Research Specialist I

Who We Are

Pacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and supports. Our team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults.

Who We Serve

Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura Counties.

What We Offer

• Pay Range: $23.27 - $27.93 per hour. Actual offers will be determined by the candidate’s creditable years of experience in conjunction with internal equity considerations and based on the organization’s current compensation practices.
• We Offer Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, retirement options, Flex Spending, EAP, and more!
• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.

The Position: Research Specialist I

Position Summary

• Works within the vision, mission, and philosophy of the agency. Provides intermediary research support and assistance. Performs data analysis, participates in special projects, trains department staff, and provides consultation.
• FT Non-Exempt.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversees the project management (timelines, organization and task assignments) for incoming requests for proposals or funding opportunity announcements, as well as for regular intra-agency reports, ad-hoc report requests, and county-mandated compliance reporting.
• Manages complex databases using statistical software platforms (SPSS, R), including data cleaning, syntax updates, and identifying errors in reporting and other data integrity issues.
• Reviews reports and relevant analysis for reliability and validity.
• Provides training and mentorship to incoming Research Assistants and other agency staff on data management and analysis procedures and policies.
• Conducts literature reviews and research regarding best practice guidelines for program level and clinical-level evaluation methods. Compiles findings into synthesized factsheets or formal reports.
• Assists with the preparation and development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with O&E Clinical Manager and Research Assistants. Examples include maintaining an agency-wide codebook for all major databases, streamlining statistical syntaxes, and standardizing data analysis protocols.
• Produces materials (reports, dashboards, manuscripts, presentations) to showcase evaluation findings to diverse audiences.
• Establishes and maintains positive and effective working relationships with employees throughout all levels of the organization.

Experience / Requirements

• Bachelors in a related field required.
• Minimum four (4) years of direct experience supporting Science/Research, Clinical Research, Clinical Data Management, Literature Review, and/or Research training required.
• Experience with a statistical software (SPSS, STATA, R) required.
• Six (6) years direct experience Science/Research, Clinical Research, Clinical Data Management, Literature Review, and/ or Research training preferred.
• Experience with Tableau preferred.

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.

Our organization is classified as a healthcare organization; and in accordance with the CDC and CA Department of Public Health regulations, all new hires must show proof of having the full series of COVID19 vaccination and booster.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)