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JBA is a small business that delivers big results. Driven by a shared passion for improving the lives of others, staff collaborate on an array of challenging projects with local and national significance.
We offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package that includes excellent health care coverage, a 401(k) plan with an above-average company match, and reliable profit sharing. Bonuses are awarded annually for exceptional performance.
Various federal agencies with whom we contract require that staff successfully undergo a background investigation or security clearance as a condition of working on the project. If you are assigned to such a project, you will be required to obtain the requisite security clearance.
An affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, we value and actively seek diversity in the workforce. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to excellence and inclusion in our work and in our practice, and we encourage individuals of diverse backgrounds with multidisciplinary experience to apply. Browse our current opportunities below.
Current Opportunities
Research Associate, Child and Family Development
JBA is currently seeking a Research Associate to join our Child and Family Development Practice Area. We are looking for an individual who can contribute to all aspects of continuous quality improvement (CQI) on a project and provide technical assistance (TA) to state awardees of federal funding and early childhood programs.
The position may be located in our Arlington, VA, office or in another location by telecommuting. Some travel required.
Responsibilities
- Lead or participate in teams, drawing on experience, analytic skills, and technical knowledge
- Design and conduct research and evaluation for state, federal, and private-sector projects
- Provide evaluation, CQI, and performance measurement TA to state awardees of federal funding and early childhood programs
- Advise early childhood programs with planning and implementing comprehensive CQI projects
- Critically review performance measurement and CQI plans and reports and provide feedback to align with project guidance and best practice
- Build early childhood programs’ capacity to collect, manage, and report data
- Participate in the critical analysis of performance and outcome measures, identify issues or trends, initiate effective problem-solving, and develop improvement plans
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual CQI reports for project meetings and leadership as required
- Lead or contribute to universal TA products
- Apply rigorous analytic thinking to the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
- Engage in business development activities, including idea generation, grant writing, and responding to requests for proposals (RFPs)
- Bring creative ideas to the development of proposals for new projects
- Author reports, memos, TA tools, issue briefs, webinar presentations, and journal manuscripts
Required Qualifications
- PhD with 5+ years of experience or master’s degree with 10+ years of experience
- Project development experience, including proposal writing
- Advanced knowledge of research design and quantitative methods
- 2–3 years of experience using CQI methods (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Model for Improvement)
- Serve as an improvement advisor
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including group facilitation skills
- Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with others, including working effectively as part of a team
- Experience in client communication and relationship management
- Ability to provide TA to human services programs to build their evaluation, CQI, and performance measurement capacity
- Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to lead and manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced training in education, child or human development, family studies, sociology, public policy, public health, psychology, or related field
- Advanced CQI training and/or certification (e.g., Six Sigma Black Belt, IHI Breakthrough Series, ASQ certification)
- Broad understanding of early childhood field (home visiting, child welfare, children’s mental health, two-generation programs, early care and education) and policy issues
- Experience developing measurement tools for early childhood research
- Experience providing TA to human services programs to build their capacity
- Experience managing projects or tasks
- Experience leading a learning collaborative
Excellent salary and benefits. Email cover letter with salary requirements, resume, and writing sample.
Senior Data Manager
JBA is looking for an individual who will oversee all aspects of data collection, processing, management, and analysis of a variety of quantitative datasets across the firm. The position may be located in our Arlington, Virginia, office or in another location by telecommuting. Some travel required.
Responsibilities
- Create outcome measures, restructure data files, clean data, and perform analyses using SAS
- Develop and implement data management and security plans
- Create codebooks and write technical memos that document data processing decisions and summarize the quality of data
- Oversee the work of data analysts on data collection, management, analysis, and reporting
- Engage in business development activities and contribute to responses to requests for proposals (RFPs)
- Design and conduct research and evaluation for state, federal, tribal, and private-sector projects
- Apply rigorous analytic thinking to the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
- Contribute to reports, memos, TA tools, issue briefs, webinar presentations, and journal manuscripts
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience managing large data sets across multiple projects, preferably in maternal, child, and family health and development
- Skilled in the use of survey software (REDCap, Qualtrics), statistical analysis packages (SAS, SPSS) and knowledge of computing platforms and data file construction
- Knowledge of quantitative research methods
- Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with others, including working effectively as part of a team
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including technical documentation and report writing
- Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to lead and manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in statistics, public health, economics, public policy, sociology, psychology, mathematics, data science, informatics, or a related field
- Extensive experience managing large data sets for federally funded projects
- Experience developing data security and privacy plans compliant with the Department of Health and Human Services standards and/or HIPAA
Excellent salary and benefits. Email cover letter with salary requirements and resume.
Mid-Level Data Analyst
JBA is currently seeking a full-time analyst to assist across projects. The position may be located in our Arlington, VA, office or in another location by telecommuting. Some travel required.
Responsibilities
- Create outcome measures, restructure data files, clean data, and perform analyses using SAS. Analyses will include descriptive and multivariate analyses.
- Assist in the design and implementation of research studies
- Create codebooks and write technical memos that document data processing decisions and summarize the quality of data
- Apply rigorous analytic thinking to the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
- Prepare statistical tables and graphics
- Contribute to writing reports and memos
- Engage in business development activities and contribute to responses to requests for proposals
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in statistics, public health, economics, public policy, sociology, psychology, mathematics, data science, informatics or a related field
- Skilled in the use of survey software (REDCap, Qualtrics)
- Skilled in the use of statistical analysis packages (SAS required)
- Knowledgeable of computing platforms and data file construction
- Knowledgeable of quantitative research methods
- Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with others, including working effectively as part of a team
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including technical documentation and report writing
- Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to lead and manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong Excel and SPSS skills
- Experience with data management
- Skilled in data visualization and data presentation techniques
- Experience in survey research methodology
- Knowledgeable of data security best practices
Excellent salary and benefits. Email cover letter with salary requirements and resume.
Senior Research Associate, Child and Family Development
JBA is looking for an individual who can strengthen our expertise in early care and education research and evaluation, including child care, Head Start and Early Head Start, or early childhood systems of care. This position will be expected to help develop and nurture a funded research portfolio in this area. It may be located in our Arlington, Virginia, office or in another location by telecommuting. Some travel required.
Responsibilities
- Lead or participate in teams, drawing on experience, analytic skills, and technical knowledge
- Design and conduct research and evaluation for state, federal, and private-sector projects
- Provide evaluation technical assistance (TA) to state awardees of federal funding and early childhood programs
- Apply rigorous analytic thinking to the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
- Engage in business development activities, including idea generation, grant writing, and responding to requests for proposals (RFPs)
- Bring creative ideas to the development of proposals for new projects
- Author reports, memos, TA tools, issue briefs, webinar presentations, and journal manuscripts
- Mentor junior staff
Required Qualifications
- Ph.D. with 5+ years of experience or master’s degree with 10+ years of experience
- Project leadership experience as either project director or principal investigator, including staff supervision, budget management, and report writing
- Project development experience, including proposal writing and budget development
- Proven track record of winning competitive contracts/grants from various funding organizations (e.g., federal, state, and local government; foundations)
- Expertise in early care and education research and policy
- Advanced knowledge of research design and quantitative methods
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including group facilitation skills
- Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with others, including working effectively as part of a team
- Experience in client communication and relationship management
- Ability to provide TA to human services programs to build their evaluation capacity
- Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to lead and manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced training in education, child or human development, family studies, sociology, public policy, psychology, or related field
- Experience leading federal projects or substantial foundation projects
- Broad understanding of early childhood field (home visiting, child welfare, children’s mental health, two-generation programs) and policy issues
- Experience developing measurement tools for early childhood research
- Experience providing TA to human service programs to build their evaluation capacity
Excellent salary and benefits. Email cover letter with salary requirements, resume, and writing sample.
Senior Research Methodologist, Child and Family Development
JBA is looking for an individual who can enhance our team’s expertise in quantitative methods and support two high-profile home visiting projects, as well as other projects across the practice area. This position will assist federally funded awardees to design, implement, and report on high-quality, rigorous research and evaluation. It will also support the application of innovative research methods to advance the field of home visiting. The position may be located in our Arlington, Virginia, office or in another location by telecommuting. Some travel required.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the conceptualization of research and evaluation designs, development of surveys and measurement tools, and data analysis
- Advise Project Directors and Task Leaders on statistical and methodological issues
- Lead or participate in teams, drawing on experience, analytic skills, and technical knowledge
- Design and conduct research and evaluation for state, federal, and private-sector projects
- Provide evaluation technical assistance (TA) to state awardees of federal funding and early childhood programs
- Apply rigorous analytic thinking to the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
- Contribute to business development activities, including idea generation, grant writing, and responding to requests for proposals (RFPs)
- Bring creative ideas to the development of proposals for new projects
- Author technical memos, TA tools, issue briefs, webinar presentations, sections of reports, and journal manuscripts
- Translate complex, technical behavioral and social sciences research for end users with nontechnical backgrounds
Required Qualifications
- Ph.D. with 5+ years of experience or master’s degree with 10+ years of experience in statistics, research methodology, epidemiology, or social sciences
- Expertise in research methodology and evaluation design
- Experience developing and implementing design, sampling, and analytic plans for effectiveness studies of early childhood or human services programs
- Proficiency in one or more statistical packages such as SAS, SPSS, or R
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with others, including working effectively as part of a team
- Ability to provide TA to human services programs to build their evaluation capacity
- Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail; flexibility to lead and manage multiple priorities, sometimes simultaneously, under deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Project leadership experience, including task management, staff supervision, and report writing
- Broad understanding of early childhood field (home visiting, child welfare, children’s mental health, two-generation programs) and policy issues
- Experience applying Bayesian methods to evaluation of human service programs
- Proven track record in research methods as demonstrated by publications in peer-review journals and presentations at professional conferences
- Experience providing TA to human service programs to build their evaluation capacity
Excellent salary and benefits. Email cover letter with salary requirements, resume, and writing sample.
Business Development Associate
This full-time position will provide strategic vision and support for marketing and business development; support the production of key sections of proposals; and build, maintain, and manage the firm’s extensive collection of corporate qualifications, project descriptions, resumes, bios, proposals, and collateral marketing materials.
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, marketing, business, communications, or journalism; minimum of 3 years previous experience (research and evaluation preferred); and prior experience with proposals for federal and state government agencies and foundations preferred.
Excellent salary and benefits. Email resume and cover letter with salary requirements.