Analyst, Institutional Studies

Job Description

Overview

The Office of Institutional Research is looking for an Analyst to provide demographic, analytical and other information about the University, its programs and its student population and assists in developing and maintaining data systems to support their analysis.

Responsibilities

• Retrieves and analyzes information to support both regular and ad hoc studies relating to academic programs and enrollment management when requested by internal or external sources.
• Assists in conducting analytical studies to support planning and evaluation by the University's senior academic and administrative officers.
• Directs the preparation and submission of various data used in funding formulas.
• Conducts post-hoc studies of graduates and conducts other survey research.
• Calculates and disseminates statistical information about Auburn via a regular publication of "Facts and Figures" in print and on-line.
• Monitors and maintains the University's official academic program inventory to include collecting and reviewing input from Academic Affairs Office and developing inventory within constraints established by ACHE and U.S. Department of Education.
• Provides expertise to internal and external audiences by keeping abreast of scholarship and developments in institutional research, particularly in relation to enrollment management and faculty resources.
• Assists the coordinator of institutional data analysis and other OIRA staff, as needed, to develop and maintain OIRA's technology resources.

Qualifications

• Level I: Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Management Information System, one of the natural or social/behavioral sciences, or a related field.
• Level II: Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Management Information System, one of the natural or social/behavioral sciences, or a related field plus 2 years of experience in design, analysis, and reporting of data analysis or institutional research.
• Level III: Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Management Information System, one of the natural or social/behavioral sciences, or a related field plus 4 years of experience in design, analysis, and reporting of data analysis or institutional research.

Contract Type
Continuing

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