Job description template

Statistical Assistant Job Description Template

A copy-ready statistical assistant job description with responsibilities, qualifications, skills and pay guidance: customize it for your company in minutes.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
How to use this template

Copy the template below, replace the bracketed fields and tailor duties to your workplace. For pay, national BLS data shows statistical assistants earn a median of $50,330 ($24.20/hour); the middle 50% earn $42,840–$63,950.

Job title

Statistical Assistant

Job summary

[Company name] is seeking a dependable statistical assistant to join our team in [city, state]. In this role, you will collect data, clean and code data and support our team’s commitment to safety, quality and service.

Responsibilities

  • Collect data
  • Clean and code data
  • Run basic statistics
  • Build tables and charts
  • Check data quality
  • Document methods
  • Support reports
  • Follow company policies, safety procedures and applicable regulations

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Working knowledge of data cleaning and basic statistics
  • Accuracy and patience
  • [Add role-specific requirements, such as driver’s license or ability to pass a background check, if job-related]

Preferred qualifications

  • Excel certification
  • SAS Base Programmer
  • Data analysis certificate
  • Experience with excel

Skills

  • Excel
  • Coding data
  • Table building
  • Quality checks
  • Curiosity
  • Organization

Work environment and schedule

Statistical assistants work in offices, often for government and research groups. Full-time business hours.

Pay and benefits

$[min]–$[max] per [hour/year], depending on experience. [List benefits: health insurance, paid time off, retirement plan, training and certification support.]

Equal opportunity

[Company name] is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law, and we provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Tips for a statistical assistant job posting that attracts applicants

  • Use the title candidates search for. “Statistical Assistant” is the clearest; alternates include Statistical Clerk, Research Assistant, Data Assistant.
  • Show the pay range. Postings with pay get more qualified applicants, and a growing number of states and cities require pay ranges in job postings.
  • Separate must-haves from nice-to-haves. Long requirement lists discourage qualified candidates, especially career changers.
  • Describe a real day. Borrow from our day in the life of a statistical assistant so applicants self-select accurately.
  • Mention training. Highlighting structured onboarding: such as Statistical Assistant training: widens your applicant pool.

Next steps

Screen and interview with our Statistical Assistant hiring guide, then onboard with the 30-60-90 day plan.

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