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The Ohio State University · 5 hours ago

Quantitative Data Specialist

Columbus Campus

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$59K/yr - $77K/yr

The Ohio State University is seeking a Quantitative Data Specialist to join the Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive team. This role involves specialized data management and analytics to support education and workforce research priorities, including data cleaning, visualization, and report production.

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Responsibilities

Provides specialized data management and analytics skills to the Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive (OLDA) team at the Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR) and the Ohio Education Research Center (OERC)

Applies knowledge of data to create computer programs for administrative data from government programs

Applies significant judgment in cleaning and documenting data, creating and merging data tables, creating data visualizations, and supporting research activities involving time series and other analyses

Contributes to production of data for use by researchers and government personnel, dashboards for consumption by external and internal users, and reports/analysis for publication by research teams

Works in a highly secure data facility requiring substantial reasoning and accuracy

Qualification

Data managementData analysisSQLData visualizationR ShinyTableauStataRPythonMulti-taskingProblem-solvingCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTime management

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant quantitative field such as Data Analytics or Social Sciences, or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required

Knowledge of data management and data analysis in a research context

Familiarity with data visualization using programs such as R Shiny and Tableau

Experience with SQL is required

Strong problem-solving skills

Ability to communicate complex data analyses visually and/or in written text to a general audience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Commitment to data security and data analytic accuracy is essential

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Ability to multi-task

Preferred

Relevant data management experience in a social science or policy research context

Additional experience with Stata, R, or Python is strongly preferred

Company

The Ohio State University

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The Ohio State University is a public research university based in Columbus, Ohio.

Founded in 1958

Columbus, Ohio, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.osu.edu/

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Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$52.28M

Key Investors

AmeriCorps Public AlliesNational Safety CouncilFederal Aviation Administration

2024-07-09Grant· $0.81M

2024-04-29Grant

2024-03-05Grant· $0.35M

Leadership Team

Bill Diffenderffer

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Nicole Kraft

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