OPPAGA Graduate Research Assistant - Academic Year
State of Florida
- Tallahassee, FL
- $15.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government AccountabilityJob TitleGraduate Research Assistant - Academic Year (OPPAGA)General SummaryThe Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability ( ) is a research unit of the Florida Legislature that conducts studies of Florida agencies and programs to assist the Legislature in its policy and budget deliberations. OPPAGA's 2024-25 academic year graduate research assistant position provides a compensated hands-on learning experience for 25 hours per week.Essential Duties/ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities include the following:
- Working in a team environment with professional legislative analysts to complete research projects
- Collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
- Conducting interviews with state agency staff, stakeholders, and other information resources
- Conducting surveys or focus groups, or using other qualitative research methods
- Graduate degree course work in qualitative or quantitative analysis and research fields, such as public administration, public policy, business administration, economics, demography, statistics, finance, education, social work, planning, management, accounting, and the social sciences
- Understanding of principles of governmental organization, budgeting, and accountability
- Understanding of research methods, descriptive and inferential statistics, and financial analysis
- Experience using Microsoft Excel and SPSS or similar statistical packages
- Experience as an effective contributor to a work team
- Interest in pursuing a career in government policy analysis and program evaluation
- Cover letter that details graduate school status, expected graduation date, and a brief description of the research topics and methods used for at least two team or individual graduate-level research projects that the applicant completed
- Transcript(s) of all graduate and undergraduate credits (unofficial copies are accepted)