What is the team? The Workforce Staffing (WFS) Research and Business Intelligence team is your opportunity to make an impact across multiple layers of the company and the hourly workforce as a whole. This team provides a unique voice for the hourly labor population within the United States and Canada, leading and influencing programs that enable Amazon to scale more efficiently. Here’s where you come in: The WFS Research team is seeking a mixed-methods researcher with deep expertise in social science, public health, or similar research, including development and evaluation of theoretical frameworks, qualitative data collection and analysis methods in a variety of settings (e.g. focus groups, field studies, surveys, observational studies, “found data”, quantitative analytics), and statistics (t-test, ANOVAs, regressions, etc.). The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable with qualitative and quantitative methods, though candidates with greater exposure to and familiarity with qualitative
Master’s degree in a discipline of social science (sociology, anthropology, social work, education, etc), public health, or a closely related field. · Demonstrated deep knowledge of and experience with qualitative research methods · At minimum, working knowledge of quantitative approaches (e.g., t-tests, regressions, ANOVAs, etc.) · Experience independently designing and executing research or evaluations aimed at answering ambiguous, difficult-to-test questions · Experience using qualitative research tools (e.g. NVivo, Atlas.ti, Dedoose, MAXQDA) and quantitative tools (e.g. SPSS) · Proven written