Job Posting Title:Data Scientist, Statistician
----Hiring Department:School of Nursing
----Position Open To:All Applicants
----Weekly Scheduled Hours:40
----FLSA Status:Exempt from FLSA
----Earliest Start Date:Immediately
----Position Duration:Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2027
----Location:UT MAIN CAMPUS
----Job Details:PurposeThis full-time position provides professional statistical support to students and faculty in the School of Nursing.
Responsibilities- Design, develop and implement applied statistical analyses for complex data sets involving clinical, biological, behavioral, psychometric, and other quantitative variables.
- Advise regarding the development of rigorous and reproducible research design and perform sample size and power calculations
- Provide guidance regarding the appropriateness and validity of planned statistical methods including identification of potential methodological challenges and limitations and potential solutions for these challenges
- Prepare oral, written and graphical reports as appropriate of statistical analysis methods and results and collaborate with students and faculty to create relevant reports for dissertations, manuscripts and grant applications
Required Qualifications- Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science or related field with major coursework in statistics
- At least 1 year of collaborative statistical experience, preferably in an academic setting
- Proficiency with descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, structural equation modeling, longitudinal analyses, clinical trial data analyses, and preferably, machine learning
- Expertise with SPSS or similar software and preferably also with R, Matlab and/or Python
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Salary Range$70,000+ depending upon qualifications
Working Conditions- Typical Office Environment
Required Materials- Resume/CV
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
- Letter of interest
Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
Employment Eligibility:Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
Retirement Plan Eligibility:The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
Background Checks:A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
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