Scope of Job:
Manage the delivery of critical actionable data and advanced analytics designed to support division-wide planning, budgeting, academic and administrative program assessment, and strategic decision-making in support of student success, and institutional improvement.
Description of Duties:
• Works closely with senior
administration, faculty, and staff including institutional reporting and
analytics teams to provide accurate, timely, and relevant data for internal use
and other required internal and external reports.
• Represents the priorities of the Executive Office, convenes schools/units for
collaboration on reporting and data needs, and supports the development of a
university vision for data support and decision-making.
• Oversees and coordinates the generation and distribution of actionable data
reports (both recurring and ad hoc), including specifying, coding, testing, and
deploying reports.
• Provides actionable research and assessment results and disseminates results
to departments, units, and decision-making groups.
• Assists the division leadership team with deploying strategic research to
drive the understanding of actionable data as well as identify opportunities to
improve data quality, business intelligence tools, and existing reporting
mechanisms.
• Oversees the collection and organization of data as requested for
institutional research and reporting purposes.
• Develops benchmarks, databases, dashboards, and other tools to support
research, planning, compliance, and decision-making processes.
• Completes projects that require data mining, analysis, and presentation.
• Provides focused data analysis to identify problems or trends, reduce
unnecessary cost and/or increase ROI, and drive better decisions.
• Conducts market research and analyses to identify opportunities for program
development or enhancement.
• Constructs and provides deliverables for special projects as assigned by the
division head.
• Stays abreast of trends in institutional research, survey research, data
management and visualization, predictive analytics and business intelligence
tools.
• Actively pursues professional development and participates in relevant
professional organizations and university committees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education:
Master’s degree in education, statistics, or related field from an accredited university.
Licenses/Certifications:
Working knowledge of statistical software packages (SPSS, SAS); graphical software, database query languages (SQL); as well as visualization and reporting tools (Tableau, OBIEE).
Required Experience:
• Three (3) years of experience in
statistics, statistical analysis, research design, quantitative and/or research
methods, or
• Four (4) years of the required experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in
education, statistics, or related field from an accredited university.
