PAID RESEARCH INTERN (REMOTE OPPORTUNITY)

The Honorable Mary Bush is seeking one or two paid research interns up to 10 hours per week from UMBC to monitor and analyze current events.  This is truly an opportunity of a lifetime for an aspiring policy expert.  This can be an opportunity for a graduate student and/or a a very astute undergraduate student.  Mary Bush has served in both national and international roles in government, from the International Monetary Fund to the Department of Treasury.  Her full impressive bio is attached.  

This paid opportunity can be done remotely and can begin right away for the right candidates.

IF INTERESTED, please submit your resume and cover letter via UMBCworks (position 9311414) by Thursday, October 24th.  If your resume is not approved in the system, please post it to UMBCworks and let Christine Routzahn at routzahn@umbc.edu know.  She will review and approve it right away.

The components of the work would be:
1. Reading and researching various publications and websites, which would be the bulk of the work.
2. Summarizing the readings in digest or bullet point format. The summaries/digests should be approximately 50 words for each article.
3. One call of 30 minutes (perhaps occasionally more) per week talking with Mary Bush and offering further explanation of the articles that the digest covers.
4. An open email exchange with the student. This can be used, for example, if the student thinks that something should be called quickly to attention. Another example: if Mary Bush would like to prompt the student to locate articles or opinion pieces that offer further clarification or an alternative point of view.

The Demographic Research Area in the Center for Economic Studies is looking to fill two GS-14 group lead positions (1530, Survey Statisticians). The posting will be open on USAJOBS from October 8th to October 22nd, 2019.

USA Jobs posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/548144600

Demographic Research Area is comprised of a multi-disciplinary staff of social science researchers (e.g. demographers, economists, geographers, sociologists) responsible for researching, developing, coordinating and implementing innovative applications of administrative records to improve Census Bureau data collection operations and data products.

We are looking to fill two positions: 1) Survey and Economic Research Group Lead, and 2) the Demographic and Decennial Research Group Lead.  The group leads are responsible for leading, planning, and coordinating administrative records research projects.

The Survey and Economic Research Group focuses on novel applications of administrative records in Census Bureau household survey data collection efforts. The group is responsible for researching and testing innovative methods to improve all phases of the survey life cycle, including frame development, data collection, data processing (including edit and imputation), evaluation and dissemination. 

The Demographic and Decennial Research Group works with internal and external stakeholders, sponsors, and data providers to improve decennial census collection efforts. Examples include: researching measurement error in common household survey items such as demographics, household rosters, and participation in public assistance programs; assessing coverage of administrative records in the decennial census and household surveys; and analyzing response changes across multiple censuses and surveys.