Careers Job Description
General Description
The New York City Labor Market Information Service (NYCLMIS), housed at the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, seeks a full-time senior research associate to work as part of a team that performs research on jobs and the economy, prepares career planning informational tools, and provides strategic consulting. The overall function of the NYCLMIS is to help education, workforce and economic development policy makers and practitioners to better align their programs and policies to the demands of the labor market. The heart of our work is a mission to evaluate and advocate for strategies to improve opportunities for those at the bottom of the economic ladder. For more information about us, see our website at http://www/gc.cuny.edu/lmis.
With supervision and support from the director of the NYCLMIS and other senior staff, the data research associate will:
- Analyze economic, labor market, labor force, and other data;
- Conduct interviews and focus groups;
- Write reports and briefs;
- Create presentation materials;
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously; and
- Participate in other research, consulting and technical assistance activities as needed.
Other Duties
Qualifications
- Master's degree and at least 3 years professional experience in a related research/policy role (experience may be substituted for education)
- Strong quantitative skills including data cleaning, merging, analysis, and management
- Advanced facility with at least one statistical analysis software package (STATA, R, SAS, SPSS).
- Experience analyzing public data sources, including American Community Survey and/or Current Population Survey microdata, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Current Economic Survey, and/or other labor-related data.
- Ability to create data visualizations – i.e., charts and figures – that communicate research findings.
- Experience collecting, analyzing and summarizing information using qualitative methods, such as document and semi-structured interviews;
- Excellent writing skills, with a track record of summarizing complex material for a variety of audience types;
- Familiarity with – or interest in –workforce development policies and programs; and
- Experience working within a client-centered, team- and project-based environment.
Promotional Potential
The right candidate will be able to advance and take on other roles including conceiving and designing research projects for submission to competitive grants and directing projects in collaboration and support from the NYCLMIS director.
Only complete applications - with resume and cover letter - will be reviewed. Please be sure to include both.
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities act, E-verify employer.
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
Center for Urban Research/NYCLMIS
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
May 31, 2016 (Or Until Filled)