Senior Researcher, Community Safety – Violence Prevention

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

📋 Description

• Oversee extensive and intricate research and evaluation initiatives centered on community safety, violence prevention, and related systems-change efforts.

• Proactively identify potential project risks and formulate mitigation strategies to guarantee timely and high-quality deliverables.

• Ensure adherence to ethical standards, IRB requirements, and data governance policies.

• Lead and participate in proposals and capture initiatives for federal, state, local, foundation, and other client opportunities related to community safety.

• Develop compelling proposal strategies, encompassing conceptual design, methodological frameworks, staffing, and budgeting.

• Discover new business opportunities and nurture partnerships that further the organization’s mission.

• Act as a senior methodological leader, providing guidance to teams on robust quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies.

• Oversee the review, analysis, synthesis, and visualization of data employing appropriate methods and techniques.

• Ensure data integrity, reproducibility, and comprehensive documentation throughout all analytic workflows.

• Convert complex research findings—both verbally and in written form—into actionable insights customized for policymakers, practitioners, and community partners.

• Manage relationships with clients and stakeholders with professionalism and an awareness of the broader policy and practice landscape.

• Build external relationships with researchers, practitioners, community partners, and other leaders engaged in the community safety and prevention sector.

• Supervise and mentor staff to enhance technical capabilities in community safety, prevention science, research design, and client service.

• Offer thought partnership and coaching to mid-level researchers regarding research design, analysis, and dissemination.

• Exemplify inclusive leadership practices and promote a collaborative team environment.

⛳️ Requirements

• PhD in criminology, sociology, psychology, public health, public policy, social work, anthropology, or a related field with 3+ years of pertinent experience, or a Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Extensive knowledge of community safety, violence prevention and intervention, prevention science, and/or implementation science.

• Capability to transform large concepts into actionable work plans and timelines.

• Background in a contract research, evaluation, policy, or applied research organization.

• Proficiency with various data collection methodologies (including but not limited to structured interviews, observations, and survey research) and analysis activities (including experience with quantitative and/or qualitative analytic software packages such as STATA, R, Excel, NVivo, and Access).

• Demonstrated ability to function as a Project Director (PD) or in a comparable role, managing budgets, timelines, staff, and client relationships.

• Experience in building and sustaining strong relationships with a diverse range of community- and systems-based clients, as well as cross-sector stakeholders.

• Familiarity with business pursuit activities (e.g., grant and proposal writing).

🏝️ Benefits

• AIR’s Total Rewards Program, crafted to competitively reward staff and inspire them to fulfill the mission.