[Jobs] Columbia Pop Research Center - Staff Associate

[Leora Lawton]

The CPRC is hiring a *Staff Associate* to provide strong research,
technical, and administrative support for the studies of poverty and family
wellbeing under the guidance of the PIs and Project Director. He/she will
work closely with internal and many external stakeholders, including
researchers, the offices of sponsored research, administration, finance,
and project sponsors.

*Quantitative Research:* Using experience and knowledge of Stata and
nationally and locally representative, longitudinal datasets, the Staff
Associate will, under the supervision of the PIs and Project Director,
extract data from the New York City Longitudinal Study of Wellbeing, and
associated datasets, and generate variables for quantitative studies,
assist in estimating empirical models, hypothesis testing, interpretation
of results, format output tables, and drafting reports of research findings
based upon estimation results. (60%)

*Technical Writing Skills: *Using experience and knowledge of research
methods and academic writing, the Staff Associate will, under the
supervision of the PIs and Project Director, be responsible for providing
general research assistance, writing literature reviews for journal
articles, and writing research briefs for nonacademic audiences. (20%)

*Project Management:* Under the supervision of the PIs and Project
Director, the Staff Associate will assist in administering project
procedures for sample management for the New York City Longitudinal Study
of Wellbeing. The Staff Associate will be responsible for developing Stata
routines to facilitate sample management, and other project administration
tasks as required. (20%)

*Minimum Qualifications *(All applicants MUST meet these minimum
qualifications to be considered for the position):

   - Master's degree in Social Work or related field such as psychology,
   sociology, and economics.
   - Graduate coursework in quantitative research required with prior
   experience and work with Stata Statistical Software.
   - Candidate must have prior 1 year of relevant research experience,
   especially relating to poverty and social policy; in addition to a
   familiarity with issues impacting low income New Yorkers. Facility with
   Stata statistical programing is also required.
   - Excellent organizational skills, interpersonal and written
   communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to interact with a
   broad constituency is mandatory.
   - Ability to write in an academic style using APA standards, and the
   skill to translate (and write) these findings for a general audience.
   - Ability to accurately meet time sensitive deadlines while working on
   multiple, concurrent projects with minimum supervision, in a virtual work
   environment required.
   - Capacity to prioritize projects and demands.
   - Demonstrated tact, discretion, diplomacy, and professionalism and a
   strong customer service orientation required.

All candidates must submit a cover letter and resume and apply through
Columbia University’s RAPS online employment application system under
Requisition # 0006720:
https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=62737

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M.K. Babcock

Associate Director of Administration & Finance,

Columbia Population Research Center <http://cupop.columbia.edu>

Columbia School of Social Work

1255 Amsterdam Avenue

New York, New York 10027

212-851-2380

mkb2109 at columbia.edu

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Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
350K Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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