Part-Time Data Research Assistant - 6-Week Project

The Pennsylvania State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn State University Park invites applications for a part-time research assistant to support data collection, cleansing, processing, and analysis for supply chain research. The role involves up to 10 hours per week for about six weeks, under the supervision of Dr. Saurabh Bansal and Dr.

Donna Palumbo. The candidate will work remotely or on campus as arranged and will prepare visuals and reports for ongoing projects.

Qualifications

• Must ensure high-quality data collection, integrity, and readiness for analysis.
• Strong command and background in data management and experience working with varying sizes of data sets.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets and derive meaningful insights; includes quantitative and qualitative analysis and recommendations for further research and action.

Responsibilities

• Seek out and collect structured and unstructured data.
• Cleanse, process, and organize supply chain datasets from various web sources, industry reports, industry organizations, public data sources to support business intelligence and research.
• Cleanse and process data for accuracy and consistency, preparing it for analysis.
• Analyze to identify trends, patterns, or insights and present findings through visualizations and reports.

Skills

Data management

Data analysis

Data cleansing

Visualization

Independent work

Communication

Education

Tools

Excel

SQL basics

Job description

Penn State University Park invites applications for a part-time research assistant to support data collection, cleansing, processing, and analysis for supply chain research. The role involves up to 10 hours per week for about six weeks, under the supervision of Dr. Saurabh Bansal and Dr.

Donna Palumbo. The candidate will work remotely or on campus as arranged and will prepare visuals and reports for ongoing projects.