Research Associate

More in Common is dedicated to understanding the forces driving division in society and finding common ground. The Research Associate will support research on democracy, polarization, and social cohesion through various methodologies including survey design, data analysis, and collaboration with diverse organizations.

Responsibilities

• Designing and programming quantitative and qualitative surveys
• Designing and facilitating focus groups and interviews
• Managing a qualitative online research panel of 300+ Americans
• Conducting mixed-method analyses of survey and qualitative data, including longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses
• Conducting literature reviews
• Social media and social listening analysis
• Visualizing data (e.g., in R, PowerPoint, Flourish, Canva, etc.)
• Regularly writing up research findings, including in memos and reports
• Crafting and conducting presentations of data insights for wider audiences
• Developing new project ideas
• Drafting concept notes and grant proposals to support new projects
• Designing and facilitating webinars and workshops to help practitioners integrate research insights into their program design and delivery
• Mentoring research interns

Skills

• Have or soon-to-have a 4-year university degree
• Demonstrate a commitment to understanding the forces driving us apart, finding common ground, and bringing people together to tackle shared challenges
• Possess a deep curiosity about how other people think, a strong sense of respect for people whose views may be very different from your own, and an interest in utilizing the social psychology and political science insights underpinning More in Common's work
• Are passionate about elevating the voices of the ‘exhausted majority'
• Have an ability and desire to work across the ideological spectrum
• Hold a strong conviction that you personally can make a difference in making America a less divided nation, with the humility to understand how hard that's going to be
• Are keenly interested in politics and public issues, but you are not deeply partisan
• Enjoy getting into the details of data analysis and data presentation, to generate insights from public opinion research and make those insights compelling and engaging for others
• An appetite for and understanding of public opinion research and insights into how public attitudes change
• Can sift through both small and large quantitative and qualitative datasets to identify important trends and synthesize the findings
• Comfort with navigating complex data sets (e.g., in Excel and R) and creating polished data visuals (e.g., in R, Flourish, Canva, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience designing surveys and programming surveys (e.g., via tools like Qualtrics, Google Forms)
• Ability to conduct quantitative data analysis (e.g., in Excel, R, Python)
• Experience with social media analysis or social listening
• Experience conducting message testing research
• Can craft compelling and fresh data visuals that resonate with partners
• Can build stories and insights from quantitative and qualitative research, creating clear and compelling memos, presentation decks, and reports
• Know how to use AI tools to power your research analyses but also understand AI's limitations
• A broad range of interests and a record of impact in relevant areas such as democracy, elections, politics, social psychology, advocacy, campaigning, social history, polling, and/or academia
• An exceptional ability to execute and achieve rigorous results in the face of strong headwinds
• A predisposition for candor in moments when many might be scared to say what they think
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Have strong interpersonal skills and can represent More in Common well with its partners
• Strong attention to detail in communications with stakeholders
• Are passionate about helping inform, serve, and grow the nonprofit, nonpartisan democracy, and social cohesion fields
• Experience with and a capacity to understand people from different backgrounds, to see the world from others' perspectives and inspire trust among diverse audiences
• Are strategic, rigorous, restless, energetic, and creative
• Are able to think ahead and get big stuff done
• Are committed to a process of ongoing learning and experience of a ‘test and learn' approach
• Act with humility, generosity, and integrity towards others
• Are excited to work with heart as well as head
• Feel comfortable and excited to dwell on the edge but not on the margins
• Want to be part of an effort to turn despair into hope
• An agile and entrepreneurial mindset
• A drive to make a measurable difference to society and a track record to prove it
• Curiosity and creativity
• Demonstrable empathy and great listening skills
• Strong collaboration and field-building skills
• The capacity to embrace complexity and find a way through it, taking others with you along the way
• Able to set priorities, meet goals, and evaluate both process and results
• Resilience under pressure
• A strong familiarity with a diverse range of communities in the US
• Belief in the power of a good sense of humor

Benefits

• Generous leave policy
• Matching 401(k)
• Medical insurance

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