Associate Director - Center for Business & Economic Analysis - University of Wyoming

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04/07/2023, 12:59 AM

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Full time

Posted Salary Range

$75,000-$100,000; commensurate with qualifications and experience

Schedule (Hours Per Week)

40

JOB DESCRIPTION

The University of Wyoming invites diverse applicants to consider our employment opportunities.  We are also especially interested in candidates who have experience working with diverse populations and/or diverse initiatives. 

Data Analyst - NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy - NYC

Data Analyst
NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

New York, NY

Position Description: The NYU Furman Center is seeking a full-time Data Analyst. The Data Analyst will work closely with our dynamic interdisciplinary team of lawyers, economists, and urban planners to execute quantitative analyses that address important and timely urban policy issues.

The Data Analyst will coordinate data gathering and analysis processes using basic statistical methods and statistical analysis software. Working with multidisciplinary project teams and under the supervision of senior data staff, s/he will also analyze, visualize, and present data for Furman Center publications and online tools. The Data Analyst will contribute to the maintenance of the Furman Center's data repository. The Data Analyst will be exposed to a diverse range of urban and housing policy issues, and will develop a working expertise in a similarly wide range of indicators, data sources, and tools.

Responsibilities:

• Data management and programming. Manage and develop the Furman Center's data repository by maintaining data subscriptions and updates; writing scripts, primarily in SAS, to process data and calculate indicators using basic statistical and analytic techniques; updating and maintaining technical documentation; and enforcing data integrity and security standards.
• Report management and writing. Prepare tables, graphs, maps, other visualizations, and methodologies for Furman Center reports. Assist with the management of report production, including timeline, deliverables, quality control, and staffing.
• Data requests. Fulfill ad hoc data, training, and technical assistance requests from a wide range of external audiences, including academics and organizations from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
• General technical support and administration. Support the technical needs of the Furman Center, including serving as liaison to the NYU School of Law IT Services, and performing basic hardware and software maintenance. Along with senior data staff, supervise and support research assistants in analysis tasks and their professional development.

Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in statistics, economics, public policy, urban planning, the social sciences, computer science, or a related field, plus strong quantitative data analysis skills. Candidate must demonstrate solid mathematical ability, analytic thinking, knowledge of social science research methods, and effective oral and written communication of quantitative findings and methods. Experience writing programs or scripts in at least one statistical or mathematical package (e.g., SAS, Stata, R, MATLAB, SciPy/NumPy, Pandas) or computer programming language (e.g., Python, C++, Ruby) is required; expertise in SAS is preferred.

Must have excellent attention to detail; ability to multitask and respond to shifting priorities; comfort working both independently and collaboratively; and strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills. We are looking for a team player with a good sense of humor, a love of numbers, and a curiosity about the world.

Preferred Qualifications: Prior quantitative research experience—including internships, research assistantships, or faculty-supervised independent research, such as a thesis—is strongly preferred. The strongest candidates will demonstrate mastery of long-term project management, particularly for research projects with quantitative and qualitative components, and should have guided direct reports and peers in data analysis tasks. Additional technical experience in relational databases (SQL) and geospatial data management and analysis (Esri ArcGIS) is a plus. The ideal candidate should have an avid interest in understanding cities, public policy, and housing, and sharing what they learn with others.

Salary is commensurate with experience.The University also offers an outstanding array of benefits, which include medical, dental and vision. Further information regarding benefits can be found here:https://www.nyu.edu/employees/benefit/full-time/Professional-Research-Staff-Code-103.html. Note, this position is considered as a Research Scholar for NYU School of Law.

Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration - Rutgers University - Newark, NJ

Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey Newark Campus
Newark, NJ

Contact person:  Robin Mamlet and Khalilah Lawson
Phone: Leslie Donahue at 630-575-6178
Email:  RUNSPAA@wittkieffer.com

Rutgers University – Newark (RU-N), one of the nation’s foremost urban research universities, seeks a dean for the School of Public Affairs & Administration (SPAA) to lead its faculty and programs, many of which are currently among the most distinguished in the nation.

The School of Public Affairs & Administration is a particularly important one to Rutgers – Newark as RU-N pursues its strategic vision as an anchor institution to the City of Newark and to Greater-Newark, and as a national leader in publically engaged scholarship and research. The school’s strong interdisciplinary culture, 17 tenured and tenure-track faculty and seven non-tenure track full-time faculty, 189 undergraduate majors, 554 MPA students, and 36 Ph.D. students, sit at the heart of RU-N’s mission.

The new dean of the School of Public Affairs & Administration will provide leadership to the school’s faculty as they define the vision shaping the future of the school in academic, research, community and public engagement, and resource development activities. As the academic and administrative leader for the school, the dean will set the standard for its intellectual engagement and accomplishment; provide strategic vision and operational leadership to all aspects of the academic and scholarly program, linking its vision, policies, and goals to the strategic vision for the university; and further foster an environment and community that supports the school’s faculty and students. In particular, the dean will assure that the school continues to serve its students with academic programs of the highest quality and effectiveness, promoting excellence through diversity in undergraduate and graduate programs and faculty recruitment. Supporting the university’s research mission, the dean will promote opportunities to advance the scholarly activities of the faculty, including helping secure extramural funding in support of faculty research. In pursuing these responsibilities, the dean, who reports to the chancellor of Rutgers University – Newark, will work collaboratively with the chancellor, the executive vice-chancellor and provost, and other senior administrators, deans, and department chairs at the university.

Candidates should possess an earned doctorate or other terminal degree in their field. Whether currently in the academy or outside it, candidates must possess the academic credentials and experience that qualify them for appointment as a full professor with tenure in the school and enable them to be eminent leaders of the school’s faculty.

Just 10 years old, SPAA has emerged as offering stellar programs which already rank among the nation’s most highly regarded. The new dean will be the school’s second, and will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on this exceptional and young school, the university as a whole, and the role of engaged research and scholarship in a complex urban setting.

Inquiries, nominations, and applications are invited. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. The search is international in scope, and the search will remain open until the position is filled. Candidates should provide a curriculum vitaeand a letter of application that addresses the responsibilities andrequirements described in the leadership profile available atwww.wittkieffer.com. These materials should be sent electronically via e-mail to Rutgers’ consultants, Robin Mamlet and Khalilah Lawson, at email address,RUNSPAA@wittkieffer.com. The consultants can be reached by telephone through the desk of Leslie Donahue at 630-575-6178.

Rutgers University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other classification protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination, or any other terms and conditions of employment.

Coordinator for Adventure Programs, University of Maryland- College Park, Maryland

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Full-time professional exempt staff position with full benefits.

The Coordinator of Adventure Programs has major responsibility for managing the campus bike

shop, the bike rental program, managing the adventure program service desk, and assisting with

administration of the adventure trips program. Specific responsibilities include: hiring, training,

and supervising student bike mechanics and service desk staff; maintaining bike shop and

outdoor equipment inventory; organizing weekly adventure education clinics; and assisting with

trips and adventure program special events, including serving as professional “on call” for

assigned weekend trips. Some evening and weekend work is required.

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must have, as a minimum: a Bachelor’s degree, proficiency in

bike shop maintenance, at least one year of experience supervising others, strong communication

and customer service skills, some experience participating in wilderness activities (e.g. rock

climbing, backpacking, mountain biking, kayaking). Preferred: a Master’s degree, experience

supervising college student personnel, experience using CSI software, current Wilderness First

Responder certification, some experience organizing or leading outdoor trips.

START DATE: July 15, 2014, preferred.

SALARY: Commensurate with education and experience, the range starts at $45,000.

BENEFITS: 22 days annual leave, 14 paid holidays, 3 days personal leave, 15 days sick leave;

University contributions to health insurance and retirement plans; tuition remission.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Apply for this position by going ejobs.umd.edu, selecting the

position (#120043), and completing the application form. Attach a letter of application, current

résumé, and the names and current phone numbers of three professional references (one must be,

or have been, an immediate workplace supervisor).

APPLICATION DEADLINE: For best consideration, May 31, 2014. Applications will be

accepted until the position is filled.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call 301-226-4400 or visit www.crs.umd.edu.

The University of Maryland is an especially diverse community of 45,000. The Campus Recreation

Services Department shares a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas.

In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of

people, including women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. (AA/EOE)