Research Specialist
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About our company
Innovamat is an educational tool that aims to promote a competency-based personalized and practical way of learning mathematics. It is aimed at children between the ages of 3 and 16 and it prioritizes the understanding of content and the development of mathematical skills linked to problem solving. Innovamat encourages learning through experimentation conversation and individualized this sense Innovamat offers sequenced learning trajectories resources training and contact with the educational community; experts in mathematics education and the science behind mathematical learning.
Innovamat was founded in 2017 in Barcelona (Spain) and works with 21500 teachers from more than 2300 schools in Spain Italy Mexico Colombia Chile Ecuador Brazil Peru and US who teach competency-based and meaningful mathematics to more than 490000 students.
Research at Innovamat
Innovamat takes research very seriously and strongly believes in its critical role for transforming education. The research team plays a transversal and fundamental role which includes measuring the impact of Innovamats proposal as well as providing insights that enable changes and the development of new products based on scientific evidence. The research team is also responsible for sharing their findings with the scientific community through well-designed studies suitable for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at scientific conferences.
Your mission
You will be part of the Research team (HQ Sant Cugat del Valls) supporting various research tasks and leading studies focused on the implementation of the educational proposal. Your mission will be to better understand the factors influencing the implementation of the proposal and the indicators that allow predicting its success.
Your daily life
Learn about the research we conduct at Innovamat and the educational proposal we offer in depth.
Propose research questions and design studies to answer them.
Conduct literature reviews and communicate them to different teams to inform decision-making.
Participate in and lead the implementation of research studies including participant recruitment teacher training data collection (tests interviews focus groups etc.) etc.
Analyze data and play a key role in interpreting the results.
Communicate research findings internally (to other teams) and externally (conferences papers blog articles workshops etc.).
Find research collaborations and grant opportunities.
Build a trust relationship with the management team and the teaching staff of the centers participating in the research.
Stay up to date with the educational landscape new trends and future challenges.
What are we looking for in you
More than 2 years of research experience in social sciences (education sociology psychology or cognition economics) in a topic related to learning or education.
Master degree in social sciences (Doctorate is nice to have!)
You are passionate about education and are familiar with the educational environment.
Proven research skills including study design protocol design data collection data analysis and writing skills.
Proven knowledge of mixed methods both qualitative (focus groups interviews field work etc.) and quantitative (parametric and non-parametric methods regressions etc.).
You are comfortable speaking in public and have strong communication skills.
Eager to work in a dynamic motivating environment with a fast-paced workload.
Great capacity and willingness to learn and proactive in problem-solving.
You are a team player and show initiative.
Fluent in both spoken and written Spanish and English.
Driving license (Category B).
If this sounds like you then this is your place!
And if additionally...
You have a PhD in the field of social sciences.
Knowledge of Python / R spreadsheets SQL databases.
You have research publications in Q1 or Q2 journals.
You have presented research projects at conferences.
You are familiar with research in mathematics education.
You are fluent in Catalan.
... It would be wonderful (though not essential)!
What can you expect
- A professional development and growth plan in the fastest growing company in Europe in its category
- Being part of a young enthusiastic and dynamic environment
- A culture of freedom responsibility and constructive feedback
- Full time with flexible working hours
- Vacations during Christmas week
- Possibility of private health insurance with DKV
- Flexible remuneration with Cobee (food/transport)
- Team building days ( and more) and the InnovaGala at least once a year
- Fruit every week to be full of vitamins and to keep our body healthy
- Pet friendly
- Belonging to a company accredited as happy at work
- And all the coffee water milk and tea separately or blended that you can drink
... and if thats not enough you will have the opportunity to transform the education sector and see more and more children rediscover and become passionate about mathematics .
If you think you are that person we are looking for we would love to meet you!
Employment Type
Full Time
