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Form of workThe Community Research, Evaluation and Development (CRED) team of the Norton School of Human Ecology is seeking a highly skilled Data Analyst to support ongoing research and evaluation projects in the social sciences, often focused on health and well-being and working with community-based partners. The CRED team (https://norton.arizona.edu/cred) conducts high-quality, culturally responsive, community-based research and evaluation that promotes the health and well-being of families and individuals throughout the Southwest. For more than a decade, CRED has been committed to working on the ground with partners across Arizona, including Cooperative Extension, tribes, state and local-governments, justice systems, school and non-profit agencies. Our primary focus is to generate accessible, actionable information that CRED's community partners can use to support their programs and policy making decision-making.
The successful candidate for this position will work collaboratively with other CRED team members and focus on quantitative data analysis and creation of interactive data visualizations. This position requires strong data management and analytical skills to wrangle data from multiple sources, including large public datasets such as the decennial Census and American Community Survey as well as administrative datasets from state and local agencies, to create products that support data-informed decision-making. Activities will include acquiring, managing, and analyzing small and large datasets; designing, executing, and interpreting statistical analyses; creating static and interactive data visualizations; and consulting on research and evaluation study designs with both CRED team members and community partners with a broad range of research experience. This candidate will have excellent planning and communications skills, self-direction, and a commitment to community-oriented research.
This is an Extended Temporary position. Positions on the CRED team are funded via grants and contracts. This position currently has funding through end of state fiscal year (June 30) 2024. The team is currently pursuing grant and contract opportunities that would extend the funding for this position.
Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs. For more information about working at the University of Arizona and relocations services, please click here.
Duties & Responsibilities- Develops data dashboards and other interactive data reporting products.
- Conducts appropriate statistical analyses of large and small datasets, including both administrative and survey, and collaborates with CRED team members on data interpretation and visualization.
- Prepares periodic reports, such as progress, status, results, or other regular and special reports.
- Develops and maintains databases, and creates data acquisition and management plans for ongoing research and evaluation projects.
- Provides technical assistance to CRED team staff and partners in accessing data from various databases and systems, and may supervise research assistants.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of social scienceresearch methods.
- Knowledge of data management bestpractices and database structures.
- Proficiency with Excel, R, andother statistical software.
- Excellent planning skills (to beable to design and execute multiple simultaneous projects).
- Excellent organizational skillsand attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills (tobe able to explain and justify analytical decisions and document analyses incode and formal reports).
- Ability to learn and provide support tocolleagues for new data internal systems as necessary.
- Interest in one or more of the following: community development, economic mobility, health and/or social programs, education, food systems, and/or justice systems
- Masters degree.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experiencerequired.
- Experience collaborating with social science researchers.
- Experience in grant writing, needs assessment, process evaluation, and outcomes research.
- Experience using R for data management and analysis including data wrangling skills, for example, proficiency in tidyverse, lubridate, or other data wrangling packages, and publishing skills, such as Shiny and knitr.
- Experience with design and use of data structures or databases (e.g. REDCap, Access).
- Experience with reproducible programming methods (markdown or Jupyter notebooks) in R or python.
- Experience with interpreting scripts/output from other statistical packages such as SAS, Stata, and SPSS.
- Experience analyzing geospatial data and creating both interactive and flat mapping products.
The Grade Range Minimum, Midpoint, and Maximum Fields listed below represent a full range of career compensation growth over time in this position and grade. Each unit typically sets starting pay between minimum and midpoint upon hire. The university offers compensation growth opportunities within its career architecture. To learn more about compensation, please review our Applicant Compensation Guide and our Total Rewards Calculator. Grade Range Minimum $59404 Grade Range Midpoint $74254 Grade Range Maximum $89105 Career Stream and Level PC2 Job Family Research & Data Analysis Job Function Research Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive) Number of Vacancies 1 Target Hire Date 3/18/2024 Expected End Date 3/17/2026 Contact Information for Candidates Kara Tanoue,
kalynq@arizona.edu
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