Job Title: Survey Research Center Manager
PVN ID: BA-1804-002454
Category: Research
Location: BARUCH COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Reporting to the Director of Baruch College Survey Research, the Survey Research CenterManager will be responsible for managing all aspects of Baruch College Survey Research operations including: 

  • Full-time and part-time staff,
  • BCSR finances,
  • CATI lab operation,
  • Survey data analysis, 
  • Databases,
  • Survey samples  
  • Programming surveys
  • Testing and maintaining survey software.                                            

 

Other Duties

 

  • Managing BCSR CATI Lab staff, including hiring, training, scheduling, supervision and payroll of interviewers, supervisors, full time staff
  • Database management for all survey projects using survey software and statistical and database software such as SPSS, SAS, STATA, MS Access
  • Participation in survey proposals, budgets, and analysis
  • Budgeting and accounting using appropriate financial software
  • Coordination of operations with clients, research staff, technical staff, programmers, consultants, and vendors
  • Coordination of contracts with BCSR Director, Research Foundation, Baruch College SPAR office, Marxe Financial Director, clients, programmers, consultants, and vendors
  • Survey sample management under direction of sampling statistician
  • Programming of online surveys
  • Preparation and partial or complete programming of CATI surveys
  • Testing and maintenance of all survey software  
  • Data analysis, including production of cross-tabulations, significance testing, regression, final datasets
  • Preparation of cross-tabulation banners, charts, final datasets and other project deliverables
  • Managing data entry, cleaning, coding
  • Post-survey weighting under direction of sampling statistician
  • Preparation and processing of full-time and part-time payroll
  • Payment of invoices
  • Documentation of all procedures

          

Qualifications

                   

  • Masters degree with 3-5 years of related experience strongly preferred
  • Experience in managing/supervising CATI lab staff required
  • Experience in financial management, budgeting and contracts strongly preferred
  • Experience in database management, statistical analysis of survey data required
  • Strong managerial skills required 
  • Strong statistical, programming and data management skills required
  • Proficiency in statistical and budgeting software such as SPSS, SPSS Syntax, STATA, SAS, Excel, Quickbooks, Access, required
  • Proficiency in tabulation of survey data required
  • Understanding of accounting and budgeting required
  • Proficiency in online and CATI survey software preferred
  • Demonstrated broad understanding of all areas of survey research required  

Organizational skills,

              problem solving ability,

                            attention to detail,

                                          communication skills,

                                                       ability to meet deadlines and balance multiple tasks,

                                                                     and ability to work with clients, vendors and all levels of staff, and management ESSENTIAL.                                 

 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Marxe School of Public and International
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Jun 17, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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