Requisition Number: 34191 Job Title: RSCH DATA ANL 2 Working Title: Data Scientist Salary: $26.44
– $64.27 hourly Job Type: Contract Department Name: 1180-DEAN’S OFFICE, SPA Department Website URL: Job Summary Statement: The UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative (LPPI) seeks a data scientist to help manage and grow the organization’s big data projects.
LPPI champions nonpartisan, evidence-based domestic policy solutions that improve the economic, political, and social landscape for Latinos and other communities of color in states and localities across the U.S.
LPPI leverages UCLA’s cross-disciplinary strengths to create an enterprise-wide home for Latino social policy with expertise in over a dozen issue areas including civil rights, criminal justice, educational equity, health access, housing, and voting and civic participation.
LPPI fosters innovative research, leverages policy-relevant expertise, drives civic engagement, and nurtures a leadership pipeline to propel viable policy reforms that expand opportunity for all Americans.
Under the direction of the Director(s) of Research and the Faculty Director, the data scientist will serve as an integral part of the research team.
Percentage of Time: 100 Shift Start: 8:00 am Shift End: 5:00 pm Qualifications for Position18 Records Qualifications Required/PreferredApplicants must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics or other relevant field, or equivalent combination of education and experience; master’s degree preferred.
Applicants must also have at least one year of relevant professional experience (two to three years preferred)RequiredStrong SQL skillsRequiredStrong skills in Python or RRequiredStrong skills in data visualizationRequiredAttention to detail and ability to organize and document workflowRequiredStrong initiative and a resourceful approach to problem-solvingRequiredSuperior verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical results and recommendations to non-technical stakeholdersRequiredAbility to work independently and as part of a teamRequiredStrong interpersonal skillsRequiredAbility to multi-task with demanding timeframesRequiredAbility to work discreetly with sensitive and confidential dataRequiredExperience working in an academic or think-tank environment preferredPreferredSubstantive knowledge or experience in at least one of our core research areas: criminal justice, poverty, education, voting rights, and laborPreferredSubstantive knowledge of SQL database internals, including query optimization, indexing, and execution plansPreferredSubstantive knowledge of the design and implementation of ETL pipelines, relational databases, and data warehouses.
Experience with cloud computing and Big Data frameworks a plusPreferredSubstantive knowledge of quantitative research methods including machine learning and statistics.
Knowledge of causal inference methods a plusPreferredProject management ExperiencePreferredExperience with Business Intelligence (BI) platformsPreferred Additional Posting Information Bargaining Unit: 99-Policy Covered Application Deadline: 08-26-2021 External Posting Date: Quicklink To Posting: hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=81314 Special Instructions: This is a 1 year contract position with possibility of renewal.
Contract duration will not exceed 4 years.
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