Institutional Researcher

Collects, develops, analyzes, and communicates institutional data and other information to constituents throughout the university and its four branch campuses, to support and enhance informed decision-making, problem solving, strategic planning, policy development, and institutional self-assessment. Performs applied research, and designs, executes, and evaluates analytical and statistical studies and/or institutional self-assessments. Duties and Responsibilities Performs data reduction, statistical analysis of data, and interpretation of results; prepares or participates in the preparation and presentation of formal research reports. Prepares institutional responses to internal and/or external queries such as faculty salary surveys, employment statistics, and enrollment statistics. Formulates and prepares institutional responses to internal and/or external queries and requests for institutional data and statistics on a wide range of issues. Conducts and/or assists on a wide variety of survey research efforts for the unit; participates in survey construction, development of survey instruments, and design of survey protocols and procedures. Designs, executes, analyzes, communicates, and consults on the results of ongoing and one-time analytical studies using appropriate inferential statistics. Works with other institutional committees and staff to coordinate work and provide technical assistance, as assigned. Fulfills reporting needs including academic program review data, grant application data, and weekly registration reports. Communicates effectively with members of all four branch campuses as needed. Supports data literacy efforts, offering workshops and presenting at conferences. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. Position requires: a) knowledge of programming and/or other software used to manipulate, summarize, and produce reports from multiple, large complex data sets; b) designing and managing information systems and databases to support institutional research activities; and c) preparing institutional responses to internal and external queries; and d) producing data visualizations for use by decision makers and the general public.