Research Associate - Center Retirement Research

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Title: Research Associate

Department: 057481 - Center Retirement Research

Employment Type: Full-Time | Exempt | Temporary

Salary Range: $58,000 - $65,000. Salary commensurate with relevant experience.

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College is seeking a full time Research Associate. The Center was created through a grant from the Social Security Administration to promote research on retirement issues and transmit the findings to policy makers, the research community, and the public.

The Research Associate will be directly involved in the various research activities at the Center. This involves contributing to research papers, producing descriptive statistics, drafting research summaries, helping prepare presentations and responding to informational queries. The Research Associate will work under the direction of the Center Director and the senior research staff. The Research Associate will also assist in the day-to-day assignments of student research assistants.

• The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s or a master’s degree, preferably in Economics or Finance, with exposure to retirement issues, labor economics, and/or health economics.
• The Center is looking for someone who is well organized and detail oriented, has strong research and analytical skills, as well as strong writing and communication skills.
• Experience working with micro data and some knowledge of econometrics and statistical packages, such as SAS or STATA is valuable.
• Experience programming in Python and MATLAB would be a plus.