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Senior Research Assistant
JOB ID: 100522
http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=100522&type=True&cfcend
Job Description:
Educational Testing Service has an opening for a Senior Research Assistant position in the Applied Research and Development Group. The successful candidate will primarily provide support to Research Scientists working on a branch of computer science and computational linguistics known as Natural Language Processing (NLP) by assisting in all phases of research projects, including research design, project management, data collection and analysis. He or she will also collaborate with researchers in preparing study results for publication or presentation, including literature searches, producing charts and graphs, writing and editing.
BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinate research project workflow including planning and designing pilot and field testing; data collection, analysis, and presentation; preparation, production, and distribution of proposals and reports; maintaining data files; and producing workshop materials. Schedule services with other ETS departments and project staff. Act as liaison between project directors and field staff, support staff, and research community, as assigned. Plan, manage, and perform annotations for a variety of projects.
Collect, organize, and verify data; analyze, synthesize, and interpret data; perform statistical calculations.
Monitor activities of temporary and support staff and data collection centers to control budgets, workflow, quality of coding operations, and project activities.
Develop coding systems, procedures, and manuals; research instruments; statistical analyses; and files of current resource materials for workshops and projects.
Write, revise, edit, and proofread research instruments, project documents and publications, memoranda, and correspondence.
Contribute to formal reports and proposals (or sections thereof).
Update publications and prepare graphics, tables, charts, graphs, figures, and visual aids. Administer tests, research instruments, interviews, and surveys.
Conduct literature searches and prepare reference lists, evaluating and selecting materials to be included.
Operate computer terminal to enter, edit, and update data; program and utilize sophisticated statistical packages for data analysis; act as data custodian for cost center.
Select and train field staff; instruct support staff.
Arrange and attend meetings with clients, committees, and consultants.
Meet with clients to plan or interpret guidelines, as assigned.
Required Experience:
EDUCATION A Bachelor's degree in a behavioral or social science with coursework in Statistics is necessary. Coursework or experience working in linguistics, computer science and/or natural language processing (NLP) technologies preferred.
EXPERIENCE A successful candidate will have exemplary written, grammatical, and technical skills. Three years of research-related experience in an academic or professional setting is necessary.
JOB ID: 100522
http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=100522&type=True&cfcend
Job Description:
Educational Testing Service has an opening for a Senior Research Assistant position in the Applied Research and Development Group. The successful candidate will primarily provide support to Research Scientists working on a branch of computer science and computational linguistics known as Natural Language Processing (NLP) by assisting in all phases of research projects, including research design, project management, data collection and analysis. He or she will also collaborate with researchers in preparing study results for publication or presentation, including literature searches, producing charts and graphs, writing and editing.
BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinate research project workflow including planning and designing pilot and field testing; data collection, analysis, and presentation; preparation, production, and distribution of proposals and reports; maintaining data files; and producing workshop materials. Schedule services with other ETS departments and project staff. Act as liaison between project directors and field staff, support staff, and research community, as assigned. Plan, manage, and perform annotations for a variety of projects.
Collect, organize, and verify data; analyze, synthesize, and interpret data; perform statistical calculations.
Monitor activities of temporary and support staff and data collection centers to control budgets, workflow, quality of coding operations, and project activities.
Develop coding systems, procedures, and manuals; research instruments; statistical analyses; and files of current resource materials for workshops and projects.
Write, revise, edit, and proofread research instruments, project documents and publications, memoranda, and correspondence.
Contribute to formal reports and proposals (or sections thereof).
Update publications and prepare graphics, tables, charts, graphs, figures, and visual aids. Administer tests, research instruments, interviews, and surveys.
Conduct literature searches and prepare reference lists, evaluating and selecting materials to be included.
Operate computer terminal to enter, edit, and update data; program and utilize sophisticated statistical packages for data analysis; act as data custodian for cost center.
Select and train field staff; instruct support staff.
Arrange and attend meetings with clients, committees, and consultants.
Meet with clients to plan or interpret guidelines, as assigned.
Required Experience:
EDUCATION A Bachelor's degree in a behavioral or social science with coursework in Statistics is necessary. Coursework or experience working in linguistics, computer science and/or natural language processing (NLP) technologies preferred.
EXPERIENCE A successful candidate will have exemplary written, grammatical, and technical skills. Three years of research-related experience in an academic or professional setting is necessary.