Research and Data Specialist
Core
Provides individualized research and data consultations, designs training workshops, and manages data access for faculty, students, and fellows at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Role type
Individual contributor research and data specialist
Builds
Research consultations, training curricula, and data access solutions for the HKS community
Domain
Higher education / Public policy research / Data services
Deliverable
Dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Research design, data analysis, data management planning, citation management, instructional design, stakeholder consultation
Preferred skills
Programming in R, Stata, or Python, knowledge of public policy datasets, experience in library settings
Technologies
R, Stata, Python, ChatGPT Edu, Claude
Responsibilities
Deliver in-depth research and data consultations; design and deliver training workshops; administer student licenses for research tools; manage user access to licensed data and software; support data management processes for course projects; embed research literacy into course instruction
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC