Data Specialist I

Department:

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R107169

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelors degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 5 (Hourly)

Position Description:

The University of Louisville, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute seeks candidates for a full-time Data Specialist I position with the Division of Environmental Medicine, who will manage several large datasets in our laboratory. This individual will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of investigators on epidemiology, environmental health, and basic science projects. The Data Specialist I will work closely with Dr. Daniel Riggs, and a team of researchers to oversee and maintain several large datasets, including cleaning and scoring data and preparing datasets for analysis. This is a grant funded position with continued employment contingent on grant renewals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Dataset management

•  Data cleaning

• Scoring datasets

• Assisting with research team-based tasks

• Creating data dictionaries

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field.

• Previous experience working with statistical analysis, machine learning, or GIS data is preferred.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.