Research Data Specialist I

The Department of State Hospitals-Atascadero is a secure public sector hospital providing inpatient forensic services for mentally ill adult males who are court committed throughout the State of California.

The Research Data Specialist I will be directed by the Standards Compliance Director in the Standards Compliance Department at the Department of State Hospitals – Atascadero (ASH). The incumbent will be responsible for the following duties but not limited to:

• Identify scope, hypothesize, plan, organize, and conduct complicated studies.
• Design, create, summarize, and interpret outcome and program evaluation.
• Apply advanced principles of research design toward development of prototypical data models.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical procedures.
• Communicate effectively and produce executive summaries and reports.
• Use established methods to validate and test evidence produced to confirm or reject hypotheses.
• Properly acquire and integrate local data stores.
• Provide consultation to staff on the application of appropriate statistical procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Incumbents must possess 12 semester or 18 quarter units course work in any combination of a data driven research-related field, such as economics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, demography, geography, anthropology, statistics, data science or a research-related field. This must include at least one course in statistical methods; AND Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college with a bachelor's degree. Work experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis by applicants who have the required units mentioned above.

A Master's Degree in economics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, demography, geography, anthropology, statistics, data science or a related research-oriented field may be substituted for two years of the required experience. A doctoral degree in the same areas may be substituted for three years of the required experience.

Experience applicable to one of the following patterns may be combined on a proportional basis with experience applicable to the other pattern to meet the total experience requirements.

AND

Experience

I- One year in the California state civil service performing data research-oriented duties at a level of responsibility equivalent to a Research Analyst II;

OR

II- Four years of progressively responsible technical research experience engaged in the collection, compilation, analysis, and interpretation of data. (Experience applied toward this requirement must include one year of experience performing duties with a level of responsibility equivalent to a Research Analyst II.)