Senior Research Associate / Analyst

The Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP) seeks applications for a Senior Research Associate/Analyst to conduct empirical research related to housing insecurity, economic precarity, and public assistance. HIP is dedicated to achieving more effective, equitable housing policy at the local, state, and national levels. HIP advances policy through rigorous research, civic partnerships, and honest and inclusive planning processes. As a member of the HIP research team, the Senior Research Assocaite / Analyst will be responsible for managing discrete research projects and will contribute to HIP research reports, briefs, events, and communications.

The Senior Research Associate / Analyst would manage the evaluation of two separate home repair programs: (1) Rebuilding Together Philadelphia’s home repair work in West Philadelphia and (2) the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation’s Basic Systems Repair Program. The project team will measure the effectiveness of these programs at keeping people in their homes and at stabilizing and improving the health of Philadelphia's low-, moderate- and middle-income neighborhoods using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The project will include: 1) qualitative analysis of stakeholder perspectives; 2) descriptive analysis of households and neighborhoods served; 3) impact analysis of home repair on neighborhood/block level housing stability and health outcomes; and 4) impact analysis of home repair on households directly served by programs.

Essential Functions

●Works directly with senior HIP staff and municipal, nonprofit, and community advisory board partners to conceptualize, design, and manage research projects

●Conducts research, including in-person qualitative interviews, and analyzes qualitative and quantitative data

●Manages graduate research assistants in supporting research

●Generates reports, working papers, journal articles, blogs, and other communications independently or in collaboration with staff/faculty

●Presents research at various venues and translates findings to broader audiences

●Works collaboratively as part of a tight-knit team

Other Details

●Full-time salaried position

●Salary commensurate with experience

●Competitive benefits package via the University of Pennsylvania

●Applicant should be located in Philadelphia, with an expectation of some in-person research obligations

●Computing equipment, software licenses, etc. will be provided