Project: Primary Education and Learning in Emergencies (PELE)

Title: Data Associate, PELE

Division/Department: NYUAD Research Institute – Global TIES for Children

Reports to: Senior Data Associate, PELE

Work Location: New York University, Washington Square * Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, our research center is working remotely until the University authorizes our safe return to the office.*

Work Schedule: Full-time

Salary/Pay Range: Commensurate with experience

Benefits Eligible Yes

Start/End Date: Immediately — August 31, 2021 (with possibility for renewal)

About Global TIES for Children: 

At New York University's Global TIES for Children we design, evaluate and advise on programs and policies to improve the lives of children and youth in the most vulnerable regions across the globe. Led by University Professors Larry Aber and Hiro Yoshikawa, we work with some of the world's leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and with governments in low-income (LI) and conflict-affected (CA) countries on developing and evaluating innovative approaches to promoting the health, education, and social development of children and their communities. Together with our key strategic partner organizations, our work leverages cutting-edge scientific methods and interdisciplinary collaboration to:

• Generate actionable evidence to promote child and youth development by conducting and evaluating powerful strategies to transform relevant "social settings" (i.e., classrooms, schools, families, communities, etc.) that are key drivers of children's learning and well-being;
• Communicate actionable evidence by engaging diverse stakeholders across sectors and regions and disseminating a rigorous evidence base to inform program and policy decisions for children and youth in LI and CA countries; and 
• Build human, administrative, and institutional capacity for a robust global science and practice through the provision of professional development and training activities.

Position Summary:

The Data Associate will support NYU Global TIES for Children's Primary Education and Learning in Emergencies (PELE) team by identifying problems with collected data for on-going projects and managing, cleaning, and documenting data collected via paper & tablet surveys, as well as supervising temporary personnel hired as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Use mathematical logic and programming skills to identify, verify, quantify, and correct problems in the data collected.
• Oversee data cleaning and documentation process for assigned research projects, including structuring data collection metadata
• Communicate data status to research team
• Recommend protocols to safeguard data integrity during data collection for future projects
• Coordinate with Senior Data Associate and Research Scientists to gauge Data Team need for each project.
• Recruit, train, and supervise student workers for Data Team and assigned projects.
• Identify data resources and provide support for data collection.
• Provide support for internal capacity building projects.