Research Data Analyst Associate

2 weeks ago

Evanston, United States Northwestern University Full time

The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at Northwestern University is looking for a full-time Research Analyst to join their interdisciplinary team starting Summer 2024.

The Research Analyst will have the opportunity to collaborate on the Early Childhood Research Alliance of Chicago (EC-REACH), a newly created center focused on conducting action-oriented research that promotes equitable solutions for early childhood policy and practice in Chicago. One key project within EC-REACH is a mixed-methods study examining the effects of the roll-out of universal prekindergarten in Chicago.

This role will be primarily focused on data management and cleaning, as well as preparing analyses for academic papers and policy memos. The Research Analyst will have two primary areas of responsibility: to support the development of a large, complex data system designed for researchers, and to conduct statistical analyses using these data.

More specifically, the Research Analyst will support research infrastructure and support, including checks on data quality and accuracy from multiple early childhood datasets. For example, the analyst will support the team in obtaining data from city partners and agencies; coordinate with schools and centers during data collection; contribute to study design and analytical plans; contribute to the development of research instruments; manage data storage and access; code data using statistical software (e.g., Stata); and create codebooks and data management protocols; conduct data cleaning and analysis when appropriate. Additionally, the Research Analyst will support our “rapid response” reports to our key policy partners and write short descriptive reports.

This is a one-year term position. Opportunity for renewal will be based on performance and available funding.

**Specific Responsibilities**:

- Strategic Planning_
- Partners with clients to define requirements based on business objectives.
- Administration_
- Develop standardized templates, policies, and procedures for internal and external reporting.
- Designs and prepares documentation for qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
- Development_
- Completes a variety of statistical analyses using appropriate data and software
- Merges data from multiple sources in preparation for analysis.
- Interprets results of analyses for use in reports and presentations
- Performance_
- Completes data cleaning and organizes data files for analysis.
- Reviews data and Identifies quality issues
- Miscellaneous_

Performs other duties as assigned.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
- Other:_
- Stata
- R
- Certification/Licensure_
- SQL Server
- Analytical_
- critical thinking
- data modeling
- Debugging
- problem solving
- Other: Data cleaning
- Project_
- Code documentation
- collaboration and teamwork
- facilitate collaboration
- organizational skills
- planning
- Other: Data dictionary creation

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Strong quantitative skills (coursework in econometrics and/or statistics) and familiarity of social scientific theories.
- Coursework in quasi-experimental methods for observational data, longitudinal data analysis, and/or spatial design.
- Data skills:_
- Programming
- Stata, R, SQL, and/or Python
- C
- Analytical_
- Critical thinking
- Data cleaning
- Data modeling
- Debugging
- Problem solving
- Project_
- Code documentation
- Creating data dictionary
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Facilitate collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Planning

**Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)**
- Experience with broader range of statistical techniques in descriptive, exploratory and causal analysis.
- Comfort with datasets that are not fully clean and interest in problem solving data issues
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and thrives in a “start-up” environment that is rapidly evolving with many unknowns.

Target hiring range for this position will be between $57,000-$68,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data

**_
Benefits:_**:
**_ Work-Life and Wellness:_**:

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