Position Information

Job Posting Number S01310

Position Title Research Coordinator, Wesleyan Media Project

Department Wesleyan Media Project - 1341

Job Category Staff Posting

Position Type Full-Time

Work Location On Campus

Pay Type Salaried

Salary Range

$50,800- $59,500

Compensation Practices

Experience is taken into consideration in the determination of salary offers. For more information visit https://www.wesleyan.edu/hr/handbook/compensation-practices/index.html

Position Details

Since its founding in 2010, the Wesleyan Media Project ( WMP ) has become the “go to” source for real-time, non-partisan information on the volume, spending, sponsorship and content of political advertising across the United States. Our goals are to track all election-related advertising across TV and online and to provide comparative analysis enhancing the ability of journalists, citizens and scholars to hold governments and special interests accountable.

Reporting to the Program Manager, Wesleyan Media Project, the Research Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the research operations of the Wesleyan Media Project’s tracking and analysis of political advertising and local news.

Responsibilities include:

• Hiring, training and supervising student Research Assistants (RAs).

• Performing data analysis, content identification, and data management tasks.

• Developing and maintaining documentation of data analysis, training protocols, and research processes to keep stakeholders informed and ensure applicability.

• Contributing to public communications, including project website, blog posts, and social media feeds.

• Managing various aspects of our social media presence, including content creation, scheduling, engagement, and reporting back analytics across multiple platforms.

• Developing and implementing research protocols necessary to achieve the goals laid out by the project team.

• Contributing as a co-author to peer-reviewed publications.

• Conducting special research studies or projects as directed, including performing literature review, other research, and data analysis to support those projects.

• Coordinating logistics for team meetings, including travel, catering, technology needs, conference calls, web tools, etc.

• Other duties as assigned.

This position is required to work on campus.

(Relocation assistance to CT is available for those who qualify).

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and at least two years of experience managing operations, programs or projects or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Knowledge of statistics and some experience using statistical packages for analyzing and merging data (e.g., Excel, Stata, SPSS , R, SAS , etc.)

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Strong project management skills and knowledge of research processes.

Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Experience in the MS Office suite of applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience with web-based collaboration tools (e.g., Google docs/sheets, Slack, Evernote, etc.)

Demonstrated commitment to work within a diverse environment and interact openly with individuals of different backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience hiring, training and supervising staff (student/volunteer experience will be considered).

  Special Instructions to Applicants

Position is open until filled. For full consideration please apply by June 12, 2024 when first review of applications will begin.

Additional Information

All offers to external applicants are contingent on the candidate’s completion of a pre-employment background check screening (https://www.wesleyan.edu/hr/pdfs/Wesleyan%20University%20Background%20Check%20Policy_.pdf) to the satisfaction of Wesleyan University.

Benefits

Wesleyan offers a broad range of employee benefits and development opportunities, including comprehensive group insurance plans, wellness programs and incentives, generous paid time off and retirement plans. We also offer flexible work schedules, employee and dependent tuition programs, as well as access to Wesleyan’s BLS & GLS programs for those who qualify (tuition is waived for up to 2 courses a term; some fees and taxes may apply).

Detailed information on the benefits of working at Wesleyan is located at: https://wesleyan.edu/hr/careers/prospective-resources.html.

Quick Link https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10497

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