Research Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Support project teams while enhancing your skills and experience.

• Collaborate closely with project managers and senior staff to ensure projects remain on schedule, deliver responsive technical assistance to client partners, and contribute to high-quality outputs.

• Take meeting notes during project team discussions; summarize and distribute the notes post-meeting; and create follow-up tasks for team members in our project management software.

• Work alongside the project lead to consistently review the project management plan, summarize project status for the project lead, identify areas needing follow-up, and draft agendas for team meetings.

• Collaborate with the project lead to draft communications for clients, meeting agendas, project invoicing status updates, and other relevant communications.

• Provide proactive and responsive technical assistance (training, support, coaching on technical tasks related to our projects) to client partners in alignment with project objectives.

• Monitor process and outcome data to identify data quality issues and support organizations in addressing emerging challenges.

• Engage in technical assistance activities by offering logistical support for trainings, preparing handouts, or assisting with client inquiries.

• Aid in data collection and analysis tasks, such as entering or organizing survey responses, preparing focus group guides, or summarizing participant feedback.

• Identify relevant articles for a literature review, highlight key themes, and create summaries to bolster project research.

• Recognize key learnings and enhancements from projects and contribute innovative approaches to our knowledge management and best practice teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Commitment to equity and social impact with a demonstrated interest in at least one of Omni’s core areas: Community Health, Behavioral Health, Adult & Juvenile Justice, Economic Security, or Children & Families.

• Proven project coordination skills, including experience in tracking tasks, managing meeting notes and agendas, drafting communications, and supporting project workflows.

• Training or experience in applied research methods (qualitative or quantitative), typically requiring a master’s degree or a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of two years of work experience.

• Experience in providing technical assistance—such as training, coaching, or resource development—that aids community partners in strengthening their capacity and achieving project objectives.

• Exceptional communication and relationship management skills, capable of engaging respectfully with diverse community partners and translating technical or complex information for various audiences clearly.

• A sense of curiosity and adaptability, with a readiness to tackle new projects, explore unfamiliar content areas, and acquire new skills and methods.

• Strong attention to detail and accountability, demonstrating the ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple priorities, and maintain high standards in project work.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health premiums (employee coverage).

• Vision, dental, and supplemental insurance.

• 401k plan with company matching and immediate vesting.

• Flexible working schedules.

• Paid time off (PTO) starting with 3 weeks of PTO, 11 floating holidays, and an annual office closure from December 24 to January 1, along with the first Fridays of April, July, and October.

• Access to the Headspace Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and their families.

• Monthly technology stipend.