Job Title: Data Analyst
PVN ID: HC-1805-002490
Category: Research
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Data Analyst will be working on a variety of research projects. The Data Analyst will be responsible for database creation, management, and analysis across multiple relational database systems (e.g., MS Access, Filemaker) and data analysis software (e.g., SPSS, SAS, R).  We are looking for candidates with extensive knowledge of these data systems, utmost attention to detail, and facility with both basic and complex data analytic tasks. The ideal candidate will also have experience in social and behavioral research methods.

Other Duties

  • Ongoing data management (in MS Access, Filemaker, and SPSS) for several large, ongoing NIH-funded projects focused broadly on HIV prevention;
  • Conduct quantitative analyses (including complex multivariate models) in SPSS, SAS, and MPLUS
  • Data documentation, tracking, cleaning, and syntax development;
  • Monitor and analyze information and data systems, and evaluate their performance to discover ways of enhancing them;
  • Troubleshoot data-related problems;
  • Support others in the daily use of data systems;
  • Assist with manuscript creation, reports, and other analyses.

Qualifications

  • Fundamental understanding of research methodology, design, measures, and psychosocial research;
  • Proficiency in database creation, management, and data extraction in relational databases, including MS Access and/or FileMaker;
  • Expertise in SPSS, SAS, and MPLUS for data analysis and data management;
  • Facility with complex multivariate statistical techniques;
  • MS in Statistics, MPH in Biostatistics, or related master’s degree preferred;
  • Proficiency in Python and/or other programming languages preferred.

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
Psychology
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Jul 03, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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