Narrative Research Specialist

Title: Narrative Research Specialist

Location: Fully Remote - US

Full-time

Job Description:

Narrative Research Specialist

Job Description:

Research and analyze different strategies to amplify otherwise overlooked immigrant issues. Engage with Justice Action Center (JAC) plaintiffs and other impacted individuals to create content that centers migrant voices; using storytelling strategies to support the communications, litigation, and research work of JAC. Apply research expertise to help shape public narratives. Work closely with plaintiffs and other directly impacted individuals to engage in interviews for fact gathering and to empower individuals to tell their own stories to target audiences.

Work with litigators and communications staff to track and explain emerging legal threats to immigrant inclusive measures. Develop and maintain a story bank for communications and litigation use. Amplify the work of our coalition partners and breaking immigration news. Work with the legal and communications team to utilize information received from FOIA requests and lawsuits to help the public better understand issues immigrants and asylum seekers face. Research and document the history of various messaging strategies within the immigrant rights movement in a report to present to partner organizations.

Research and report on existing narratives on asylum and migration. Participate in communications and narrative research to help develop immigrant-inclusive narratives for advocates to utilize. Help present data or other information in a user-friendly manner, thus allowing non-legal actors to better understand complex facets of the immigration system. Assist with development of other messaging research projects, including focus groups, polls, and other tools. Position is fixed location based in Los Angeles, CA office; however, telecommuting from a home office is allowed.

Job Requirements:

Requires a Ph.D (or foreign equivalent) in humanities or humanistic social sciences or a directly related field. Must be fluent in Spanish.

Must have experience in the following (experience can be gained before, during, or after obtaining the Ph.D):

• Leading research design, designing interview guides and conducting qualitative research.
• Conducting interviews, transcribing interviews, coding and analyzing qualitative data. 

40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm, Salary: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 /year.

This is a remote position.

Compensation: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

JAC uses co-equal litigation and storytelling strategies to address unmet needs and build new frameworks to tangibly improve immigrants’ lives.  JAC envisions a future where the freedom to move is respected, immigrant narratives are rooted in dignity and belonging, and people seeking safety can access protection through systems that value humanity over exclusion. To ensure an immigrant-inclusive world, this future must also embody intersectional justice, with racial, economic, gender, disability, and climate justice for all.