Mathematica Policy Research offers our employees a stimulating work environment, competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of employee ownership. New employees enjoy three weeks annual paid time off in their first year of employment.
Position Description:
- Write programs in SAS or Stata to extract, clean, and format data and to create variables for use in analyses.
- Perform statistical analyses of data using SAS, Stata, SUDAAN or other software packages, and prepare tables and graphs based on analyses.
- Assist in developing and maintaining technical documentation such as data specifications, business rules, flowcharts, and technical memos.
- Work closely with policy researchers to identify, investigate, and solve day-to-day data quality issues; participate in technical meetings and code reviews; answer questions about data sources and assist in the development of policy simulation models.
Qualifications for the Position
- A bachelor’s degree with an excellent academic record, including courses in economics/social science, mathematics/statistics, or computer science.
- Demonstrated coding proficiency in one or more programming languages.
- Academic or work experience performing data analysis using a statistical computer package such as SAS, Stata, R, and/or SPSS a plus.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work with others in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
- An interest in being a member of a team engaged in social/health policy research.
Please submit a cover letter, resume, code sample, writing sample, contact information for three references, and salary requirements at:
You will be asked to attach these materials during the online application process.
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