Job Number:
HC-05110
Date Posted:
April 15, 2026
Position Title:
Vice President and Director, Education and Social Policy
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Office/Company:
Westat
Reports To:
Location:
Bethesda, MD
Contact:
Salary:
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
Westat is a leader in research, data collection and analysis, technical assistance, evaluation, and communications. Our evidence-based findings help clients in government and the private sector accelerate advancements in health, education, transportation, and social and economic policy.Implementing a technical assistance plan or curriculum, delivering customized technical assistance resources and support, facilitating virtual and/or in-person technical assistance or learning events, implementing educational and outreach activities to announce or explain policy, participating in multidisciplinary teams and serving as a mentor to early-career staff, interacting closely with clients and being responsive to client needs, reviewing work products to ensure the highest quality, working on multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, presenting research findings to a variety of audiences, conducting literature reviews, interviews, or focus groups to produce memos.A master’s degree in social sciences, public health, public policy, or a related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience in technical assistance, learning collaboratives, and qualitative data collection and analysis; or a Ph.D. in social sciences, public health, public policy, or a related field with 1 or more years of relevant experience in technical assistance, learning collaboratives, and qualitative data collection and analysis.
Responsibilities:
• Implementing a technical assistance plan or curriculum
• Delivering customized technical assistance resources and support
• Facilitating virtual and/or in-person technical assistance or learning events
• Implementing educational and outreach activities to announce or explain policy
• Participating in multidisciplinary teams and serving as a mentor to early-career staff
• Interacting closely with clients and being responsive to client needs
Qualifications:
• A master’s degree in social sciences, public health, public policy, or a related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience in technical assistance, learning collaboratives, and qualitative data collection and analysis
• A Ph.D. in social sciences, public health, public policy, or a related field with 1 or more years of relevant experience in technical assistance, learning collaboratives, and qualitative data collection and analysis
Instructions:
Please include a cover letter when submitting your application.
Other:
Any offer of employment may be contingent upon receipt of acceptable results from a post-offer background screening, if required for the specific position, which may include, for example, identity verification, employment history, motor vehicle driving record history, and criminal or sexual offender records history.
