Research Specialist

Job Title Research Specialist I

Agency Texas A&M University

Department Texas Real Estate Research Center

Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate

Job Location College Station, Texas

Job Type Staff

Job Description

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are:
Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

The Texas Real Estate Research Center was founded in 1971 by an act of the Texas Legislature. The Center’s enabling legislation defines a broad mandate to “conduct studies in all areas related directly or indirectly to real estate and/or urban or rural economics.” In addition to research programs in residential, commercial, and rural land economics, the Center maintains administrative, data, and communications teams to support its research agenda.

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We’re looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Research Specialist I with a strong foundation in economics, real estate, or a related field to support applied research on Texas residential markets. The ideal candidate will have experience collecting and analyzing economic data, proficiency in statistical tools like R or Python, and the ability to communicate findings clearly through written and visual formats.

We value initiative, collaboration, and a commitment to high standards in research and data integrity.

Under the direction and supervision of research economists, the Research Specialist I completes research work including: collecting qualitative and quantitative economic data from internet, internal databases, or through interviews or document research. Organizes and processes data for analysis. Completes analysis and drafts written and graphical results for reports and presentations. Provides support to research economists and other Center staff off site at events or in conducting field research.

Day-to-day work may include other administrative and office duties.

Salary
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Compensation will be commensurate to the selected hire’s experience.

A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended.

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, real estate, statistics or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Four years of related professional experience conducting applied economic or market analysis.

• Proficiency in one or more statistical/research languages: R, Python, STATA, etc. for organizing data, statistical analysis, and plotting.
• Experience analyzing and charting standard economic and financial data (BLS, BEA, Census Bureau, Federal Reserve).
• Efficient user of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Ability to contribute to multiple research projects weekly and work with senior researchers or student workers.

• Master’s degree in real estate, economics or relevant discipline.
• Work in an applied research setting (industry or government.)
• Applied knowledge of spatial analysis software: ESRI, QGIS, etc.
• Knowledge of residential single family and multifamily housing market metrics and dynamics.

• Conduct research - Assist senior researchers with assigned projects regarding Texas real-estate markets and economics with a focus on residential assets. Monitor relevant literature and methodology trends for assigned topics. Develop primary and secondary data sets through online access, surveys, focus groups, or archival document review. Organize, code, transform, and summarize qualitative and quantitative market, household and business data according to appropriate research design methods.
  
  Standardize and automate data updates, processing, analysis and reporting. Draft and maintain documentation on acquisition, development, analysis and reporting methods. Maintain high ethics and integrity of data management. Review and synthesize relevant literature topics. Collaborate with other researchers as needed. Perform other…