Research Data Analyst

Job description

Job code: 009699
Pay grade: E
Pay type: Exempt/salaried

General summary

Provides external program evaluation to projects.

Major duties

  • Prepares data for data analysis, including ensuring confidentiality, preparing, and formatting data, combining data sets, and troubleshooting data entry errors.
  • Designs and administers surveys, interviews, and observations when applicable.
  • Analyzes and evaluates data. Prepares evaluations and statistical reports for research associates, contracted project teams and other clients.
  • Provides recommendations for data collection, storage, and evaluation plan creations.
  • Reviews research questions and hypotheses of interest and makes recommendations of models to appropriate parties.
  • May perform literature reviews.
  • May provide statistical consultation and training to staff.
  • May evaluate reliability of survey instruments.
  • May facilitate data requests from external researchers.

Minimum qualifications

Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.

Required education

  • Master's degree in related field from an accredited institution.

Required experience

  • One year's relevant experience
  • Experience in data collection.
  • Experience in statistical reporting.
  • Experience in database management.

Physical requirements

Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.

Working conditions

Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.

Revised: 2022-03-09

This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.