Associate/Full Specialist - Transition-Age Youth Research and Evaluation Hub - School of Social Welfare

The Transition-Age Youth Research and Evaluation Hub is a university-based research collaborative housed within the California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP) in the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley. The TAY-Hub focuses on research related to policies and practices affecting transition-age youth, monitoring outcomes, and conducting applied research. This position is designed for a researcher with expertise in administrative data who will work on a variety of tasks, including coding, data analysis, writing publications, policy briefs, and summaries, and presenting research findings to a broad range of stakeholders, including policymakers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience in the child welfare system.

The position will work closely with the TAY-Hub Director, Co-Director, and graduate student team. This role includes significant collaboration with key system stakeholders and community partners, ensuring research findings are grounded in both academic rigor and real-world applicability.

Responsibilities include:

• Programming, data analysis, and statistical work using administrative datasets and research software.

• Writing and co-authoring publications, policy briefs, research summaries, and presentations based on research outcomes.

• Presenting findings to a wide array of stakeholders.

• Supporting event planning for research dissemination workshops, conferences, and stakeholder meetings.

• Mentoring graduate student researchers

Program: https://ccwip.berkeley.edu/TAY/

• Master's degree (or equivalent international degree)

• Ph.D. or equivalent international degree in Social Work/Social Welfare or related field.
• 2-3 years experience working with child welfare administrative data (must have expertise in navigating/manipulating a relational database, CWS/CMS preferred).
• 2-3 years experience with cross-system data linkages and TAY populations (must have some record linking data between multiple data sources as well as an indication of subject matter expertise with TAY).
• Previous experience mentoring students or junior researchers.
• Experience with event planning or organizing research-related conferences and meetings.
• 2-3 years strong background in coding and analyzing administrative data, with proficiency in relevant statistical software (e.g., Stata, R, Python, SAS).
• 2 years experience writing research publications, policy briefs, and reports (should have a track record of generating reports or published manuscripts).
• Ability to present research findings clearly to various audiences, including non-academic stakeholders.

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

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