Senior Research Analyst

Senior Research Analyst

The UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program is dedicated to promoting worker health, safety, and wellbeing, and building capacity for workers and worker organizations to take action to improve working conditions. LOSH offers high-quality training and education, participatory action research, policy analysis, and worker leadership development to advance worker rights and protections. LOSH is a unit of both the Institute for Research and Labor and Employment (IRLE) and the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH).

The Senior Research Analyst (SRA) provides strategic leadership of LOSH's research initiatives. Leveraging their advanced technical knowledge, the SRA manages LOSH's research portfolio, which fall into three categories 1) assessment of worker safety and health issues, 2) identification of effective controls for workplace hazards and innovative policy interventions, and 3) evaluation of worker trainings and interventions to mitigate injury and illness in the workplace. The SRA advances LOSH's strong commitment to participatory action research by cultivating new and managing existing research partnerships with unions, worker and community-based organizations, and public agencies. Responsibilities include collaborating with the Director to identify and pursue funding opportunities to support new research initiatives; developing research protocols and data collection tools; managing compliance with IRB requirements for human subjects research; overseeing data collection and analytical strategies; and authoring high-quality summaries, reports, and publications tailored to diverse stakeholders. The SRA supervises members of the LOSH research team, and they oversee the work of Graduate Student Researchers and student interns, including those participating in the national Occupational Health Internship Program. The SRA exercises a high degree of autonomy in formulating project plans and strategies, administering policies and resources, complex problem-solving, and ensuring compliance with timelines, grant requirements, and institutional standards. They represent LOSH publicly in community forums and professional meetings and contribute to LOSH organizational and staff development.

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Qualifications:

• 4-5 years Experience leading worker- or community-engaged research and evaluation initiatives, with a focus on policy-relevant outcomes. (Required)
• 4-5 years Experience successfully managing projects involving multiple collaborators. (Required)
• Experience administrating surveys, conducting interviews, and leading focus groups with workers and/or community audiences. (Required)
• Experience managing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data using various data analysis tools. (Required)
• Experience collaborating with diverse partners including labor unions, worker organizations, community-based organizations, government agencies, and academia. (Preferred)
• Advanced knowledge of occupational safety and health, labor movement, and/or participatory action research. (Required)
• Ability to develop work plans and timelines, monitor benchmarks, and ensure satisfactory completion of work plan within project timeframe. (Required)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with staff and community-based partners, both verbally and in writing. (Required)
• Ability to synthesize and communicate technical, scientific, and/or policy information for various audiences. (Required)
• Ability to multi-task within demanding timeframes. (Required)
• Ability to mentor junior staff and students via coaching, delegating responsibility, and providing feedback. (Required)
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish. (Required)

Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations:

• Bachelor's Degree Public Health or in related area and / or equivalent experience / training (Required)
• Master's Degree Public Health / related field or equivalent experience / training (Preferred)
• PhD Public Health or equivalent experience / training (Preferred)

Special Conditions for Employment:

• Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
• Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.
• Age Requirement: Candidate(s) must be 18 years or older to be eligible to be hired.

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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