Title:
Research Assistant

Department:
MT School of Management

Reports To:
Assistant Professor, MT School of Management

Position Type:
Staff

Position Summary:
The primary purpose of the Research Assistant is to help perform content analysis of Company Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reports and Annual (10-K) Reports. Content analysis will include natural language processing, machine learning, and data post processing with the goal of creating firm-year specific data measures of each E, S, and G intensity for companies. These analyses are to be performed using a variety of technology based resources and includes but is not limited to: Python, NLTK, Stata, Tableau, and Excel.

Essential Functions:
- Find relevant algorithms and packages for content analysis then preparing and running code to create quantitative and qualitative measures of ESG intensity.
- Meet with faculty weekly to discuss progress on content analyses.

Prerequisite Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems or other related fields
- Proficient in Python, NLTK, Excel
- At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:
Proficient in Stata, Tableau

FLSA:
Non-Exempt
Part-Time