Full-time job opportunity

The Law and Psychiatry Research program of UPMC/WPIC has a full-time Data
Manager & Analyst position open immediately. The preferred candidate will
have strong computer skills (as listed below) and will be trained and work
closely with a senior level programmer. Recent graduates with a high level
of demonstrated skill are welcome to apply.

Interested candidates should send their resume to:
Carol Schubert, MPH
Research Program Administrator
Law & Psychiatry Research
230 McKee Place, Room 215
Pgh PA 15213
412-647-4760
schubertca@upmc.edu


Position title: Data Manager & Analyst 

Qualifications:

A Bachelor's Degree in a health-related or computer-related profession
with experience in a research setting or with computers/database
management systems is required.  A thorough working knowledge of MS SQL
Server or MS Access. Experience in shell scripting using either Python,
Perl or Ruby. Experience with SPSS or SAS is preferred but not required. A
high potential for growth in the area of analysis and data manipulation is
desired.

Sample Responsibilities:

1. A major responsibility of this position will be to assist the senior
analyst on the project with programming tasks using Blaise software and MS
Access.  Once trained, this individual will troubleshoot problems that
develop with the programming, work with the senior programmer to make
minor changes to the existing program, and work with the coordinating
center team to understand the interrelationship of information in the
databases produced by this program.

2.  The position will also be involved with a variety of other tasks
associated with the computerized interview. This could include processing
data, writing patches to correct data issues, working in SPSS to clean
datasets and/or create datasets for the use of individuals connected with
the study.

3.  The position will work with the Program Coordinator and senior analyst
on assembling and refining data sets drawn from the study web-site.  This
work will require an understanding of Excel and/or Access and will include
a variety of tasks which could include writing data queries and creating
reports as well as data coding and cleaning tasks.

4. To develop thorough and complete documentation of all datasets, reports
and computations.