Graduate Research Assistant (0000GA11) at University of Hawaii, HI

About the Department

Title: Graduate Research Assistant

Position Number: 0000GA11

Hiring Unit: College of Social Sciences – UHERO and Department of Economics

Location: Manoa Campus

Date Posted: 11/03/2025

Closing Date: Continuous recruitment until position filled; review of application begins November 15, 2025

Salary Information: Step 15: $29,148 annual minimum 

Monthly Type: 11-month

Full Time/Part Time: Part-Time - Full time equivalency 50% 

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary

Other Conditions: To begin approximately December 2025. Continuation contingent upon program needs, satisfactory performance, and availability of funds. In addition to economic students, candidates enrolled in other degree programs, especially other social sciences, data/computer science or health sciences, are encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities 

1. Under the general supervision of faculty in UHERO, serve as a Graduate Research Assistant.
2. Parse, clean, and analyze survey data using R.
3. Respond to survey participant inquiries and liaise with community partner organizations.
4. Assist with data collection.
5. Assist in writing and editing blogs, policy briefs, and reports.
6. Contributes to inferential data analysis and statistical modeling.
7. Assist with other projects as assigned.
8. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Classified degree-seeking student in a Masters or Doctoral Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
2. Strong analytical thinking skills.
3. Attention to detail, diligence in data checking and error debugging, and ability to clean, organize, and manipulate data effectively.
4. Proficiency in using R for data management.
5. Experience conducting quantitative (describing and/or inferential) analysis and interpreting socioeconomic or health data.
6. Strong written and verbal communication skills for contributing to community liaison and reports, blogs, and presentations.
7. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a research environment.

Desirable Qualifications

1. Knowledge of social and public policy issues affecting Hawaii.
2. Interest in survey research, especially on socioeconomic and health issues.

To Apply:
Submit a cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and, to the extent applicable, desirable qualifications, and a curriculum vitae via the UH file drop service https://www.hawaii.edu/filedrop with [email protected] as the file recipient.

Inquiries: 
Email [email protected]

Position Duties

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