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Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Job Summary: Westat is seeking a professional with strong communications and problem solving skills to join health services research team. The successful candidate will support health communications, policy analysis, and qualitative data collection and analysis, and reporting tasks. They must have excellent attention to detail and be comfortable and effective working on multiple, complex tasks in close coordination with others, and have strong interpersonal and writing skills. Job Responsibilities: • Leading and working with cross-functional project teams. • Providing quality assurance of task-related work and client deliverables. •...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Job Summary: Westat is seeking a self-motivated, highly organized individual to join our health services research team. We are seeking a professional who has excellent attention to detail and organizational skills, is logic and process minded, and is deadline driven. The successful candidate will support a variety of research projects focusing on health care delivery, finance, and evaluation. Job Responsibilities: • Conducting compliance and quality control checks. • Reviewing data. • Maintaining project documentation. • Taking meeting notes. • Supporting scheduling and technical logistics for webinars. • Coordinating work across teams to...

Job Description Westat is seeking an administrative assistant to join the Statistics and Evaluation Sciences unit. We are seeking an energetic, self-motivated professional who is comfortable handling multiple and varied tasks in support of our office as well as our projects to help ensure efficient and smooth day-to-day operations. Position will work with Vice Presidents, Associate Directors, Project Managers, Lead Admin, and Administrative Team. Candidates must be organized, detail-oriented, ability to take initiative, and be a multi-tasker. Responsibilities: • Support with documentation, project specifications, and write up of requirements • Quality control support, reviewing resolution of issues from issue tracker • Recording minutes in meetings • Filling out request forms (508 testing, servers, security scans, special use software, etc) • Provide status updates to projects • Keeping track of web logins and request renewed credentials as needed • Content editing support •...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat offers a well-rounded and comprehensive benefits program focused on wellness and work/life balance. Eligible employees may participate in: Employee Stock Ownership Plan 401(k) Retirement Plan Paid Parental Leave Vacation Leave Sick Leave Holiday Leave Professional Development Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program Travel Accident Insurance Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Short Term Disability Insurance Long Term Disability Insurance Life and AD&D Insurance Critical Illness Insurance Supplemental Life Insurance Flexible Spending Account Health Savings Account Protecting the health and...

Job Description Westat is seeking Medical Records Abstractors or individuals with some experience with medical records or health insurance records coding, quality control or review, or similar skills and/or experience to work on-site at our Rockville campus on a data collection effort to abstract specific data items from hospital data. The primary role is to review medical records in a sampled hospital's emergency department(s), abstract specific information from the patient's chart following the project's case identification protocol, and entering the information into a data collection tool. Basic Qualifications: Candidates must: · Be at least 18 years old. · Have an HS diploma or its equivalent · Be available to complete mandatory web-based home study training sessions before in-person training. Minimum Requirements: · Be available for data collection field period starting October 2021 through September 2023. · Be available to work up to 30 to 40 hours per week as...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat has a newly created opportunity for an HR Generalist in its Field Human Resources team. Our Field Human Resources team is responsible for providing HR and Staffing support for Westat's diverse data collection projects throughout the U.S. Field projects use data collectors to conduct in person interviews, school based assessments, roadside observations and much more. Westat data collectors are the critical front line for our clients, obtaining the data at the source. In this role you will use your broad HR and employee relations experience to support our Field HR Management and internal clients in a non-traditional HR environment. You'll...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat has an immediate opening for a Senior Epidemiologist/Study Director to join our team of leading researcher in clinical health studies conducting research, surveys and evaluation studies on infectious diseases including COVID-19, influenza, and other respiratory diseases and/or HIV. As a Senior Epidemiologist, you will lead and support large and small epidemiology studies on infectious diseases. You will collaborate and consult with networks of external investigators and internal project team members on your work designing and implementing multi-site network studies and surveys including COVID-19, influenza, other respiratory diseases,...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat has an immediate opening for a Technical Assistance Specialist to support its clients and customers, including federal, state, and local education officials, in their efforts to implement and improve program performance related to individuals with disabilities. You will join our Education Practice and focus on technical assistance. Job Responsibilities: • Provide technical assistance to state and local agencies regarding the collection, analysis, reporting, and use of special education data. • Build relationships with state and local agency staff to understand contexts and identify areas of need. • Develop resources to improve the...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Job Summary: Westat is seeking a highly motivated Java developer who will be responsible for the development and implementation of web applications to support a variety of projects across our research domains. You will join a technical community of developers and engineers providing intuitive, responsive systems to collect high quality data using various leading edge technologies and modern software development tools and platforms. Job Responsibilities: • Developing and contributing to the design of backend microservices • Developing responsive, fluid interfaces for the web and/or mobile platforms • Building and maintaining automated test...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. This role is remote eligible. Job Summary: Westat has an immediate opening for a Senior Research Associate - Healthcare Claims & Data Science who will work with our research staff to provide data management, programming, and quantitative analytic support for our small- and large-scale health studies. You will routinely...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat is seeking a Senior Study Director to focus on social science mixed methods quantitative and qualitative research projects for the federal government. The candidate should have a content focus in areas such as public health communications, consumer motivations, risk perceptions, decision-making, and/ormessage testing with proven familiarity with social science mixed methods quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques (e.g., ANOVA, ANCOVA, linear and logistic regression, NVivo). Job Responsibilities · Directing the design, execution, and interpretation of research across a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. ·...

Job Description Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Westat is seeking a Study Director to focus on leading and conducting qualitative research projects for the federal government. The candidate should have expertise in methods such as focus group moderation, cognitive testing, in-depth interviewing, as well as qualitative analysis using software packages such as NVivo. RIVA Master Moderator Certification is preferred. Job Responsibilities: · Directing the design, execution, and interpretation of research across a variety of qualitative methods. · Leading projects and teams in mixed methods qualitative research. · Presenting and writing about research findings to a variety of audiences to...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated individuals who are committed to excellence and are experienced in working with primary and secondary school students to work as Assessment Coordinators (ACs) for the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This opportunity is ideal for retired educators and others who are comfortable working with children. The primary role of the NAEP AC is to supervise assessment team activities in sampled schools in the assigned region, administering digitally based assessments. Assessments are conducted with grade 4 and 8 students in both public and private schools. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on their assignment. The use of personal protective equipment, regular testing for COVID-19, or other screening...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated individuals who are committed to excellence and are experienced in working with primary and secondary school students to work as Assessment Coordinators (ACs) for the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This opportunity is ideal for retired educators and others who are comfortable working with children. The primary role of the NAEP AC is to supervise assessment team activities in sampled schools in the assigned region, administering digitally based assessments. Assessments are conducted with grade 4 and 8 students in both public and private schools. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on their assignment. The use of personal protective equipment, regular testing for COVID-19, or other screening...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to be Screening Field Interviewers on the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. PATH collects information on tobacco use and examines attitudes about tobacco use as well as the short- and long-term health effects of such use. Screening Field Interviewers will locate sampled addresses and screen adults and youth in person for a longitudinal study. Interviewers regularly receive and transmit data via the internet and report progress and costs to their supervisor. In-person screening will ONLY be conducted in geographical areas that are deemed safe from COVID, and Screening Field Interviewers will be required to use PPE items. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to be Screening Field Interviewers on the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. PATH collects information on tobacco use and examines attitudes about tobacco use as well as the short- and long-term health effects of such use. Screening Field Interviewers will locate sampled addresses and screen adults and youth in person for a longitudinal study. Interviewers regularly receive and transmit data via the internet and report progress and costs to their supervisor. In-person screening will ONLY be conducted in geographical areas that are deemed safe from COVID, and Screening Field Interviewers will be required to use PPE items. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to be Screening Field Interviewers on the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. PATH collects information on tobacco use and examines attitudes about tobacco use as well as the short- and long-term health effects of such use. Screening Field Interviewers will locate sampled addresses and screen adults and youth in person for a longitudinal study. Interviewers regularly receive and transmit data via the internet and report progress and costs to their supervisor. In-person screening will ONLY be conducted in geographical areas that are deemed safe from COVID, and Screening Field Interviewers will be required to use PPE items. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to be Screening Field Interviewers on the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. PATH collects information on tobacco use and examines attitudes about tobacco use as well as the short- and long-term health effects of such use. Screening Field Interviewers will locate sampled addresses and screen adults and youth in person for a longitudinal study. Interviewers regularly receive and transmit data via the internet and report progress and costs to their supervisor. In-person screening will ONLY be conducted in geographical areas that are deemed safe from COVID, and Screening Field Interviewers will be required to use PPE items. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to be Screening Field Interviewers on the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. PATH collects information on tobacco use and examines attitudes about tobacco use as well as the short- and long-term health effects of such use. Screening Field Interviewers will locate sampled addresses and screen adults and youth in person for a longitudinal study. Interviewers regularly receive and transmit data via the internet and report progress and costs to their supervisor. In-person screening will ONLY be conducted in geographical areas that are deemed safe from COVID, and Screening Field Interviewers will be required to use PPE items. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on...

Job Description Westat is currently seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to be Screening Field Interviewers on the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. PATH collects information on tobacco use and examines attitudes about tobacco use as well as the short- and long-term health effects of such use. Screening Field Interviewers will locate sampled addresses and screen adults and youth in person for a longitudinal study. Interviewers regularly receive and transmit data via the internet and report progress and costs to their supervisor. In-person screening will ONLY be conducted in geographical areas that are deemed safe from COVID, and Screening Field Interviewers will be required to use PPE items. Protecting the health and safety of our employees and survey participants is a top priority for Westat. Based on recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities, we require staff to protect and monitor their health while working on...