Posted 9/21
Fellow, Public Opinion and Global Affairs
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
POSITION: Fellow, Public Opinion and Global Affairs
DEPARTMENT: Studies
REPORTS TO: Vice President, Studies
SUMMARY
The Fellow will help re-establish The Chicago Council as one of the most
authoritative sources on how Americans (and others) view foreign policy. The
fellow will leverage the Council’s thirty-six-year record of high-quality
public opinion, deepen and broaden partnerships with other organizations,
publish and speak regularly on survey research, and develop new sources of
financial support for the Council’s survey work.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Oversee The Chicago Council’s biennial Public Opinion Survey (POS). The
fellow will work closely with the POS team including senior survey experts,
commissioned writers, and Chicago Council senior staff. The Fellow will
serve as the principle contact with the polling firm and any other
professional service firms that the Council may engage, including but not
limited to a PR firm. The Fellow will be responsible for managing the
project, undertaking all quantitative analysis, and drafting portions of the
final report. The fellow will be expected to publish follow-on research
(e.g., briefs, short essays, articles, opinion pieces) drawing on POS data.
· Conduct no less than one major survey project, and publish the findings,
on years when the Council is not producing its biennial survey.
· Produce mini-survey reports in response to breaking news or relevant
political activity.
· Work closely with Chicago Council colleagues and support their research
with survey work, as appropriate.
· Contribute commentary to the broadcast, print, and social media in
response to news developments.
· Increase The Chicago Council’s visibility by developing new dissemination
activities around each survey, attending national and international
conferences to discuss Council survey research findings, and publishing
widely.
· Establish a significant online presence for the Council’s Public Opinion
Survey. This includes establishing a presence in social media, starting and
maintaining a blog, and updating the survey’s Web page. This online work
will focus on all available survey data relating to global affairs, while
also highlighting the Council’s work whenever appropriate.
· Work closely with the Director, Foundation Relations, to identify sources
of funding and develop grant requests to support The Chicago Council’s
survey work.
QUALIFICATIONS
· Ph.D. in a related field (e.g., statistics, political science, or
economics) or seven years of experience in the field of public opinion
· Demonstrated interest in U.S. foreign policy and global affairs
· Superior verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to
communicate complex concepts and topics clearly, thoroughly, and succinctly
· Initiative and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a
fast-paced, demanding environment with conflicting and changing priorities
· Ability to effectively use social media to communicate the Council’s
offerings
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, founded in 1922 as The Chicago
Council on Foreign Relations, is a leading independent, nonpartisan
organization committed to influencing the discourse on global issues through
contributions to opinion and policy formation, leadership dialogue, and
public learning. The Chicago Council brings the world to Chicago by hosting
public programs and private events featuring world leaders and experts with
diverse views on a wide range of global topics. Through task forces,
conferences, studies, and leadership dialogue, the Council brings Chicago’s
ideas and opinions to the world. Learn more at
www.thechicagocouncil.org.
TO APPLY
Please e-mail a cover letter and résumé as Word documents to
hr@thechicagocouncil.org. You
can also apply via the Council’s Web site at
www.thechicagocouncil.org in
the Career Opportunities section. EOE
Posted 8/19
Senior Quantitative Research Scientist
Glevum Associates
Glevum, a US government contractor business with operations in Afghanistan
and other transitional nations, seeks a Senior Quantitative Research
Scientist. In this role the ideal candidate will:
1. Deploy to Afghanistan to fill the position of a Senior Quantitative
Research Analyst.
2. Support Glevum clients to fully understand, develop and finalize their
information requirements from a sound and ethical survey methodological
perspective.
3. Based on these IRs, support Glevum senior managers in the development of
a comprehensive research collection plan that ensures that all available
research methods including surveys, focus groups , depth interviews and
Afghan experts are properly and fully utilized.
4. Take the lead in the development of culturally and demographically
appropriate survey instruments and sample plans.
5. With approval of Glevum senior managers task relevant research assets
inside and outside of Afghanistan in support of our clients' IRs.
6. Task and train indigenous Field Research Teams (FRT) and supervise their
activities as appropriate.
7. Support RAMT to fully understand and exploit the survey methodology
implications and opportunities of qualitative research efforts.
8. Supervise coding and data processing and determine the reliability and
accuracy of collected research.
9. Produce a methods report based on the version provided by the FRT.
10. Conduct detailed methodologically sound social science analysis of
collected research to determine the implications and trends that the data
reveal. The most important task is the rapid production of top line
findings.
11. Produce and present written reports and briefings on research findings
to clients and authorized U.S. entities.
12. Operate professionally, maturely and effectively in an environment where
work and living arrangements are heavily intertwined.
General Requirements for Senior Quantitative Research Analyst:
• MA in survey methodology or a related field with a strong survey research
background or a BA and a minimum of 5 years' academic or commercial
experience in survey research.
• Must be able to use, expertly, SPSS including SPSS Syntax and ideally not
essentially SAS. Knowledge of geo-coding for opinion mapping a plus.
• Must have experience using basic descriptive and inferential statistics.
• Must be able to convert SPSS files into Excel spreadsheets and develop
relevant survey type graphs and charts in PowerPoint, Excel or SPSS.
• Must be U.S. Citizen and have an active Security Clearance or the ability
to obtain a Security Clearance.
Please apply online at
http://glevumusajobs.iapplicants.com
Posted 8/19
Senior Research Scientist
Glevum Associates
Glevum Associates is currently seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join
our team in Afghanistan to support a DoD client.
Senior Research Scientist will provide sound quantitative analysis in line
with the client requirements, while rigorously enforcing the highest ethical
and methodological standards. The ideal candidate will supervise the
development of research instruments, analyze collected field data for use in
development of Target Audience and interact with the client in developing
and finalizing information requirements for quantitative products.
Additionally, this person would manage technical relationships with local
research vendors, conduct detailed assessment of all collected data, and
provide stakeholders with briefings on research methodology and top line
findings.
Qualifications:
• Must be able to deploy to Afghanistan.
• Master's degree in Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Consumer Research,
Statistics, Survey.
• Methodology or advanced media analysis degree with 6-10 years of research
or target audience analysis experience.
• OR, a PhD. in same degrees with 1-2 years experience.
• Must have conducted multiple quantitative and qualitative research
projects in Afghanistan or other nations undergoing armed conflict or in
transition for at least three years, to include surveys, focus groups and
in-depth interviews.
• Expertise in consumer research data analysis in SPSS, including weighting,
table generation, advanced analysis including regression.
• Expertise in Excel.
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have and active Security Clearance or the ability
to obtain a Security Clearance
Please apply online at
http://glevumusajobs.iapplicants.com
