Bachelor’s-level Research Analysts, Health Care Payment and Quality Division

RTI International’s Health Practice Area has multiple openings for experienced Bachelor’s-level Research Analysts to assist with implementation, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of innovative health and social policies, programs, and research initiatives. As an Analyst, you will function as an integral part of a team supporting research and analytic activities and project coordination. The role includes opportunities to collaborate with senior research staff while developing an in-depth understanding of critical health policy and research issues, and advanced methods. Many opportunities for mentorship and professional development in a variety of health-related topic areas are available.

This position is hybrid, based in any of the following RTI’s U.S. offices in Research Triangle Park, NC; Waltham, MA; or Washington, DC.  

We strongly encourage applicants to include a cover letter describing their interest in the role and related work experience with their application. 

• Manage correspondence and project communications and assist with other project management responsibilities including scheduling, preparing meeting agendas, and recording meeting minutes.
• Conduct literature reviews, environmental scans, and synthesize findings.
• Assemble and distribute various materials, including study supplies and data collection forms to field or clinical sites.
• Contribute to and/or prepare portions of technical memoranda, reports, and presentations.
• Assist with quantitative research activities including data abstraction, data analysis, data cleaning, file building, statistical modeling, measure calculation, writing detailed technical specifications, creating tables and figures, and/or writing analytic reports.
• Become familiar with large health-related datasets (e.g., Medicare enrollment, claims and encounter data, national health surveys, Medicaid data, cancer registries).
• Assist with qualitative research activities including individual and stakeholder interviews, focus groups, technical expert panels, and/or data collection studies.
• Collect and review data obtained through observations, document review, questionnaires, or other sources according to established guidelines, and edit data as required.
• Compile and manage analytic databases using database software.
• Assist in developing and implementing processes to assure quality and accuracy of data analyses.
• Review and proof own work for accuracy and completeness.

• BA/BS degree with a minimum of one year post-baccalaureate experience in Health Policy, Health Services Research, Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Economics, Biostatistics, or a related field.
• A demonstrated interest in health services and/or health/social policy research, public health, behavioral health.
• Quantitative and/or qualitative skills through research experience or coursework.
• Working experience with one or more of the following software packages: R, Python, SQL, Stata preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
  Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work successfully and communicate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

For San Francisco, CA USA Job Postings Only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Further information is available here.

The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States.

RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.

At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.

Salary : $57,000 - $69,000