DescriptionThe Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice launched in September 2018 in the College of Education at Temple University. It is an action research center focused on rethinking and restructuring higher education and social policies, practices, and resources to create opportunities for all students to complete college degrees. This position is responsible for managing multiple, qualitative and quantitative, data sets and contributing to project management on the related projects. Functions include providing support in areas such as data management and preparation for analysis, tabling results, research tasks such as developing bibliographies and literature reviews, and preparing presentations. Additionally, the incumbent will assist in management of project process and stakeholder relationships. The incumbent will report to the Director of Research and work closely with research staff such as Senior Research Associate(s) and Project Manager on multiple research projects. Incumbent will have some level of both research and administrative experience; the position will provide opportunities for growth in both domains.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education & Experience:Bachelor’s Degree in Social or Computer Science field  and at least 4 years of relevant experience. 1 year of experience with STATA, SAS, or R software is required and 2 years of experience leading and managing projectsAn equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.  
Required Skills & Abilities:*Strong project management, analytical, problem solving, strategic, and organizational skills*Ability to coordinate and be accountable for multiple tasks*Ability to work in fast-paced environment and multi-task*Ability to work with individuals across a wide range of expertise (e.g., faculty, researchers, Executive Assistants, undergraduate students)*Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially on virtual interfaces*Strong attention to detail*Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and independently *Excellent skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint mandatory).
Preferred:*Master’s degree*Experience utilizing online project management software (such as Asana)*Some experience in education-related research field*Experience with Slack or other electronic communications system*Experience with Qualtrics
This is a grant funded position.This position requires a background check
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Compliance Statement: In the performance of their functions as detailed in the position description employees have an obligation to avoid ethical, legal, financial and other conflicts of interest to ensure that their actions and outside activities do not conflict with their primary employment responsibilities at the institution. Employees are also expected to understand and be in compliance with applicable laws, University and employment policies and regulations, including NCAA regulations for areas and departments which their essential functions cause them to interact.
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Primary Location: Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Main Campus-Ritter Annex
Job: Staff
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular