Research Associate, Homelessness
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Research Associate, Homelessness
University of California Los Angeles
Requisition Number: 32584
Salary: 4842-9591
Position Description:
The California Policy Lab creates data-driven insights for the public good. Our mission is to partner with California's state and local governments to generate scientific evidence that solves California's most urgent problems, including homelessness, unemployment, poverty, crime, and education inequality. We facilitate close partnerships between policymakers and researchers at UCLA and UC Berkeley to help evaluate and improve public programs through empirical research and technical assistance.
The California Policy Lab is seeking a Research Associate to contribute to our organization's research to find solutions to homelessness, including projects focused on racial equity, prevention and the economic drivers of homelessness. The role will advance CPL's proven track record of bridging the gap between academic researchers, government policymakers, community-based nonprofit organizations, and the clients served by homeless services.
The Research Associate will help manage multiple ongoing research collaborations between the California Policy Lab, policymakers, and community organizations in the city and county of Los Angeles. In this capacity, they will provide a variety of research management with a focus on supporting CPL's work with community-based organizations and people with lived experience of homelessness. The portfolio will include conducting background research and literature reviews; designing and implementing surveys, interviews, and/or focus groups; qualitative data analysis; developing and managing community advisory board(s) to inform research design and implementation; preparing funding and research review board applications; and contributing to policy-relevant research briefs and presentations. Additionally, they will contribute to the day-to-day project management of several research projects by facilitating reoccurring project team meetings; tracking internal and external deadlines; and providing timely updates on research activities to the internal project lead.
The successful candidate will have experience working with diverse populations, project management experience, and be knowledgeable about qualitative and quantitative research methods. They will be passionate about leveraging research partnerships to find innovative solutions to social problems facing California policymakers and citizens. This position requires an individual who is able to work as a part of small research teams running multiple projects concurrently. We seek highly organized individuals with superior written and verbal communications skills and excellent time management ability.
For full application instructions and position description, please visit: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=79170
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction
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UCLA is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1919 and is the second oldest of the ten campuses affiliated with the University of California system. UCLA offers over 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines and enrolls about 26,000 undergraduate and about 12,000 graduate students from the United States and around the world every year.
UCLA features the College of Letters and Science, seven general campus professional schools, and four professional schools for the health sciences. The UCLA College of Letters and Science has 34 academic departments and 900 faculty, and houses the majority of UCLA's 129 undergraduate majors as well as the students in the Graduate Division of Letters and Sciences. The UCLA College Honors Program is also housed in the College. The College of Letters and Science's programs are divided into five academic divisions: humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, and the International Institute. UCLA also offers certificate programs, undergraduate degree-credit and continuing education credits for non-full-time students through its UCLA Extension education program.
The 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA as the 24th best university in the nation and 32nd best in the world. In the 2007 edition of U.S. News and World Report, UCLA Medical Center was ranked best in the West, as well as one of the top 3 hospitals in the United States alongside Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 15 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.
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