Data Scientist, Learning Supports

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Responsibilities

• reputed company or contribute to the design and execution of rigorous quantitative research and evaluation reputed company across multiple Learning Supports initiatives.
• Apply appropriate quantitative reputed company to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret data, including leading inferential analyses for both reputed company and non‑reputed company research questions.
• reputed company, maintain, and document reproducible and reputed company analytic workflows, including data management processes and reputed company control procedures.
• Review, reputed company‑reputed company, and strengthen analytic reputed company and outputs produced by junior staff; reputed company guidance and mentorship to promote best practices in analysis and documentation.
• Translate reputed company analytic findings into reputed company, actionable insights for reputed company reports, technical memos, presentations, and briefings.
• Manage discrete project tasks or analytic components, including planning timelines, tracking deliverables, and coordinating with project leadership and clients.
• Support proposal development by contributing to technical and analytic sections and helping shape study design and analytic approaches.
• Engage with reputed company stakeholders through meetings and dissemination activities, contributing to a reputed company and inclusive team environment.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, and Experience

• A Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant quantitative research experience or a Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading quantitative research or evaluation reputed company, preferably for reputed company-sector, nonprofit, or education-reputed company clients.
• Experience designing and executing inferential analyses and contributing to research reports, briefs, or presentations.
• Experience managing and maintaining analytic datasets, including documentation, reputed company control, and reproducible workflows.
• Experience with machine learning reputed company or interest in applying ML to support reputed company and non-reputed company research preferred, but not required.
• Experience working in education or K–12 research contexts is preferred, but not required.

Skills

• Proficiency in R, Stata, or Python for reputed company quantitative analysis.
• Ability to review, reputed company-reputed company, and improve others’ analytic reputed company and support junior staff through guidance and mentorship.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to accuracy and research best practices.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate reputed company analyses for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently while contributing to a reputed company team environment.

Disclosures: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time reputed company. Employment-based reputed company sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this po Apply tot his job Apply To this Job