Data Science Student Assistant III
About The Position
The Data Science Student Assistant III provides data management, data entry, and data cleaning support to the Education, Engagement, and Early Career Development (EdEC) Center at NSF NCAR. The role performs complex data-related tasks, including assisting with database design, organization, and maintenance under minimal supervision. Its primary focus is supporting the rollout and implementation of the NSF NCAR-wide alumni database project. The assistant works under minimal supervision, solves problems independently with little direction, and organizes and prioritizes assignments. The role contributes to the initial pilot rollout by preparing legacy participant records and lab-specific spreadsheets for a new relational database schema, and by establishing a clean data foundation for a future Phase 2 migration into Salesforce CRM. Work is in a hybrid environment; the role description states a minimum of one day per week in the office, while the additional location information says hybrid staff work onsite three days per week or an equivalent based on their flexible work arrangement.
Requirements
- Must be enrolled, or intend to enroll in the next regular session, for credit in an accredited secondary or post-secondary school, college, or trade school meeting the stated Colorado approval requirements.
- Advanced-level knowledge and skill in the area of hire, including data entry, data cleaning, and database management.
- Ability to organize and prioritize assignments and manage tasks within projects.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including editing, proofreading, and explaining complex technical ideas and issues.
- Proficiency in database management, data cleaning techniques, and data-entry workflows.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Salesforce, relational tables, and advanced data management in Google Sheets.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the design and organization of databases and maintain and augment existing data structures and applications.
- Perform data entry, data cleaning, and validation of program and database results.
- Perform complex calculations and functions and develop mathematical algorithms to analyze data sets.
- Design and modify procedures, programs, or instruments to accomplish data objectives.
- Process, format, and clean legacy participant records and lab-specific spreadsheets to align with the new relational database schema during the initial pilot rollout.
- Organize and structure datasets to create a clean data foundation for a future Phase 2 migration into Salesforce CRM.
- Assist in distributing, organizing, and maintaining standardized data-entry collection templates provided to NSF NCAR labs.
- Assist with quarterly data integrity reviews, identify missing or malformed values, and coordinate with lab data coordinators to resolve discrepancies.
- Assist the Project Lead with communicating submission timelines, answering data-entry questions, and coordinating with data coordinators across NSF NCAR labs.
- Identify and merge duplicate participant profiles for individuals who attend events or programs across multiple labs.
- Assist with integrating external identifiers, such as ORCID data, in coordination with the NSF NCAR Library bibliometrics team.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
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