Careers Job Description
General Description
The data manager/statistician will work with a large database from an award winning federally funded prospective cohort design study of a large sample of children who have been followed up since childhood and into adulthood. This person will be responsible for managing the project data files that include information collected across five waves of interviews, criminal history searches, census data, child protective service agency records, and original archive searches. They will maintain documentation on interview measures and follow protocols for coding data, constructing databases, maintaining data security, and archiving data, if necessary. This person will also be expected to maintain confidentiality as required by the project.
The data manager/statistician will also be expected to create smaller data sets for students and faculty collaborators who will use specific subsets of the data. They will perform most activities independently, depending on the scope and complexity of the particular project and the qualifications of the incumbent. This person will also assist with grant and manuscript preparation and conference presentations and may receive authorship, depending on their contribution.
Other Duties
- Keeps accurate, well-organized records
- Provides advice to team members on appropriate analyses
- Cleans data from new data collections, computes scale scores and summary variables for other team members to use
- Conducts analyses, prepares graphs and tables summarizing results
- Conducts power analyses for basic and more complex structural models for grant proposals
- For new waves of data collection, assists with the development of questionnaires and design of data collection procedures
- Consults with other experts in the field as appropriate
- Researches statistical issues, such as approaches to handling missing data, accounting for non-independence of data with very small clusters, evaluating model fit, and new techniques (e.g., Hayes' PROCESS macros)
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- A Master's degree inan appropriate field of study (e.g., quantitative methods, experimental psychology, psychometrics, or statistics) from an accredited institution
- At least two (2) years of research experience relevant to the scope and complexity of this position
- Experience with SPSS, R, Stata, MPlus, Excel, Power and Precision
- Experience with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis; linear, logistic, Poisson, negative binomial, and ordinal regression; mediation and moderation analyses; structural equation and multi-level modeling; transformations to normalize data; attrition analyses; survival analysis; trajectory analysis; and propensity scores
- Evidence of aptitude and willingness to learn new skills
- Ability to communicate well and work with others.
How to Apply:
For the application to be considered complete, please include a brief cover letter explaining your interest in the position, a CV, and three (3) recommendation letters. If you have any questions, feel free to email Cathy Widom at cwidom@jjay.cuny.edu
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
Psychology
Full Time
$60,000.00 - $65,000.00
May 06, 2024 (Or Until Filled)