Sr. Research & Data Analyst
Arlington, VA 
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Job Description

The Data & Surveys team is looking for a candidate with a higher-level understanding of survey research methodology and coding/programming. This position collaborates with analysts on the Bloomberg Law Content & Analysis team. You will conduct survey research and data analysis in support of custom, proprietary reports and other Bloomberg Law products. You are a curious person with a passion for creating, reviewing, and analyzing data to produce thought leadership content.

What you will do:

  • Conduct research on key issues and participate in survey research studies includingdesigning and developing survey questionnaires, programming surveys for online fielding, cleaning, ingesting, and analyzing data.
  • Independently create and maintain databases includingdata from internal sources (Bloomberg Law and the Bloomberg Terminal) as well as data gathered/scraped from publicly available sources.
  • Independently create dashboards based on survey data or other databases to assist in disseminating information to analysts.
  • Produce content to be leveraged in proprietary reports and other Bloomberg Law products.
  • Collaborate with analysts and researchers to fulfill strategic and creative objectives.
  • Project management (through JIRA and Confluence).
  • Respond to project requests in a timely fashion to meet deadlines and oversee projects through completion.
  • Juggle multiple deadlines, prioritize work, and keep projects moving forward.

You need to have:

  • Knowledge of the survey research process, including questionnaire design, data gathering, data cleaning, analysis and report writing for business and professional audiences.
  • Ability to use statistical software to conduct analyses including descriptive statistics, cross-tabulationsand correlations (preferably R, Python).
  • Ability to work with version controls and collaborative coding (Stash/GitHub/GitLab).
  • Ability to analyze and interpret economic, legal, and statistical data.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to do focused, high-quality work under deadline pressures.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Experience creating or maintaining dashboards from survey data to assist in disseminating information and empowering colleagues to explore data for analysis preferred (RShiny, Tableau, or similar).
  • Experience ingesting data into Database systems such as PostGresSQL preferred.
  • Data storytelling experience preferred.
  • Web scraping experience preferred.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree with coursework in social/behavioral sciences (psychology, sociology, political science), research methods, data science, market research, statistics, programming.
  • Master's degree desirable
  • Minimum 4+ years professional experience in research or data science

Special Requirements:

  • Candidates may be required to complete an exam.

Bloomberg Industry Group IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. Bloomberg Industry Group has adopted an Affirmative Action Program to ensure that all applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and job status without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical issues, genetic information, disabled veteran, veteran, a veteran of the Vietnam Era, or any other classification protected by law.


Bloomberg BNA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. Bloomberg BNA has adopted an Affirmative Action Program to ensure that all applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and job status without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, genetic information, disabled veteran, veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, or any other classification protected by law.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Master's Degree
Required Experience
4+ years
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