Research & Data Specialist: Policy Research & Training

Harvard University; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off includingPar*tn

Medical, dental, and vision health保险

Retirement plans with university贡献

Wellbeing resources

Tuition assistance and reimbursement

Commuter benefits, campus perks

Job summary

Harvard University’s Kennedy School seeks a Research and Data Specialist to provide in-depth consultations, design trainings, and manage licenses for data tools in courses. The role supports faculty, students, and fellows by guiding data strategies and introducing best practices in data literacy.

The successful candidate collaborates with Library Services and RLS staff to deliver course-integrated instruction, while expanding services to meet evolving data needs across the HKS community.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in library and information science, social science, or a related field and a minimum of 2 years of professional experience in research data services, research consulting, or a closely related role in a research, teaching and learning organization.
• Proficiency in a programming language (such as R, Stata, Python) used in public policy, social science, or government and public administration research.

Responsibilities

• Delivers individualized, in-depth research and data consultations to faculty, students, and fellows, with a focus on reference research, research design, research methods and data analysis and assists students and researchers in identifying appropriate datasets and data sources, devising research strategies, and using citation and analytical tools effectively.
• In collaboration with RLS staff designs, develops, and delivers training and workshops to develop and enhance research and data skills; develops and continually improves instructional materials, curricula, and online training resources guided by best practices and needs of the community.
• Administers student licenses for tools used in courses at HKS (e.g. ChatGPT Edu and Claude)
• Manage user access to HKS and/or Harvard licensed data, software and other research, teaching, and learning resources.
• Supports data management processes related to course work, including reviewing data management plans for capstone projects and providing consultations in data management to students.
• Partners with the RLS Library Services group to embed research and data literacy into course-integrated instruction and orientations; embeds as a course consultant as requested by faculty.
• In collaboration with RLS staff, builds strong working relationships with faculty, research centers, students, and research-affiliated staff to understand data needs across the HKS community and works with the Director of Research Computing and Data Services and the Director of Library Services to proactively develop services and programming that address those needs.
• Fosters a spirit of teamwork and unity among the department that allows for disagreement over ideas and the appreciation of diversity as well as cohesiveness, support, and working effectively together to enable each employee and the department to succeed in our efforts to support the HKS community and mission.

Skills

Proficient in public policy data分析

Strong communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in library and information science

Tools

R

Stata

Python

Job description

Harvard University’s Kennedy School seeks a Research and Data Specialist to provide in-depth consultations, design trainings, and manage licenses for data tools in courses. The role supports faculty, students, and fellows by guiding data strategies and introducing best practices in data literacy.

The successful candidate collaborates with Library Services and RLS staff to deliver course-integrated instruction, while expanding services to meet evolving data needs across the HKS community.