[Hiring] Senior Analyst/Statistician @Advocates for Human Potential

Role Description

Advocates for Human Potential (“AHP”) has an immediate opening for a Senior Analyst/Statistician to join our team of leading researchers in behavioral health studies. The successful candidate will conduct quantitative analyses for a broad range of projects, including national cross-site evaluations, comparative effectiveness studies, and local program evaluations. Some qualitative analysis may also be involved. AHP is specifically interested in candidates with demonstrated expertise in behavioral and/or health services research.

• Communicate directly with senior investigators on study design, analytic approach, and results.
• Program complex data manipulations (e.g., reshaping, stacking, merging/joining) to create analytic datasets that combine data from multiple sources.
• Clean datasets to identify outliers, assign missing values, etc.
• Select appropriate statistical methods and conduct complex quantitative and qualitative analyses.
• Summarize results of requested analyses in tabular format and produce data visualizations for internal and external use.
• Work with senior investigators to prepare presentations and other reporting products.
• Write study design, methods, and results sections of funder reports.
• Collaborate with senior investigators on proposals and related business development and write analytic sections.
• Collaborate with other analysts in creating reusable code and data pipelines to increase analytic efficiency across multiple projects.
• Supervise junior analysts.
• Manage small to medium sized research projects that primarily have a data management and analysis focus.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in social sciences, statistics, or biostatistics with 3 or more years of experience in applied research projects in behavioral health, public health or social science conducting rigorous analyses including pilot studies, program evaluations, and effectiveness studies.
• Proficiency in a quantitative data analytic tool/language such as Stata, R, Python, SAS, or SPSS required. Experience with Stata is required, as we use Stata for core data management functions.
• Proficiency with other data collection, visualization, database, qualitative, or specialized analytic tools is strongly preferred (e.g., REDCap, Domo, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, MPlus).
• Expertise in statistical methodology and analyses including:
  • Mixed methods design and analyses
  • Descriptive statistics and data visualization
  • Linear models and generalized linear models
  • Multilevel modeling and longitudinal data analyses
  • Secondary analyses using large administrative datasets
• Experience writing up analytic analyses and interpreting findings.
• Medicaid claims data experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working on large, fast-paced federal projects with hard deadlines that must be met. Must be able to work occasional weekends and evenings to accommodate project activities.

Requirements

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
• A retirement plan with a 3% match.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• Annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.