Research Scientist 3 - Council on Children and Families
Children & Family Services, Office of · Rensselaer · New York
- Role
- Data scientist
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
- Closes
- Nov 11, 2026
- Salary
- $100,671 to $126,875 Annually
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Summary
The Research Scientist 3 will provide data and research support to the New York State Council on Children and Families, conducting data management, analysis, and interpretation to improve outcomes for children and families across state health, education, and human services systems. The role involves extracting and analyzing administrative databases, assessing program performance and outcomes, supporting data system design, and disseminating findings through technical reports and peer-reviewed publications. The position reports to the Deputy Director of Research and may include supervision of research staff.
Key qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and four years of professional research experience in child welfare, criminal justice, psychology, social work, sociology, or program evaluation; OR Master's degree in related field
- High proficiency in SAS programming, SQL programming, Microsoft Access, Excel, and statistical analysis
- Experience linking administrative datasets across information systems and managing primary and secondary data
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology and data visualization/dashboard creation
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and scientific writing skills with ability to present findings to technical and non-technical audiences
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