The Georgia State College of Law Library is excited to announce a new Data and Analytics Services position. The College of Law Library has recently taken over the administration of the College of Law Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative (LAII), including the organization of the College’s legal technology curriculum and certificate program. Reporting to the Associate Director of Legal Technology and Innovation, this position would work within LAII and the library performing data analytics instruction and projects, effectively acting as the departments data expert.

The reorganization and expansion of the Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative presents a wide variety of options for this position, including data and technology curriculum development, teaching, and the opportunity to provide a significant amount of input to a new department and initiative as well as a newly created Technology and Innovation path within the current LAII Certificate program. This person would be expected to teach or co-teach the Applied Legal Analytics Lab, as well as supervise students in other analytics and data projects. The person in this position will work as part of a new team with the goal of growing LAII’s programming, curricular offerings, and national reputation.

This position will also assist the law community with finding, evaluating, and using quantitative data involving statistical analysis software. While experience in statistics or data analytics is preferred, we will also consider a self-motivated individual ready to learn new skills and tools such as R, RStudio, SAS, SPSS, and STATA, Python, Tableau, or Power BI. Part of one of the Southeast's largest comprehensive research universities, Georgia State Law is a dynamic urban-centered law school located in the heart of Atlanta with approximately 650 full and part-time students. Applications for this position are encouraged from candidates who would diversify the College of Law faculty.

Please note that this position requires a graduate or professional degree in any focus. While we appreciate candidates with a library background, the committee is excited to look at persons with a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required: • Graduate or Professional Degree (M.L.S., J.D., M.S.D.S, Ph.D., or other graduate degree) • Demonstrated interest in data, programming, statistics, and their associated programming/coding languages • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups and work independently with minimal supervision • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines Preferred: • Prior data or research experience in a Graduate or Higher Ed environment • Completion of both a J.D. and M.L.S. or other graduate-level degree (or their equivalents)  • Demonstrated experience in data, programming, statistics, data visualizations and their associated programming programs/coding languages (such as R, Python, Tableau, Power BI) • Demonstrated experience in extracting text from a variety of sources for analysis and use in quantitative analysis • Demonstrated experience collecting, cleaning, and manipulating large-N structured and unstructured data • Demonstrated experience in instruction and class or curricular development, particularly in the data, analytics, or statistics sphere • Demonstrated experience conducting quantitative or text analysis of social science data • Experience teaching legal research or other law-based courses • Experience using library-relevant technology applications including ALMA and SpringShare products. • Familiarity with WordPress, web design, and consideration of user experience (UX).

Applicants should apply with a statement of interest, resume or curriculum vitae, and list of professional references at academicjobsonline.org. To ensure early consideration, please submit your application by April 30, 2022. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For any questions related to the position, please contact Patrick Parsons at pparsons@gsu.edu.

Georgia State University, a University System of Georgia unit, is an equal opportunity educational institution and an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. As required by Georgia State University, an appointment is contingent upon successfully demonstrating degree attainment and completing a background investigation.