Senior Researcher, Monitoring & Compliance

AIR is seeking aSenior Researcher Monitoring & Compliance to join AIRs Health Transformation Team. We work to advance equitable high-quality affordable and patient-centered care through rigorous research evaluation and technical assistance focused on what matters most to patients families clinicians and the broader healthcare community.

Our team has a strong focus on quality measurement to help ensure patients receive safe and equitable care. We also translate research evidence to promote the understanding and adoption of best practices among patients families caregivers physicians nurses insurers health system leaders and addition our expertise includes promoting evidence-based care across a range of clinical conditions improving patient safety and engaging patients and family members in the delivery of care.

The Senior Researcher will serve as a task and project leader across a broad portfolio of health policy work with a focus on monitoring oversight and program this role the Senior Researcher will apply rigorous analytic methods to support efforts to prevent detect and address fraud waste and abuse and to strengthen accountability and effective program operationsparticularly within Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Candidates hired for the position may work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of our U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories.

About AIR:

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington Virginia the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.

Responsibilities:

• Lead monitoring and compliance activities including the design and execution of monitoring and audit plans.
• Specify oversee and interpret descriptive and statistical analyses of large complex datasets.
• Interpret policy and regulations to develop monitoring measures and audit protocols.
• Prepare high-quality technical reports memoranda and documentation.
• Design and oversee dashboards and data visualizations to communicate monitoring results.
• Clearly communicate methods findings and implications to technical and policy audiences.
• Manage budgets and project timelines in collaboration with a Project Manager and clients.
• Ensure the quality accuracy and consistency of deliverables through appropriate quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) processes.
• Supervise and mentor research staff on project execution and professional development.
• Collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to proposal development.

Qualifications:

Education Knowledge and Experience

• Ph.D. in Economics Finance Public Policy Public Administration Public Health or a related quantitative field with at least 4 years of relevant experience; or a Masters degree in a related field with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience applying a range of statistical inference methods.
• Experience developing and writing proposals for federal agencies.
• Experience designing implementing and executing monitoring and auditing approaches for federal programs.
• Experience with large program and administrative datasets.
• Ability to review and assess analytic code written in R Python SQL and/or Stata and to analyze quantitative data.
• Direct experience working with CMS is strongly preferred but not required.

Skills

• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong presentation professional development delivery and facilitation skills.
• Ability to learn quickly take direction and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable working in a virtual/dispersed work environment.
• Ability to lead and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

Disclosures:Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.

American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of age race color religion sex gender gender identity/expression sexual orientation national origin protected veteran status or disability. AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks. AIR maintains a drug-free work environment.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability please send an email to Taliba Boone at call 202.403.5000.

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