Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Data Analyst
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	RWJ-Pediatrics-General Pediatrics
Overview	New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Data Analyst for the department of Pediatrics at the  Robert Wood Johnson Medical  School. The Data Analyst will support faculty within the Joint Program in Population and Prevention Sciences (J3PS) – a joint program of the Department of Pediatrics and the Child Health Institute of NJ. In this role the analyst will support cutting edge, collaborative research in the areas of systemic influences of health (e.g. social determinants of health, health system impacts, forces related to equity and disparities) and related to the practice and individual or population practices and impacts of primary care, respectively. He/she will perform analyses independently and in collaboration with faculty and postdoctoral fellows, support faculty and postdoctoral fellow research, and may have the opportunity to propose and to conduct independent studies of interest to program directors, faculty, and fellows.   He/she will also develop and curate a data corps of publicly available data under the direction of program leadership.  Among the key duties of this position are the following: Work with project leadership and others as needed to develop valid and reliable plans for analyses consistent with underlying conceptual and operational models and the study design.  Collaborate, develop, and suggest epidemiological and statistical analyses supporting faculty research projects. Implement these analyses once agreed up.  Develop and run statistically advanced programs in SAS, STATA, and R as appropriate for the research question and project.  Collaborate as necessary with biostatisticians, epidemiologists, other analysts, and other methodologists in keeping with the needs and intentions of each project.  As necessary, work across disciplines to lead and perform quantitative components of mixed methods and evaluation projects. Work with multiple Primary Investigators (PIs) and advance projects simultaneously. Effectively multitask across multiple projects.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	26S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	60229.00
Annual Mid Range Salary	72367.00
Annual Maximum Salary	85988.00
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation	Banner
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	The applicant must have a Master’s Degree in public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, social science methods, clinical investigation, or other related field.  Plus 3 years of relevant experience.  Experience in an academic medical center environment.  Equivalent education, experience and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Computer literacy including experience using statistical analysis software, and data entry management experience.  Other programs of interest include Stata and R.   The ideal candidate will possess expertise beyond statistical programming to include demography, sociological methods. Outstanding human relations and leadership skills, and the ability to function independently as a dependable team member in a team environment.        Must be computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.  Ability to meet deadlines and handle several projects at once in a fast-paced environment.  Excellent communications skills and be willing to work closely with both clinical and research faculty.  It is expected that this individual keep abreast of new technologies and computer methods going forward.
Preferred Qualifications	SAS skills. Prior work experience as a data analyst or statistical programmer, quantitative epidemiologist or similar role, preferably in public health, biostatistics, epidemiology or similar environment, preferably in an academic or quasi-academic setting.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	Physical Demands:  Standing, sitting, walking, talking, or hearing. No special vision requirements.    Work Environment:  Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).  This position is considered on site, however opportunities for hybrid in person / remote work may be permissible in accordance with Rutgers/RBHS policies.
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST2251
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Downtown New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
Location Details

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