Statistician Senior

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A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Summary

Please note: This position may be filled at the title of Statistician Senior or Statistician Intermediate, depending on level of expertise, education and years of experience. The salary range for the Senior level position is $75,000-$90,000 and the salary range for the Intermediate level position is $65,000-$75,000.

The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is a transdisciplinary institute that works to engage the breadth of expertise across the University of Michigan, with input from nonacademic stakeholders, to generate knowledge and advance solutions that will decrease firearm injury in the United States. The Institute fosters research that is mindful of the critical social and historical context of firearms in the U.S., and is inclusive and encourages diverse viewpoints, disciplinary perspectives, and approaches. The Institute also serves as a national hub for research that will drive new solutions to this public health crisis, and will train the next generation of leaders in the field. The Institute is supported by an organizational structure that provides internal oversight and external guidance, and focuses activities across four cores: 1) research, 2) education and training, 3) community outreach and translation, and 4) data and methods; and across six pillars: firearm-related suicide, firearm-related intimate partner violence, community violence, unintentional shootings, police shootings, and mass/school violence.

ASenior/Intermediate Statisticianis sought to work closely with the team in the Instituteto support research on firearm and related violence prevention and conduct research data analysis. The successful candidate will specialize in quantitative behavioral science and work with the Data and Methods Core Leads and Principal Investigators. They will conduct analyses to further the research mission of the Institute's research projects including the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network, which will include data analysis for Network research projects and analysis of combined Network data. This role will also require oversight, management and linkage of Network research data.

Specific tasks performed will include:

Writing programs to clean data and perform statistical analysis in SAS, Stata, R, and/or Python.

Perform statistical analyses using a variety of statistical models and methods, including generalized linear models (e.g., linear, logistic, and count regression), survival analyses, mixed models, and machine learning techniques.

Perform cleaning and documentation of data generated from Institute studies or studies run by Institute investigators, including the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network studies; these may include primary data, as well as data from large databases and complex survey samples.

Contribute to study design decisions, including sample size justification.

Documentation and presentation of analytic results.

Creating high quality data visualizations for data briefs, manuscripts, or presentations.

Procuring external data sources needed to supplement studies (e.g., publicly available data from the census, CDC WONDER, ICPSR, or other sources).

Required Qualifications*

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Public Health (Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Services), or related field

1-3 years of relevant work experience is required for the Intermediate level position, and 3-5 years of relevant work experience is required for the Senior level position.

Highly motivated, organized, autonomous person with excellent multi-tasking ability and record-keeping.

Must be able to program, manage data, and conduct statistical analyses using statistical software packages such as R, SAS, and/or Stata.

Demonstrated data management skills and experience preparing data for analysis.

Solid grounding in statistical theory and application to behavioral science, and willingness to learn and apply new methods and approaches.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Exceptional ability to independently prepare correspondence (especially with e-mail messages) and write/edit/produce reports.

Professional demeanor and excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to work and communicate effectively with a multidisciplinary team.

Desired Qualifications*

Master's degree in Statistics, Public Health (Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or Health Services), or a related field

Experience with complex survey samples, and administrative and clinical claims data

Experience working with team science groups to meet a common goal.

Work Schedule

This position is for a hybrid work schedule of both in-person and remote work with 2 days of on campus work expected each week.

Underfill Statement

This position may be filled at the title of Statistician Senior or Statistician Intermediate, depending on level of expertise, education and years of experience. The salary range for the Senior level position is $75,000-$90,000 and the salary range for the Intermediate level position is $65,000-$75,000.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Job Detail

Job Opening ID

249133

Working Title

Statistician Senior

Job Title

Statistician Senior

Work Location

Ann Arbor Campus

Ann Arbor, MI

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FLSA Status

Exempt

Organizational Group

Umor Ins Firearm Res

Department

OVPR Inst for Firearm Inj Prev

Posting Begin/End Date

5/14/2024 - 6/04/2024

Salary

$65,000.00 - $90,000.00

Career Interest

Research

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