Research Analyst II - Reproductive Healthcare

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The MEL Research Analyst II will perform a variety of analytical, operational, and administrative duties, as needed. Responsibilities may require any of the following: 

• Manage projects with excellence
  • Oversee a project from inception through implementation, including scoping of objectives, developing processes/timelines/project plans, and coordinating cross-MEL and/or cross-Upstream functional teams to execute work and achieve deliverables
  • Mentor and coach other MEL Analyst staff members, as needed
• Develop and implement data collection instruments/processes/efforts
  • Support the design of quantitative and/or qualitative data collection methodologies and instruments (e.g., surveys, interview guides, and observational protocols).
  • Coordinate data implementation and support administrative duties required for data collection
• Develop and implement data management processes and systems
  • Develop data systems/processes to ingest, analyze, and report on specific data (e.g. patient surveys, interview transcripts, secondary data)
  • Lead data cleaning, coding, and analysis, using the appropriate methodologies and software for each
  • Develop and maintain data dashboards and other data visualizations
• Conducting analyses and contribute to problem solving and research design
  • Conduct mixed-methods analyses, and provide interpretation of qualitative and/or quantitative data.
  • Produce actionable insights for health center partners and internal program staff through regular review of data streams in collaboration with other MEL and program team colleagues
• Reporting result to external and internal audiences
  • Lead presentations and make initial recommendations in leadership, decision-making forums, and/or team or organization wide settings
  • Serve as liaison to other teams and staff, to build understanding, develop solutions for data-focused needs and contribute to cross-disciplinary tasks
  • Prepare summaries, reports, visualizations and other data-focused deliverables of analytic results
• Additional duties as assigned

Required Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Upstream celebrates and fosters an inclusive work environment and encourages people of all identities, perspectives and backgrounds to apply.  

• Minimum of 5-6+ years direct experience with quantitative and/or qualitative data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Advanced experience in using data for program monitoring, evaluation and learning, including experience independently leading studies.
• Advanced skills in writing code using standard quantitative and/or qualitative data analytic software
• Advanced skills in using spreadsheets and other MSWord or Google suite and Windows applications
• Experience contributing to publications of scientific articles preferred.

Valued and Non-Essential Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Ability (Not required to apply)

• Master’s degree preferred in a social science field or equivalent work experience, and specific knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Experience contributing to publications of scientific articles preferred.

Other Desired Skills

• Confidence working independently, exercising good judgment, and making informed decisions with limited direction; ability to guide junior staff in decision making.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to continuously acquire new competencies and accept new challenges
• Excellent attention to detail, and robust quality assurance
• Flexibility and ability to produce work on short timelines and with evolving priorities

Other Upstream Staff Expectations

• Upstream USA’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy requires employees to have completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series unless a medical or religious exemption is approved. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees must provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or, if applicable, request a medical or religious exemption.
• All Upstreamers must also be able to attend work-related in-person meetings and functions as needed.
• In our hybrid work environments, there is a basic expectation that our Upstreamers will ensure that their work from home setups will have reliable access to phone and Internet to ensure connectivity to their teams.
• At Upstream we gather for moments that matter for training, teaming and connection. Our teams come together for occasional in person meetings and organizational retreats. As part of our hybrid work practices, this travel expectation will be applicable for all Upstreamers, even those based remotely.
• Engage in EDI learning & development, community engagement, and culture building activities up to 5% FTE (i.e., 2 work hours per 40 hour work week). Examples include attending trainings, conferences and summits, volunteering time, participating in local community events, mentoring and learning, participating in Communities of Belonging or Culture Council, developing language acquisition, learning universal design principles, and using professional development benefits for EDI topics, among other activities.

Travel Requirements

This role will require up to 15%  business travel. All Upstreamers can expect a minimum of 8 days of business travel per year to attend 1-2 annual organizational retreats and two annual team/department meetings.