Data Analyst

Rutgers University; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 74,332 - 106,121; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Paid leave

Retirement benefits

Educational benefits

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rutgers University’s RBHS is seeking a data analyst to prepare datasets, manage data, and perform statistical analyses for grant-funded studies. You will work with project investigators and a biostatistician to produce tables, figures, and manuscripts, contributing to the interpretation of findings and presentations.

The role requires proficiency in R and SAS, experience with data management, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus three years of design and data analysis experience.
• Equivalent education, experience, and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word.
• Highly motivated, organized, autonomous person with excellent multi-tasking ability and recordkeeping.
• Must be able to program, manage data, and conduct statistical analyses.
• Must have demonstrated data management skills and experience preparing data for analysis.
• Must have a solid grounding in statistical theory and application, and willingness to learn and apply new methods and approaches.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including writing/editing/producing reports and technical writing skills for documenting database structure and content.
• Experience working with a team and ability to thrive in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepares datasets and provides supporting documentation for statistical analysis.
• Devises tests and processes to evaluate data validity and analysis results. Employing appropriate data management and methodological techniques given the data structure and specific research and questions.
• Executes appropriate modeling and statistical analyses in collaboration with project principal investigator and team's PhD-level biostatistician, including descriptive and multivariable statistical analyses.
• Performs analyses using clinical, medical record, and observational data from several grant-funded studies of alcohol/drug use and health outcomes.
• Collaborates with other staff and faculty members to evaluate and interpret research findings. Prepares data summaries in tables, figures, and charts.
• Writes code in programs such as R, SAS, or similar programs for data preparation, management, analytic file creation, statistical analysis, and to generate graphs and tables for manuscript reporting.
• Attends regular meetings with project investigators to discuss progress and preparing presentations of study findings, including drafting of methods and results sections for peer-review manuscripts (as co-author) with involvement of study investigators.

Skills

Data analysis

R

SAS

Data management

Statistical theory

Excel

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

REDCap

Qualtrics

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• Prepares datasets and provides supporting documentation for statistical analysis.
• Devises tests and processes to evaluate data validity and analysis results. Employing appropriate data management and methodological techniques given the data structure and specific research and questions.
• Executes appropriate modeling and statistical analyses in collaboration with project principal investigator and team's PhD-level biostatistician, including descriptive and multivariable statistical analyses.
• Performs analyses using clinical, medical record, and observational data from several grant-funded studies of alcohol/drug use and health outcomes.
• Collaborates with other staff and faculty members to evaluate and interpret research findings. Prepares data summaries in tables, figures, and charts.
• Writes code in programs such as R, SAS, or similar programs for data preparation, management, analytic file creation, statistical analysis, and to generate graphs and tables for manuscript reporting.
• Attends regular meetings with project investigators to discuss progress and preparing presentations of study findings, including drafting of methods and results sections for peer-review manuscripts (as co-author) with involvement of study investigators.

Salary

Minimum: $74,332. Maximum: $106,121.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs
• Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options
• Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable)
• Life insurance coverage
• Employee discount programs

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field plus three (3) years of experience in the area of design and analysis of data in academia, government, or industrial setting.
• Equivalent education, experience, and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirements.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word.
• Highly motivated, organized, autonomous person with excellent multi-tasking ability and recordkeeping.
• Must be able to program, manage data, and conduct statistical analyses.
• Must have demonstrated data management skills and experience preparing data for analysis.
• Must have a solid grounding in statistical theory and application, and willingness to learn and apply new methods and approaches.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including writing/editing/producing reports and technical writing skills for documenting database structure and content.
• Experience working with a team and ability to thrive in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master's degree is preferred.
• Familiarity with database systems such as REDCAP or Qualtrics.
• Experience working with survey data, medical record data, clinical trials outcome data, and/or administrative claims data.
• Skills and knowledge in machine-learning and natural language processing is preferred but not required.
• Proven ability to work with the processes and technologies of large datasets.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Physical Demands: No Significant physical demands. Lift or exert force up to 25 pounds.
• Work Environment: Office environment; Moderate noise.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement