WestEd Position Announcement

Benefits Highlights

All health benefits effective first of the month following date of hire
15% contribution toward retirement effective day one of employment
20 vacation days, 10 holidays, 2 personal days
12 days sick leave per year

Position Title:	School Climate Technical Assistance and Research Specialist
Reports to:	Sr. Program Director
Program:	Health & Human Development Program
Salary:	Level G - $69,840 - $87,300
Location:	Los Alamitos, CA
Time Base:	100%
Position No:	3702

WestEd, a nonprofit research, development, and service agency, works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth, and adults. While WestEd serves the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah as one of the nation's Regional Educational Laboratories, our agency's work extends throughout the United States and abroad. WestEd has 16 offices nationwide, from Washington and Boston to Arizona, Southern California, and its headquarters in San Francisco.

WestEd’s Health and Human Development Program focuses on conducting research and providing technical assistance related to youth health, school success, behavior, and overall positive development. This includes the prevention of risky or problem behaviors that are barriers to learning and well-being—such as substance abuse, violence, bullying, delinquency, and early sexual behavior—and the promotion of youth resilience, academic achievement, and career readiness.

Position Description

Assist in the development and implementation of technical assistance systems aimed at building the capacity of school and afterschool program staff to address the needs of youth, including military dependent students.

Responsibilities

WestEd is seeking to fill the position of School Climate Specialist as part of our work in improving low-performing schools and afterschool programs. The Senior Research Associate will be responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of technical assistance systems aimed at building the capacity of school and afterschool program staff to address the needs of youth, including military dependent students. Responsibilities will also include developing workshops on youth development promotion and other related topics for both school and afterschool program settings. The Research Associate will be responsible for helping schools and afterschool programs (a) identify student and school needs based on data from surveys and other sources and (b) develop work plans for addressing those needs using evidence-based strategies.

• Provide expertise and technical assistance to school and afterschool program staff on topics related to improving school climates within school reform efforts.
• Provide technical assistance on topics such as: using data in program decision making, youth and parent involvement, and meeting the needs of special populations, including military-dependent youth.
• Assist in conducting data analyses of student, staff, and parent survey data and in design of survey reports.
• Contribute to development of content for paper-based and electronic media.
• Lead in preparation of reports of the results of school-based surveys.
• Write proposals to expand projects within the Health and Human Development Program related to school climate, safety, bullying prevention, military-connected youth, afterschool programming, and other topics of interest.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in educational or developmental research, quantitative social science, or related field.
• Background in education, school reform, military-connected youth, after-school programming, school climate, adolescent behavior, youth development, risk behavior research and/or prevention preferred.
• Recent successful experience leading professional development activities and coaching teachers or out-of-school youth program staff.
• Excellent communication skills for implementing workshops, institutes, coaching programs, and site-based research.
• Experience writing proposals, reports, and professional publications
• Knowledge of research methodology, measurement, and data analysis
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Experience in directing and designing research projects.
• Strong project management skills.
• Must be authorized to work in USA (visa sponsorship not available).

Application Process

We invite you to Apply for this Position.

Human Resources
WestEd
730 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
http://www.WestEd.org

WestEd is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Positions are open until filled.