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Research/Data Analyst, Housing Center

Employer
American Enterprise Institute
Location
Washington, D.C
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Dec 1, 2020

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Industry
Nonprofit
Function
Administrative
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

The Housing Center at the American Enterprise Institute ( www.aei.org/housing/ ) conducts cutting-edge research and publishes an unprecedented set of risk metrics to improve the operation of housing markets, mortgage lending practices, and housing policy. We are seeking a research analyst or a data analyst to work directly with the center's director and director of research on the full range of the center's initiatives.

Based on qualifications, the ideal candidate will be either a research or a data analyst. Final title and salary are commensurate with experience. Please outline in your cover letter which title you feel your qualifications most accurately represent.

As a research analyst, the primary responsibilities include:
  • Analyzing data using statistical software
  • Cleaning, recoding, imputing, and weighting data
  • Draft policy papers and create presentations with charts and graphs
  • Conducting analysis to create new housing market indicators and other insights
  • Participating in the Center's longer-term research projects


The ideal research analyst will possess:
  • Knowledge of Stata and Excel (essential)
  • Knowledge of SAS, R, Python, ArcGIS, or Tableau (desirable)


As a data analyst, the primary responsibilities include:
  • Assembling and validating new datasets
  • Creating new datasets by cleaning, merging and matching disparate datasets; assisting in data imputation and weighting of samples
  • Maintaining existing databases
  • Managing the Center's data resources and identifying database and storage optimizations
  • Working with web developers and coders to create new web tools to display the Center's data
  • Participating in the Center's longer-term research projects


The ideal data analyst will possess:
  • Knowledge of Stata, Python, Excel, and Tableau (essential)
  • Knowledge of SAS, R, or ArcGIS (desirable)
  • Experience with a heavy concentration of programming and database course work or comparable experience.


Candidates for either title will hold a Bachelor's with at least 2 years of professional experience in the field or Master's degree in economics, public policy, finance, real estate, or data science. The ability to work effectively in a team environment, combined with strong quantitative, communication, and organization skills is required.

About AEI

Founded in 1938, AEI is a community of scholars dedicated to promoting public policy that increases individual opportunity and strengthens free enterprise. Qualified applicants should submit an online application to http://www.aei.org/jobs , complete with cover letter, resume, and a writing sample on a topic related to the position.

Company

The American Enterprise Institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity and strengthening free enterprise. AEI pursues these unchanging ideals through independent thinking, open debate, reasoned argument, facts and the highest standards of research and exposition. Without regard for politics or prevailing fashion, we dedicate our work to a more prosperous, safer and more democratic nation and world.

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Telephone
2028625800
Location
1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington
District of Columbia
20036
US

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