Position Description 2018 Internship Program - Research Analyst Location NC - Charlotte Office Functional Area HR Employment Status Intern The Research Analyst internship is located in our Charlotte, NC office. Dates: June 4th - August 10th, 2018 (40 hours/week for 10 weeks) Position Overview: Press Ganey - a mission driven healthcare data and services company - is looking for an energetic, creative and curious intern for our Research and Analytics team this summer. If you like to have fun with data, youve come to the right place! Press Ganey provides both ongoing advisory services and consulting in all phases of performance improvement. Our patient experience advisors are uniquely trained and skilled to identify areas of opportunity and help clients implement targeted improvement plans. Our consultants, whose health care experience is a true differentiator, work in partnership with organizations to identify and implement best practices across their operations. Simply put, we are vested in our clients success, and dedicated to helping them understand and improve every dimension of the patient experience. Duties & Responsibilities may include: * Prepare data to be used for our national comparative, utilizing unit coding and working with large datasets. * Learn data quality assurance techniques to help validate datasets and comparative data. * Assist in custom research analyses using large Press Ganey datasets. Qualifications: * Majors or Masters programs in data science, sociology, math, statistics, computer science, etc. * Working knowledge of SQL and/or other database languages (ie: Python, etc) * Strong conceptual and analytical skills * Preferred: project or experience with research (faculty-guided) * Preferred: project or experience with data manipulation Internship Program Components: * Real-time projects and initiatives that contribute to your departments performance * Structured orientation and overall program plan * Feedback and career development opportunities * Interactions with other leaders in the organization * Networking opportunities with our current and former interns now in permanent roles within the organization * Exposure to the Press Ganey organization as whole, outside of your particular department * Competitive compensation Internship Eligibility: * Graduate Students: * must have completed at least one year of a graduate program * Undergraduate Students: * must be a junior for the 2017-2018 academic year (anticipated graduation date of Spring 2019) in an undergraduate degree program at a four-year college or university * Overall GPA of 3.0+ * Have the ability to work in the United States with no restrictions * Arrange own local housing for the length of the program * Demonstrated leadership experience (e.g. student organizations, athletics, community organizations, etc.) All positions at Press Ganey require an applicant who has accepted an offer to undergo a background check. The specific checks are based on the nature of the position. Background checks may include some or all of the following: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, fingerprint verification, credit check, and/or drug test. By applying for a position with Press Ganey, you understand that you will be required to undergo a background check should you be made an offer. You also understand that the offer is contingent upon successful completion of the background check and results consistent with Press Ganey's employment policies. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required for the position. For more information about Press Ganey, visit our web site at Press Ganey Associates, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and well committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Notice Press Ganey will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.