Research Analyst 3 (PCN 114267)

State of Alaska•Anchorage, AK

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible for a variety of complex coding, estimation, and data summary procedures for the Statewide Harvest Survey (Alaska Sport Fishing Survey). This annual survey of resident and non-resident anglers is used to estimate the total catch, harvest, and participation in every sport fishery in Alaska. The information collected is central to the department’s management of sport and some commercial fisheries, economic studies, international management of fisheries for Pacific halibut, and meeting Alaska’s obligations in the Pacific Salmon Treaty. The role involves developing and maintaining databases, spreadsheets, procedures, and SAS programs; reviewing and preparing survey data; performing consistency checks and resolving errors; calculating estimates and confidence intervals; coordinating review of preliminary estimates; preparing summary reports; and responding to ad-hoc data requests.

Requirements

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
Data Management: Knowledge of the principles, procedures, and tools of data management, such as modeling techniques, data backup, data recovery, data dictionaries, data warehousing, data mining, data archiving, data disposal, and data standardization processes.
Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
Progressively responsible professional experience which included investigative research or statistical analysis.
A valid driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

Development and maintenance of various databases, spreadsheets, procedures, and SAS programs that support coding, estimation, and summary reporting for the annual Statewide Harvest Survey.
Reviewing returned survey forms (or submitted data) as it pertains to fishing locations, effort, harvest and catch to prepare returned surveys for data entry.
Using specialized SAS programs to perform various consistency checks on survey response data and doing detailed research necessary to resolve errors and discrepancies that are found.
Calculation of preliminary and final estimates (statistics) for the annual Statewide Harvest Survey, including estimates of standard errors and confidence intervals.
Coordinating review of the annual preliminary estimates among regional biologists and making edits to reported data and preliminary estimates based upon this review process.
Working in coordination with Program Lead, biometricians, research analysts, and regional biologists to prepare the annual summary report and update the historical estimate database so the information is available to ADF&G staff and agency partners.
Responding to ad-hoc requests for summary estimates from the Statewide Harvest Survey that come from regulatory bodies (i.e. Board of Fisheries), other agencies, the legislature, universities, NGOs, and the general public.