The right candidate will be WELL rewarded. 1099 or W-2 option available for this short term work which could lead to continued work at this client.

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Description of candidate qualifications:

• SAS Programmers/Data Analysts (3-4 positions)
• BS degree in quantitative area such as Mathematics, Statistics or Operations Research
• 1+ yrs experience
• intermediate level exp with SAS programming, data transformations, data management
• support internal, external clients with Quantitative Analysis
• excellent communication and presentation skills

The Outcomes Research and Assessment Group at the Duke Clinical Research Institute seeks talented and highly motivated statistical programmers to become members of our outcomes research team.

The Duke Clinical Research Institute, located in Durham, North Carolina, is a multidisciplinary group with over 700 members. Some of the world's largest randomized clinical trials have been coordinated here.

The Outcomes Research and Assessment Group consists of over 60 physicians, economists, biostatisticians, computer programmers and other personnel and has performed some of the largest economic and quality of life analyses of clinical cardiovascular trials ever conducted. We have also benchmarked provider quality of care for multi-institution efforts such as the national Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) databases and the Managed Health Care Association (MHCA) coronary disease management project.

Primary responsibilities include:

Requires one of the following:

M.S. in Statistics

Need someone with demonstrated breadth and depth in both mathematical and applied statistics, and with the experience (at least 5 years) and persistence to implement large-scale computer data analyses including a facility with the SAS System and Microsoft Excel. The candidate should have the demonstrated ability of communicating statistical ideas to and parametrizing statistical constructs with a non- or semi- statistically literate clientele in a technical industrial setting using the English language. At least one year of experience applying Statistics to the computer or telecommunications industry, particularly in the area of Systems and/or Network Performance, would be desirable.

Specifically, the candidate needs to demonstrate strength in the area of constructing sound statistical tests of compliance with benchmarks and parity of performance. This requires a thorough understanding of experimental design, the inter-relationships of sample-size, significance, power, robustness, assumptions required by distribution-based statistical tests, nonparametric tests, and distributional transformations. The candidate needs to be able to rapidly be able to translate this knowledge into working spreadsheet models handling many simultaneous statistical tests based on the same sampling elements and be able to meet (or come close to meeting) the power requirements of each one by varying whatever factors may be under his/her control.

The candidate needs to be able to design the appropriate tests, and apply them in analyzing data which may come in various forms. To this end a facility with the SAS System's data management, access, and statistical procedures would be quite useful.

The candidate should be able to operate independently and be flexible with regard to spending at least 20% of the time traveling, but otherwise much of the work can be performed on a telecommuting basis, with occasional travel, usually within the southwest and midwest United States.

San Francisco, CA, April 3, 2000 -- Advanced Resources, Inc., has launched a Decision Support unit to meet the swelling demand for top tier Decision Support Services consultants. The creation of a Decision Support unit is a natural progression for the company, which has become a leading source of SAS programmers and statistical consultants. Consulting positions most widely filled by the unit include Data Warehousing Project Managers, Data Warehousing Architects, Data Modelers, Database Administrators, Database Developers, SAS Programmer/Analysts, Decision Support Business Analysts and Data Mining Specialists.

Advanced Resources' Decision Support unit provides companies with experienced project consultants to assist with the design and implementation of strategic knowledge systems for financial, marketing, sales and executive management.

"Our clients recognize the importance of converting data to information and transforming that information into the knowledge that enables them to leapfrog not only the competition but also their own product or service standards," said Ernest Pineda, director of business development. "These same clients utilize a wide range of Decision Support software on a variety of platforms, so expanding our existing SAS expertise to provide broader solutions allows us to help them gain that competitive advantage."

After the written service agreement has been finalized, the Specialist is responsible for meeting each specified deliverable. When issues arise, clarification is to be obtained through either the Manager or directly from the client, as established between the Manager and the Specialist, and as determined by the Specialist's level of development.

Likewise, delivery of results may be from the Specialist or from the Manager, depending on the Specialist's level of development and communication skills. The Manager may make different decisions depending on the recipient and the format of the deliverable (oral vs. written, size of audience, importance of project, etc.). All deliverables must comply with departmental standards for format, objectivity, reliability and accuracy.

The Strategy and Planning group works closely with our marketing partners and management to provide decision support, strategic and tactical consultation following the principles of direct and relationship marketing. This person leads the team in the development of advanced analysis, reporting, and modeling projects. He/she will educate our partners in the proper use and development of targeting and segmentation tools and develops opportunities to shape and expand Client?s segmentation strategy. This person provides a global and objective view of the customer, based on an understanding of what the customer does, needs, and wants relative to their value to the Client.

This person will lead and manage a team of both marketing and analytic consultants in the pursuit of delivering value in the analytical function of targeting, segmentation, tracking and trend analysis, forecasting, and execution. This person will develop data mining strategy for Retail and show how learning and tools support partner-marketing initiatives while helping to integrate intelligence into strategy and implementation.

This person must have expertise in developing segmentation algorithms using customer databases and survey data. This person must have extensive hands-on and team management experience, developing, targeting, and forecasting models for direct mailings and real-time customer service systems. This position requires the following: strong analytical skills, strong leadership and communication skills, a clear understanding of the principles and practice of direct and relationship marketing, and a desire to manage a growing group as we further develop the Advanced Analytics discipline within Client's Retail Division..

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