Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analyst: Migration

Villanova University; Law; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A university in the United Kingdom is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analyst to support a project on immigration legal services. The role involves cleaning and recoding data, creating visualizations, and is a virtual position offering $18/hour. Candidates must have experience with Stata and preferably with ArcGIS.

Qualifications

• Experience using Stata to clean and recode raw survey data, and to produce tables, figures, and other visualizations.
• Experience producing maps using ArcGIS or other statistical mapping platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support data cleaning/recode of files from Qualtrics surveys.
• Create data visualizations of the recoded data files.

Skills

Experience using Stata

Experience producing maps using ArcGIS

Tools

Stata

ArcGIS

Job description

Posting Details

Do you have questions about the application process? If so, please refer to the Applicant FAQ’s.

Position Information

Posting Number: 20255395V

Position Title: Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analyst: Migration

Posting Type: Graduate Assistant

Hours/week: 8-10 hours/week

Eligibility: Graduate Assistant

Semester: 2025-2026 Academic Year

Location: Widger Law School Building

Number of positions: 1

Department: 241-Law School Instruction

Contact Name: Robyn Lieberman

Contact Phone/Extension: 415-730-0416

Position Summary Information

Job Description: The Mother Cabrini Institute on Immigration is working on a research project to identify and scale innovative models in immigration legal services, including building the enabling environment to expand the Department of Justice-Recognized Organization and Accredited Representatives program (“R+A”). In 2024, the SIG partnered with the Center for Migration Studies of New York to launch the first-ever national study of the R+A practitioners. We are currently looking for support from a data analyst to work with a senior researcher to clean/recode data files from two Qualtrics surveys and create data visualizations of the recoded data files.

Before accessing the data, the research assistant will take CITI training (about 3-5 hours) or have existing IRB clearances.

The position is virtual – you do not need to work from campus.

Timeline: The research team projects 10-30 hours of week over 3-6 weeks in July and August 2025.

Salary: The data analyst will be a Graduate Research Assistant for the Strategic Initiative for Migrants and Refugees, compensated at $18/hour.

To apply: Submit a resume/CV and sample data cleaning/recoding code in Stata with your application. Must be a Villanova student.

Requirements

• Experience using Stata to clean and recode raw survey data, and to produce tables, figures, and other visualizations.
• Experience producing maps using ArcGIS or other statistical mapping platforms is a plus.

Additional Information

Wage Rate: $18/hour

Open Until Filled: No