Research Statistical Assistant
What you'd do
This is a Without Compensation (WOC) Research Statistician Assistant position with the Office of Research and Development (ORD). The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden.
Major duties
This is a Without Compensation (WOC) Research Statistician Assistant position with the Office of Research and Development (ORD) in St. Louis, MO. The incumbent will function as a data manager responsible for working with research data utilizing various statistical methods. The incumbent will work under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI); the lead researcher who designs, directs, and manages the assigned study. The incumbent's duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Designing, testing, implementing, and monitoring research data collected as part of health status questionnaires. Production and testing of research data to ensure validity and reliability. Establishing and monitoring data collection timelines and response rates; and ensuring completeness. Assisting the Principal Investigator (PI) with data control procedures to include preliminary analyses, editing/correction of errors, and preparation of data files for analysis and final reports of study findings.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/10/2026. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: All applicants must possess the following experience: Assisting in gathering and organizing statistical data from routine reporting sources, following established procedures and guidance. Performing basic reviews of source documents to check for completeness, obvious errors, and consistency with prior reports. Entering and updating statistical data in standard formats, making simple adjustments as instructed to ensure accuracy. Locating readily available data from primary and secondary sources and made straightforward comparisons to identify differences or changes. Performing simple statistical calculations using prescribed methods, such as totals, averages, and basic frequency counts, under close supervision. NOTE: Applicants must possess at least 3 out of the 5 experience points listed above. Any claimed experience must be documented on the applicant's resume to include the organization name, dates, and position title through which the experience was gained. A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is predominantly sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there will be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of items of moderate weight such as large binders, banker style file boxes, meeting materials, papers, books or small parts. Hand and eye coordination for delicate testing procedures may be the only special physical demand required to perform the work.
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