General Description

PREP Post-Bachelors Researcher (US Citizen)

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. ... The work will entail:

Key responsibilities could include, but are not limited to, leading the following activities:

• Analyzing data
• Reviewing relevant literature
• Designing data collection instruments (surveys)
• Writing reports and research articles
• Publishing within refereed journals and technical research series
• Communicating research at professional conferences

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen
• Bachelor's degree in Economics
• At least one year of relevant research experience
• Proficiency in Stata (hypothesis testing, causal analysis, data visualization)
• Proficiency in Zotero or similar
• Proficiency in Excel (large scale data cleaning, validation, and visualization)
• At least one peer-reviewed publication in a professional journal
• At least one first author technical publication
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis
• At least one conference presentation
• Experience working with LLMs
• Proficiency in LaTeX (Overleaf)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Logical thinking and problem solving
• Patience and attention to detail
• Excellent writing and communication skills