University of Virginia - Students
Darden Technical Research Assistant - Remote (Student Wage)
PayCompetitive
LocationCharlottesville/Virginia
Employment typeFull-Time
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Job Description
- Req#: R0064431
Employer Industry: Higher Education and Research
Why consider this job opportunity:
- Hourly pay rate up to $25.00/hour based on educational level
- Flexible work hours of 10-20 hours per week
- Remote work opportunity, with the requirement to reside in the United States
- Opportunity to gain hands-on research experience in various academic disciplines
- Supportive environment for undergraduate and graduate students to enhance their programming and computational skills
What to Expect (Job Responsibilities):
- Create and engineer datasets using publicly available information
- Assist with the preparation and storage of large datasets
- Provide documentation for created datasets
- Extract data from reports, the web, and other sources
- Manipulate and prepare datasets for analysis
What is Required (Qualifications):
- Must be a current student at the University of Virginia
- Ability to read through multiple reports and distill information into a database format
- Familiarity with big datasets
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, SQL, and/or Solidity
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
How to Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):
- Enrollment in disciplines such as business, accounting, economics, social sciences, humanities, statistics, math, computer science, or data science
- Strong synthesis skills, particularly in reading and summarizing arguments
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple projects
- Willingness to approach problems from different angles when initial solutions are ineffective
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