Title: GA - Pre-Professional - Office of Technology Solutions - Data & Statistical Consulting - Fall 2024
Division Name: Finance and Planning
Department: Office of Technology Solutions
Campus Location: Normal, IL

Job Summary

The Graduate Assistant will have responsibilities for supporting faculty with their data analysis, statistical consulting, and data visualization needs related to their research interests. This includes also supporting faculty who are interested in statistical methodologies, available statistical software, ways to visualize their data results, and other resources as part of their research. The GA is expected that the person in this position will be able to conduct training sessions on statistical modeling, software demonstrations of various technologies, and building communities of expertise to facilitate faculty researchers to utilize each other for assistance.

Salary Rate / Pay Rate

$1473/month minimum

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

1. Demonstrated experience with statistical software applications including, but not limited to at least one of the following: SPSS, SAS, Stata, Matlab
2. Demonstrated experience with GIS software, Python or R
3. Demonstrated experience with data reporting tools, such as PowerBI, Tableau, and/or Cognos
4. Demonstrated experience with statistical analysis and understanding of appropriate statistical methodologies

Work Hours

Any scheduled between Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Proposed Starting Date

August 2024

Required Applicant Documents

• Resume/ C.V.
• Reference List

Please Note: These documents are required to be submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior

Special Instructions for Applicants

Note: If you have not yet been assigned a University ID, but are interested in applying for this graduate assistantship, please proceed with the graduate assistant application process. For the first question regarding your University ID, simply enter in nine (9) zeros (e.g., 000000000).

You must be eligible for employment in the United States and at Illinois State University and/or for the number of hours required for the position.

Illinois State University student employees are restricted to no more than 28 hours per week of on-campus employment for all positions held. International students are restricted by their visa status to no more than 20 hours per week of on-campus employment when the university is in session but may work up to 28 hours per week when the university is not in session. Please contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for guidance on visa restrictions on work hours. The University cannot grant exceptions to visa status rules/laws.

Contact Information for Applicants

Traci Zagaroli
tdrigsb@ilstu.edu

Important Information for Applicants

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

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