Survey Analyst
Location: McLean, VA
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The survey research fellow will manage all aspects of the research process from problem definition, sampling, questionnaire development, survey conduct, analysis of results, and presentation of the results to the client. Projects can span a range of consumer satisfaction with government services, quality of work life for employees, and a wide variety of other areas.
Additional responsibilities include:
Evaluate information needs involving both primary and secondary research for internal clients ranging from Senior Executives or Middle Managers, to management teams.
Synthesize complex findings and detailed research into executive summaries and presentations intended for managerial decisions.
Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills, statistical analysis/ methodological skills, computational software skills. Ability to read and write statistical syntax a plus.
Ability to design sound survey questions and read the significance of results with functional specialists is imperative. Demonstrated ability to develop, review, and revise survey questionnaires, survey design materials, and survey documentation. Contributes to the conceptualization and design of research projects. Designs questionnaires, interviews, or other data collection tools based on models from previous research studies.
Coordinate with other business units, vendors, team members, and clients to successfully implement the research project. Participate on multiple research project and functional teams, collaborating with others and taking responsibility for assigned tasks in order to achieve team goals and objectives.
Qualifications:
A minimum of 3 years experience in survey research.
Masters in social sciences or related fields
; public opinion research or market research degree strongly preferred.Ability to obtain a government security clearance.
Be able to work in multiple quantitative software environments with Excel and SPSS. Adept SPSS programmer preferred: recode and compute new variables, merge data files, transform data, generate crosstabs and statistical analyses. Expertise and experience in multiple quantitative research methodologies, including solid statistical/analytic skills used in public opinion research. Ability to direct project work using quantitative packages and tools such as SPSS. Ability to quickly learn new software.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, most notably PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
Ability to work independently and communicate clearly and often with senior management.
Must possess exemplary organizational skills, ability to balance multiple projects with changing priorities, working independently and in a team environment with attention to detail, strict adherence to deadlines and minimal supervision.
Ability to manage survey research projects from start to finish; design survey instruments, manage data collection, analysis and produce written reports of the research.
Must be able to produce briefings and written reports with content and conclusions drawn from sound empirical research from analysis of the survey results.
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