Data Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Prepare datasets and supporting documentation for statistical analysis; develop checks for data validity and analysis results.
• Conduct descriptive and multivariable analyses and modeling with the principal investigator and the team’s PhD-level biostatistician.
• Analyze clinical, medical-record, and observational data from grant-funded studies of substance use and health outcomes.
• Collaborate with staff and faculty to interpret results and prepare data summaries in tables, figures, and charts.
• Write code in R, SAS, or similar programs for data preparation, management, analysis, and reporting visuals.
• Meet with investigators, prepare presentations, and draft methods and results sections for peer-reviewed manuscripts as a co-author.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus three years of data design and analysis experience in academia, government, or industry; equivalent education, experience, and/or training may substitute for the degree requirement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word; ability to program, manage data, and conduct statistical analyses.
• Demonstrated data management and data-preparation experience; solid grounding in statistical theory and application.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including report writing and technical documentation; ability to work in a team.
• Organization, autonomy, multitasking, and recordkeeping ability; willingness to learn and apply new methods.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Familiarity with REDCap or Qualtrics and experience with survey, medical-record, clinical-trial outcome, and/or administrative claims data preferred.
• Machine-learning and natural-language-processing skills are preferred but not required.
• Experience working with processes and technologies for large datasets preferred.

Work arrangement

• The position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, subject to approval and change or discontinuation under Rutgers policy.

Compensation

• Listed minimum salary is $74,332; mid-range is $89,311; maximum is $106,121. Final offer may depend on qualifications, experience, expertise, and available department or grant funds.

Position details

• Position status is full time, with 37.5 standard weekly hours and a 12-month staff appointment.
• The work environment is an office; no significant physical demands are listed, with lifting or exerting force up to 25 pounds.