Literature Review, and/ or Research training preferred
• Experience with Tableau preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN

• May/will have supervised contact with children.
• May/will have unsupervised contact with children.
• Will not have unsupervised contact with children.
• Requires full background check and TB exam.
• Requires physical.
• Current First Aid/CPR Certification.

DRIVING PRIVILEGES

• May be called upon to drive on agency business. Needs acceptable MVR and appropriate insurance coverage.

Required to drive agency vehicle. Must have clean MVR, appropriate insurance coverage, and attend agency driver training.

TRAINING

Needs to successfully complete all required agency training indicated for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

We will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.

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