Impact Justice is looking for a Senior Researcher to lead groundbreaking projects that are transforming the criminal justice landscape! With the flexibility of a hybrid work environment, this position can be based in Oakland, CA, Los Angeles, CA, or Washington, DC. As part of the Research and Action Center, you’ll manage multiple research initiatives, supervise a team of Research Analysts, and contribute to the development of cutting-edge data collection tools and analysis protocols. With a supportive and diverse team dedicated to advancing safety, justice, and opportunity, this role offers a unique chance to contribute to meaningful change while growing your career. If you’re passionate about creating a fairer and more just world, this is the opportunity for you!

Another Source’s client, Impact Justice, is recruiting a Senior Researcher to join their Research and Action Center team. This role can be located in Oakland, CA (preferred), Los Angeles, CA (preferred), or Washington, DC. Applicants that prefer to report to the DC office must be willing to maintain a 10am - 6pm ET work schedule and travel to the Oakland office as needed. This is a hybrid role with the opportunity to work remotely 3 days per week.  

Impact Justice advances safety, justice, and opportunity through boundary-breaking work that honors and empowers people and is changing expectations about what we can accomplish together. Specifically, we work to reduce the number of people caught up in harmful legal systems by creating alternatives that are responsive, restorative, fair, and effective; to improve living conditions and life outcomes and safeguard fundamental human rights for the millions of people still subject to mass incarceration; and to expand opportunities for formerly incarcerated and other system-involved people to heal, fully participate in community life, and reach their potential. We operate from the understanding that the struggle for justice takes place in a context of historic, systemic, and pervasive racism. 

Learn more:  

https://impactjustice.org/about-us/ 

https://impactjustice.org/about-us/our-impact/ 

Salary: The position will be paid $83,000 to $100,000 annually.  

Benefits: The benefits that come with working at Impact Justice include medical, dental, and FSA plans, significant vacation and 30 days of wellness leave, and immediate vesting in our 401K with a generous match.  

Research & Action Center:  

The Research and Action Center at Impact Justice partners with individuals, organizations, and communities to better understand overlapping problems of injustice and evaluate promising solutions, especially from the perspectives of those most impacted. Our studies, which are grounded in the ethics and practices of participatory research, are geared to connect the desire for change with informed action and to be useful to a wide array of stakeholders who have a role to play in meaningful and lasting change. We do this by collecting and analyzing data and collaborating with public and private agencies and community-based organizations. We center and uplift the experience and knowledge of formerly incarcerated people and others affected by harmful legal systems who are increasingly on the frontlines of change, supporting their work through research, evaluation, and technical assistance.  

Learn more: https://impactjustice.org/innovation/research-action-center/ 

About the Role:  

Senior Researchers are expected to manage multiple projects, supervise Research Analysts, and assist with team grant and report writing. They serve as the primary point person for project partners and participate in project communications and meetings. Senior Researchers are responsible for leading project planning by developing logic models, research and evaluation plans, work plans, and timelines. They are expected to supervise Research Analysts by delegating effectively, providing constructive feedback, and providing support in goal setting and problem solving.  

Project Management: 

• Manage multiple projects concurrently, ensuring that the team meets internal and external deadlines for deliverables; execute the work plan and evaluation plan as developed; communicate and coordinate with both internal and external partners to ensure tasks are completed in a timely fashion; serve as the senior point person for projects. 

Supervise Research Analysts: 

• Conduct regular and consistent one-on-one check ins with supervisees; provide feedback on work products and progress; support in goal setting and problem solving; support in the development of professional and technical skills; complete Impact Justice-required quarterly and annual reviews on time. 

Develop Data Collection Tools and Protocols: 

• Finalize and prepare IRB submissions; develop surveys with both externally and internally validated measures; develop interview protocols; ensure that data collection tools correspond with appropriate logic models and relevant research questions; train research analysts in the administration of surveys. 

Collect and Analyze Data (as needed): 

• Support data collection for projects; conduct, interpret, and summarize more complex data analysis as needed, including multiple forms of regression; able to contribute significantly to the research design elements of projects, including matching control group samples, sample design, etc. 

Report and Grant Writing: 

• Identify relevant organizations and sources for ongoing or upcoming projects; finalize reports and report-associated posts for the Impact Justice website; write and finalize grant proposals; contribute significantly to the team “idea bank” (i.e. produces actionable ideas for LOIs, grant proposals, and concept papers) 

Education/Experience Level Competitive:  

• Master’s and/or PhD degree in a relevant field (e.g. criminal legal systems, criminology, sociology, public policy). A law degree alone (JD, LLM, SJD) will likely be considered insufficient. 

• At least 5 years of experience in an advanced research role, preferably with project leadership experience 

• At least 3 years of project management experience, preferably in a non-profit or similar setting 

Required Qualifications: 

• Experience managing projects and people 

• Expertise in data collection, management, and analysis 

• High level expertise in qualitative (preferred) or quantitative research methods. 

• Able to develop collaborative logic models/theories of change 

• Positive, solutions-oriented approach to problems 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Excellent attention to detail 

• Excellent time management skills, including the ability to manage tasks across multiple projects 

• Extreme reliability and ability to maintain confidentiality 

• Expertise in one or more areas of the criminal/juvenile legal system 

• Highly skilled in data visualization 

• Commitment to employing an intersectional lens during all tasks and projects 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Member of a criminal legal system-impacted community 

• Bilingual 

• Experience leading a diverse team 

• Successful grant writing experience 

We are a diverse and allied staff of reformers, transformers, abolitionists, and dreamers who bring a wide range of knowledge, skill, and life experience to the challenging work we undertake together. We’re committed to living our values and to creating the kinds of equitable and inclusive team environments internally that we fight to help create in our broader communities. This includes providing opportunities to all job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, criminal history, disability, or genetics. The organization strongly encourages people of color, individuals who identify as part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer communities, and individuals impacted by the legal system to join the team. A majority of individuals on our current executive team identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQ. We are committed to workplace diversity and providing equal employment opportunities. 

Another Source works with their clients, on a retained project basis.  We are committed to building inclusive candidate pools as we partner with hiring teams. Veterans, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As you read through the job posting and review the list of qualifications (required and/or preferred), please do not self-select out if you feel you do not meet every qualification. No one is 100% qualified. We encourage you to apply and share your story with us.  

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