Assistant Data Analyst

Western Psychological Services • Full-time • Remote (Remote, or Hybrid in Torrance, California, United States) • $65,000 - $85,000 / year • 1m ago

Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Data Analyst

Reports to: Director of Psychometrics

FLSA: Exempt

EEO: 5- Administrative Support Workers

Manages others: No

Location: Hybrid (or 100% Remote possible)

Department: Research & Development

ADP Job Code: (HR Use only)

General Job Description:

As a leading publisher of evidence-based assessments and intervention resources, WPS helps children reach their full potential, and we’re looking for a Database specialist inspired by the scientific work that goes into improving a child’s quality of life.

The Database specialist’s primary responsibility is to manage a variety of data support tasks during the test development process. The successful candidate will have a strong background in database management and organization, and a desire to learn and grow with the company. This includes the skills to write code to clean/organize data, review for data for validity, and confirm accuracy of data analysis results in programming languages such as R, Python, SPSS, Stata.

You should have a sharp eye for detail, be able to meet deadlines (and be flexible when they change) and have a willingness to contribute new and creative ideas for managing data.

Essential Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities

Assist R&D Director of Psychometrics with data management tasks
Provide data support with a variety of tasks during the data collection phase (e.g., run and edit scripts to automatically check incoming data for completeness)
Primary responsibility is to clean and organize data sets and maintain them to be ready for analysis at any time.
Create and manage Microsoft Access and Excel databases in order to automate tracking and management of data collectors and sample targets
Document and archive work for replicability

Position Requirements (Skills, Knowledge, Abilities):

Qualifications and Experience

A bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, or other research-related field
Minimum two years’ experience in a research environment (broadly defined as academic, corporate, market, medical) with data collection, cleaning and analytics a plus
Proficiency coding in one or more of the following R, Python, SPSS, Stata or similar languages. R is preferred.
Professional experience with database management and data analysis
Experience with data and database management in SQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet or similar a plus
Experience reporting descriptive data clearly and concisely in graphical and narrative formats a plus
Great collaborator and team player; motivated to learn and help others
Excellent written and verbal communications
Strong systems/process orientation
Ability to organize and plan work independently
Attention to detail

Physical Requirements:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

This individual must be a responsible person and regular attendance is required.
The employee is regularly required to walk and sit for prolonged periods.
The employee must possess the ability to navigate the complexities of a warehouse and practicing the site safety requirements and policies of the Company.
The employee may regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
The auditory/hearing abilities required by the job include the ability to hear others using a phone or online conferencing system.

Hours: This is an exempt position from Monday through Friday. Work hours begin and end between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm with a one-hour break for lunch and two rest breaks. Eight hours per day is required and other occasional overtime may be necessary per business needs.