Research Scientist Iii - Albany, United States - Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

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Albany, United States

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May 16, 2024

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Research Scientist III

Salary Grade 25:
$88,938 - $101,067**
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Serve as evaluation specialist on multiple, concurrent projects;
Design and implement evaluation plans that address project objectives and stakeholder needs;
Collect, clean, analyze, and interpret data using both qualitative and quantitative methods;
Assess the statistical methods and procedures used to determine best practices to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy;
Perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data;
Analyze and interpret statistical data;
Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results;
Write clear and concise reports that communicate findings and make recommendations;
Present evaluation results to diverse audiences in a variety of formats;
Manage all aspects of assigned evaluations, with continuous process improvement;
Stay abreast of new developments in the field of public health evaluation and share knowledge with colleagues;
Calculate, interpret and communicate statistics from data systems and provide findings in a variety of formats to both technical and general audiences;
Conceptualize and execute a complete quantitative analysis:
Evaluate available data sources and develop an appropriate analytic plan;
Clean and prep large sets of data for analysis (e.g., variable construction, merging data files, data cleaning, manipulating and combining datafiles containing different levels of data);
Identify appropriate statistical analysis.
Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in health economics, psychology, public health, data science, statistics or related field and at least four (4) years of fulltime experience in a research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization.
A Master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in health economics, psychology, public health, data science, statistics or related field may substitute for one (1) year of experience as noted above.
A Doctoral degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in health economics, psychology, public health, data science, statistics or related field may substitute for two (2) years of experience as noted above.

Location:1450 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203

Salary:
Commensurate with experience

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

(RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.

Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities.

To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations.

A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency.

RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York.

Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.

Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR a) compliant.