Data Analyst

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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 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.

Key Duties

• 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 upon.
• 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

Daily Work Shift

Day

Work Arrangement

Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22 or the applicable provisions of relevant collective negotiations agreements, this position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. Flexible work arrangements are not permanent, are subject to change or discontinuation, and contingent on the employee receiving approval in the Application System.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer literacy including experience using statistical analysis software, and data entry management experience.
• 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. Other programs of interest include Stata and R.
• 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.

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

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. Immunization Requirements under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption.