The Ohio State University · 14 hours ago
Quantitative Data Specialist
The Ohio State University is seeking a Quantitative Data Specialist to join the Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive team. This role involves specialized data management and analytics to support education and workforce research priorities, including data cleaning, visualization, and report production.
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Responsibilities
Provides specialized data management and analytics skills to the Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive (OLDA) team at the Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR) and the Ohio Education Research Center (OERC)
Applies knowledge of data to create computer programs for administrative data from government programs
Applies significant judgment in cleaning and documenting data, creating and merging data tables, creating data visualizations, and supporting research activities involving time series and other analyses
Contributes to production of data for use by researchers and government personnel, dashboards for consumption by external and internal users, and reports/analysis for publication by research teams
Works in a highly secure data facility requiring substantial reasoning and accuracy
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant quantitative field such as Data Analytics or Social Sciences, or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
Knowledge of data management and data analysis in a research context
Familiarity with data visualization using programs such as R Shiny and Tableau
Experience with SQL is required
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to communicate complex data analyses visually and/or in written text to a general audience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Commitment to data security and data analytic accuracy is essential
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Ability to multi-task
Preferred
Relevant data management experience in a social science or policy research context
Additional experience with Stata, R, or Python is strongly preferred
Company
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University is a public research university based in Columbus, Ohio.
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