The Just Migration Communications Research Analyst will serve as a key member of AFSC’s Communications Department, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the U.S. Migration Director. The Research Analyst will lead a portfolio of research and communications initiatives aimed at shaping public narratives around migration, detention, and deportation in the United States for AFSC’s Just Migration programs.
The Research Analyst will update and expand AFSC’s previous research on public attitudes toward immigrants, migration, and detention and deportation. They will design new approaches to understanding public sentiment on these issues and develop strategies to shape opinion through effective language, messaging, and framing. In this capacity, the Research Analyst will lead new message-testing and polling projects, manage relationships with research vendors, and translate findings into actionable insights that guide AFSC’s national communications and advocacy efforts.
This position offers a unique opportunity to apply advanced academic research to real-world social change in a national nonprofit context. The Research Analyst will work collaboratively with AFSC’s six (6) Migration Justice programs (New Jersey, New Hampshire, Florida, Colorado, Oregon, and California) to integrate study findings into their local advocacy and outreach efforts, while also contributing to AFSC’s broader national communications strategy. These programs use varied methods and strategies to ensure immigrants are recognized as community leaders and are part of efforts to stop detentions and deportations, build community power, and advocate for fair and humane policies for immigrants at the local, state, and federal levels. This local work is complemented by national leadership that builds cohesiveness across programs and develops externally facing campaigns, materials, and opportunities to share AFSC's work more broadly.