Research Specialist I

About the role

Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health is recruiting for a Research Specialist I to support its Research division in Riverside, CA. This position will support Behavioral Health programs with data analysis and reporting, developing evaluation designs, developing program indicators, identifying or developing data sources, assisting with survey design, and identifying areas of greatest need.

Responsibilities

• Initiates research and statistical investigations and recognize the need for research and statistical investigations in the areas of behavioral health or social service delivery and program planning and evaluation.
• Affords assistance in the coordination with staff and outside agencies to obtain data; designs, organizes and develops research plans and evaluation designs.
• Might assist in defining study populations and sample selection criteria; generating databases and writing queries and computer programs to produce ongoing and ad hoc reports; conducts surveys and interviews and administers questionnaire forms; collects and analyzes baseline and administrative data; performs random assignment of study subjects; and, periodically posts reports to the web site.
• Advices administrators of research findings and/or procedures; prepares narrative reports of findings with valid conclusions, projects program impacts, and predicts trends.
• Affords assistance in conducting research to identify needs for new programs, identifies appropriate sources of funding to support new programs and prepares funding applications.

Requirements

The most competitive candidates will have a Masters or Ph.D. with graduate-level work in psychology, behavioral health, evaluation, or social sciences with a strong emphasis in statistics and research design desired. The ideal candidate will have experience in research and/or evaluation activities, including statistical analysis and interpretation, and proficiency with statistical software such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and/ or R programing language (SPSS and/or R). Additionally, competitive candidates will have experience in report design in Structured Query Language Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Power BI, and/or Crystal Reports. Structured Query Language (SQL) skills are highly desired. Experience in behavioral health and using electronic health record data is also a plus.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from a recognized college with a Bachelor's degree in social science, statistics, mathematics, economics, business/public administration, public health, data processing, or any of the natural sciences.
• Experience: Two years of progressively responsible experience in administrative, professional, investigative, technical or other responsible work which included statistical analysis, research or program design and data collection, and electronic data storage and report generation or grant writing.

Skills

• Knowledge of: policies, procedures, practices and legislation governing the provision of social service delivery systems; advanced research and statistical methods including data collection and analysis; computer programming and processing methods; principles of management including planning, organizing and evaluating programs; social service concepts and issues.
• Ability to: develop and prepare concise and coherent oral and written reports and recommendations; analyze, interpret and evaluate statistical data and research findings; use statistical software packages on personal computers; maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; design and carry out research topics related to social service.

Benefits

This position offers a 5/8 or 9/80 schedule with opportunities for a hybrid schedule.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job posting.

Examples of Essential Duties

• Initiates research and statistical investigations and recognize the need for research and statistical investigations in the areas of behavioral health or social service delivery and program planning and evaluation.
• Affords assistance in the coordination with staff and outside agencies to obtain data; designs, organizes and develops research plans and evaluation designs.
• Might assist in defining study populations and sample selection criteria; generating databases and writing queries and computer programs to produce ongoing and ad hoc reports; conducts surveys and interviews and administers questionnaire forms; collects and analyzes baseline and administrative data; performs random assignment of study subjects; and, periodically posts reports to the web site.
• Advises administrators of research findings and/or procedures; prepares narrative reports of findings with valid conclusions, projects program impacts, and predicts trends.
• Affords assistance in conducting research to identify needs for new programs, identifies appropriate sources of funding to support new programs and prepares funding applications.

Supplemental Information

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