Research Associate

About us

CommunicateHealth is a growing health communication firm with a passion for health literacy and inclusive design. Our mission is simple: to improve lives by designing health information that’s easy to understand and use. By making health communications that are clear, accessible, and inclusive, we give people what they need to make informed decisions about their health — and ultimately help advance health equity. Together, our mission-driven team designs inspiring solutions that transform the way people think about health. 

About you

You’re a mission-driven super organizer, with a knack for helping things run efficiently and effectively. You have research experience and are excited to support a variety of quantitative and qualitative health communication-related studies. You have a working knowledge of the end-to-end research process, strong communication skills, and enjoy developing new systems and processes. You like working both independently and collaboratively and display outstanding attention to detail.  

What you'll do

Support research studies, including: 

• Conducting literature scans and environmental scans 
• Moderating study sessions, like interviews and usability tests 
• Helping to develop research briefs, study plans, reports, and research instruments like screeners, surveys, and moderator’s guides 

Oversee research logistics, including:  

• Communicating with recruitment vendors 
• Scheduling with research participants and managing the consent process 
• Facilitating research review and clearance processes, like Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions 
• Tracking on the team’s use of research tools and software 

Requirements

• At least 2 years of related work experience + a bachelor's degree in public health, communication, human-computer interaction, the social sciences, or other related field 

• Experience conducting research with diverse audiences  

• Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research  

• At least 1 semester of formal quantitative research methods 

• Proficient in SPSS or other statistical analysis software 

• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills 

CommunicateHealth is committed to workplace diversity and providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees. We proactively seek out diverse perspectives and apply them to strengthen our work and our employee experience.

As federal contractors, we are required to ask applicants to submit a voluntary demographics form. No personnel selections are made based on this information.

Benefits

We care

CommunicateHealth is committed to workplace diversity and providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees. We proactively seek out diverse perspectives and apply them to strengthen our work and our employee experience.

At CommunicateHealth, we acknowledge that our employees are the best and brightest, and we want to compensate you accordingly!

Excellent benefits

• Open paid time off policy
• 401K with 3% company match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans (CH pays 85% for individuals and 80% for families and couples)
• Parking and commuter reimbursement (Rockville office)
• Up to 6 weeks paid parental leave (up to 6 additional weeks of unpaid leave) and flexible schedules for working parents
• Life insurance base plan of $50,000

A healthy social and emotional work environment

• Flexible schedules, including Summer Fridays
• 14 paid Holidays
• Monthly all-staff Creative Time
• Home office reimbursement
• Standing desks
• Co-working space reimbursement
• Gym membership reimbursement (included with company-sponsored health insurance plan)

Personal and professional development and training

• $1,500 of professional development funds annually
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan reimbursement
• Company support for applying to and presenting at professional conferences
• Individual coaching and mentoring
• Company-wide and team-based trainings
• Compensation range: $58,000 to $75,000

*This position requires physical presence in the United States. Candidates must reside in the United States to be eligible.