BIENESTAR

Biostatistician

Bienestar’s mission is to “Enhancing the health and well-being of the community through
education, prevention, and the provision of direct social support services. Committed to the
mobilization and advocacy necessary for immediate and appropriate response to community
needs” Bienestar serves Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties.

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the Director of Evaluations, the Biostatistician will
support BIENESTAR by creating and maintaining statistical database and providing statistical
assistance to BIENESTAR’s staff.

General Responsibilities:
• Assist BIENESTAR’s personnel by providing statistical support for research projects in the
areas of study design, data extraction, appropriate statistical analysis and interpretation of
results: provide statistical support and consultation for grant preparation, studies, and
protocols; and provide consultation on statistical method, questionnaire construction, and
data gathering and analysis techniques.
• Develop and analyze a variety of research data, using appropriate statistical methods:
design and apply standardized and customized computer techniques to data analysis using
statistical analysis software.
• Create and maintain statistical and informational databases and data entry forms.
• Prepare consistency checks, tables, and figures.
• Write scientific reports, assist with the preparation of manuscripts, and contribute to the
preparation of research proposals for submission to external bodies.
• Implement research studies and prepare summary data for research publications.
• May coordinate analysis efforts across multiple research projects.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director.

Qualifications and Requirements:

 Master's Degree.
 Advanced knowledge of statistics, including generalized linear and mixed models.
 Report preparation skills
 Ability to analyze and interpret statistical data
 Ability to operate personal computer and various software programs
 Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team setting
 Ability to work independently
 Able to deal with complicated judgments in a creative and open-minded way and can
extract
and present key information accurately and imaginatively.
 Ability to undertake statistical analysis, interpretation and presentation of complex data
 Ability and willingness to learn new statistical software programs.
 Strong management skills, as shown through management of multiple projects and or staff.
 Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but
not required.
 Good organizational skills with the ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities
 Demonstrated initiative and motivation
 Experience with one or more statistical software packages (SAS, Stata, S-Plus, R or SPSS)
for manipulation and analysis of data sets.
 Experience with system development operations in one or more relational database
management programs (Access, Paradox).
 Experience and expertise is strongly preferred in psychometric analysis methods such as
confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.
 Experience in developing and evaluating measurement methods and tools is also preferred.
 Experience with the design and maintenance of relational databases.
 Experience with Bayesian analysis and/or multi-level modeling desirable.

HOURS: 40 hours per week. Some weekends and evenings required. Some travel might be
required.

COMPLEXITY:
 The ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while
providing/obtaining information on numerous inquiries is paramount to success in this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
 The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Occasional standing and walking. Constant sitting, finger movement, hearing
conversationally and with high acuity. and seeing near.

MENTAL DEMANDS:
 The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Occasional work on a variety of unrelated tasks. Frequent interrupted work and work on
a variety of interrelated tasks. Constant calculating and use of sustained concentration,
reasoning, judgment, resourcefulness, analytical ability, and ingenuity.

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Lori Mizuno, MPA
Director of Evaluation and Research
BIENESTAR Human Services
5326 E Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90022
lmizuno@bienestar.org
(323) 727-7985 FAX

BIENESTAR is An Equal Opportunity Employer.