Job Title: Higher Ed Research Fellow (analysts full time/part time)
PVN ID: VP-2108-004191
Category: Research
Location: OFFICE OF EXEC VC & UNIVERSITY PROVOST

Job Description

General Description

Under the supervision of a Senior Policy Analyst, the Director of Institutional Research, and/or the Project Principal Investigator, one or more quantitative analysts will support CUNY’s involvement in the Transfer Opportunity Project (TOP), funded by the federal Institute of Education Sciences, and/or the Growing Transfer in the Humanities Project (GROWTH), funded by the Mellon Foundation. TOP seeks to identify malleable factors that have the potential to increase the number of community college students who transfer to a bachelor’s program and subsequently complete a bachelor’s degree. GROWTH seeks to broaden the study of the leaks in the community-to-bachelor’s degree college pipeline by focusing on transfer students whose academic interests are in the humanities.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

  • Building analytic datasets, including joining data from multiple sources, restructuring data, and cleaning and preparing data for analysis
  • Designing and conducting analysis of data obtained from institutional databases and datasets, surveys, and focus groups
  • Preparing tables and graphs and other visualizations of data and analysis results
  • Interpreting results and suggesting additional analyses
  • Communicating with project managers and stakeholders
  • Assisting with dissemination activities, such as creating PowerPoints, writing project briefs, preparing and engaging in conference presentations, and preparing manuscripts for submission to academic journals

Other Duties

Qualifications

Minimal Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and advanced degree coursework
  • Three years of experience with quantitative analysis and research methods
  • Experience analyzing data using Stata, SPSS, or R (including writing syntax)
  • Strong written/verbal communication skills for communicating complex ideas and technical issues
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a team, as needed
  • College major and/or graduate study and/or postdoctoral study in the social sciences

Salary: Commensurate with experience

An EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/IRCA/AMERICANS w/ DISABILITIES ACT Employer

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
Office of Academic Affairs (OAREDA)
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Oct 24, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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