Interested in applying your survey design and data analysis skills to advance disciplinary research for a nonprofit professional association? Then this is the job for you!

Who we are: The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), a professional membership association, promotes the advancement and professional development of its members who prepare the next generation of internal medicine physicians and leaders through education, research, engagement, and collaboration. Representing over 11,000 members, AAIM is the largest association of faculty and administrative staff serving in departments of medicine. AAIM’s Education and Research team is seeking a Surveys and Data Manager, reporting to the Assistant Director of Surveys and Research. Located in the Old Town section of Alexandria, AAIM is convenient to the Blue and Yellow Metro lines. To learn more about our organization, please visit www.im.org.

What this job is about:

The Surveys and Data Manager will be instrumental in expanding a growing AAIM Survey and Data Center, which assists members in conducting non-clinical research on their discipline and profession. Under the guidance of the Assistant Director of Surveys and Research, and with assistance from the Surveys and Research Senior Specialist, this position is primarily responsible for day-to-day operations of the Center, whose staff closely support survey committee-driven recurring research surveys as well as non-survey committee data-gathering projects.

Responsibilities: 

• As assigned, coordinate research survey projects for AAIM volunteer committees and other member groups, from initiation to completion. Includes planning survey question revision processes, developing study protocols for institutional review board (IRB) exemption determinations, web survey programming, pilot testing, fielding, and data analysis for summary results reporting.
• Manage multiple oversight committees responsible for survey development and production of scholarly works based on survey results.
• Review survey fielding support requests from volunteer member groups and advise the Assistant Director about how/whether to proceed.
• Process and renew licenses to access third-party datasets; renew service agreements with vendors such as private IRB services (as assigned).
• Collaborate within and across team to utilize AAIM research data to better inform members and external stakeholders about trends in internal medicine education as they relate to policy and advocacy.
• Respond to member inquiries about findings from AAIM research surveys and other data maintained by the Survey and Data Center.
• Collaborate with other AAIM teams to assist in developing and fielding non-research data collection efforts such as member needs surveys, AAIM professional conference evaluations, and other “off-cycle” surveys.
• Assist with identifying and implementing best practices for AAIM research (and other) survey data collection and dissemination of results, to raise the visibility of Survey and Data Center work products.
• Supervise the Surveys and Research Senior Specialist.

Requirements:

• Minimum six years of experience including survey question writing/development, quantitative data management, analysis, and reporting, and project and vendor management.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., sociology, psychology, behavioral science, social statistics, political science, economics) with a focus on quantitative research methods.
• Close familiarity and experience with professional/disciplinary association or institutional research (primarily through quantitative data collection).
• Close familiarity with human subjects research (HSR) protections and ability to maintain a valid HSR training certificate at all times.
• Strong research methods training in intermediate applied statistics (descriptive and limited inferential) for survey/survey-like data and survey instrument design for content validity, inclusive of web survey software programming and administration.
• Proven intermediate or advanced competency in use of commonly used statistical software packages and professional survey software suites (Stata and Qualtrics preferred, or SPSS and other packages such as RedCap or another commercial survey software suite).
• Skill in building and establishing relationships with member volunteers or clients, and the ability to facilitate project activities. •Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with all levels of staff, committee members, and leadership.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Organized, self-directed, self-motivated, detail- and deadline-oriented.
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple/competing activities in a fast-paced environment and to meet critical deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for general as well as technical audiences.
• Some travel involved for professional conferences.

What you will get out of it:

• Opportunity to advance the discipline of academic internal medicine through data collection and dissemination of results, including co-publishing in scholarly journals.
• Develop your project management, communication, and budgeting skills.
• Apply your knowledge, skills, and creativity to expand the Survey and Data Center.
• Work with committed and dedicated professional staff and volunteers in a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Professional development opportunities to grow your career.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, EAP, 403(b) retirement plan with a 7% contribution after one year of service, generous leave policy, onsite parking, and more!

How to apply: Send a resume or CV, cover letter, and salary requirements to jobs@im.org.

*Note that currently AAIM is operating under a policy which affords staff the option to work remotely or to work in the office. AAIM staff will return to working in the office in a hybrid environment (two days in office and three days working remotely) in October.