[Jobs] [PERN] Fwd: New Opening: Quantitative Geographer/Statistician (fwd)

[Monique Verrier]

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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:10:07 -0500
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Subject: [PERN] Fwd: New Opening: Quantitative Geographer/Statistician

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From: Andrew Schiller <aschiller at locationinc.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Subject: New Opening:  Quantitative Geographer/Statistician
To: Alex de Sherbinin <adesherbinin at ciesin.columbia.edu>


Hi Alex,

Can you post the following opening?  Hi-B or citizenship is required to apply.

Thank you,
Andrew


Position: Quantitative Geographer



This position pays $5,000 per month to start.  Full time.  M.S.
required, Ph.D. preferred.



The selected candidate will collect, analyze and update geographic and
real estate data and statistics - schools, crime, demographics, and
more - for neighborhoods across America, and transform the data into
usable information products for home buyers and movers accessible over
the Internet at www.NeighborhoodScout.com .  If you are the type of
person who thrives in an intellectual yet highly-productive
environment, is a self-started that can work independently, loves
statistics, can perform GIS analysis, and is detail-oriented and very
organized, you are the right person for this position.



Required Experience and Skills:

Adept at managing data in Excel, Access (or other spreadsheets/databases)
Experience using VBA or other macro language
Experience using GIS
Proficient with multivariate statistics and math
Experience using census data, both spatial and non-spatial
Proficient with SPSS (including writing scripts within SPSS)
Proven ability to quickly research and find sometimes very esoteric
sources for data
Exceptional attention to detail, organized
Bachelor's Degree in related field (Masters or Ph.D. preferred)
Motivated to learn and use new skills and technologies
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Emotionally mature, dependable



To apply for this fulltime position, send your resume and a cover letter to:

Andrew Schiller at aschiller at locationinc.com



This Position is open immediately. Offers to qualified candidates will
be made on a first come, first served basis. Location Inc is an equal
opportunity employer.



Below is some information on the Company that will be useful to
prospective candidates.



About Location Inc.



Location, Inc. is a Location-Based Services company born of university
research, specializing in location analysis, demographic and school
data information products, and location-based decision-making tools
for businesses and consumers. The Company licenses data for a host of
business to business applications. Location, Inc. is the owner of
NeighborhoodScout.com, a national neighborhood data source and search
engine which has served 7.6 million home buyers and businesses since
its 2002 inception. The Company is based in northern Rhode Island, on
the Mass. border.



About Dr. Schiller



Dr. Andrew Schiller is the Founder, President and Chairman of
Location, Inc. and is responsible for inventing the methods and
technology that power NeighborhoodScout.com. He is also responsible
for designing studies and reports for various media outlets, including
The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Money Magazine, Parade Magazine, Smart
Money, The New York Times, and others.



Prior to founding NeighborhoodScout, Andrew received his Ph.D. in
Geography from Clark University?s Graduate School of Geography,
America?s oldest and largest geography Ph.D. program. Previously he
was a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Atomic Energy
Complex. He was also a Director of Science for the Nature
Conservancy?s Tennessee Chapter. He has conducted research and
published with Harvard?s Kennedy School of Government and Stanford
University. He is an expert in statistics, demographic and risk
analysis, and interpreting the relationships among environmental,
social and economic conditions in the United States.


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