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Statistician

Washington, DC 20006

Posted: 12/12/2023 Category: Data Science Job Number: 283170-0_1 Salary: $70,000 - 90,000

Job Description

Title: Statistician
Location: Washington, DC or Remote
Salary: $70,000 - $90,000
Contact: Shane Meehan, [email protected]


The Statistician will provide crucial quantitative contributions for Company's regular reports and briefings on China's politics and foreign policy as they relate to US-China relations and Indo-Pacific trends. Competitive candidates possess professional experience building datasets and creating data visualizations, statistical models, and applications in R. They should feel comfortable working in a small-team setting and in public speaking roles.

Statistician Qualifications are as follows:

-Proficiency in R, including the development of applications in Shiny and data visualization using ggplot2.
-Demonstrated knowledge of statistical and predictive modeling methods such as time series, factor analysis, and Hidden Markov models.
-Ability to create and analyze Bayesian belief networks and ordinal, logistic, Poisson, and/or negative binomial regressions with random effects or clustered standard errors.
-Familiarity with machine learning techniques and Bayesian inference.
-Skills in merging and cleaning data from different sources in various formats.
-Familiarity with global geopolitical events and the foreign policy of China. Ability to monitor the news cycle for events of interest.
-Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Statistician Education:

-PhD or Master's with at least one year of experience in quantitative social sciences, data science, or statistics.

Meet Your Recruiter

Shane Meehan
Executive Recruiter

Shane Meehan joined Smith Hanley in 2023. He is currently on the Data Science and Analytics team. Prior to joining Smith Hanley, he recruited healthcare professionals for more than thirty years. He prides himself on approaching each interaction in a consultative manner, valuing the skill of listening in order to better understand the needs of the candidate and client. This allows him to serve those needs in the most effective and efficient way possible. He holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Connecticut and a BS in Business Management from Bryant College. Outside of work, Shane enjoys immersing himself in the beauty and wonder of nature.

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