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) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

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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