Associate Director for Analytics

Job Description

Amherst College invites applications for the Associate Director for Analytics position. The Associate Director for Analytics is a full-time, year-round position. The expected salary range for this job opportunity is: $90,000 - $100,000.

The salary offered will vary based on a number of factors, including but not limited to relevant education, training, and experience, tenure status, and other nondiscriminatory business considerations. Amherst College is pleased to provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package that meets the needs of staff and faculty and their families.

Working collaboratively with the Office of Institutional Research & Registrar Services team, the associate director for analytics will take a leadership role in designing and maintaining a reporting environment that will allow our diverse College leadership, faculty, and staff to make effective and strategic use of data in planning and decision-making activities.

The associate director for analytics plays an important role in completing high-stakes, external surveys and provides support to the governance committees of the college. The associate director for analytics will coordinate verification of the accuracy and timely submission of reputational surveys. The associate director for analytics takes appropriate actions to support a diverse workforce and participates in the College's efforts to create a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Working with the director of OIRRS and colleagues in information technology, design and maintain a data warehouse and reporting solution to make the data of the college accessible through interactive dashboards and reports.
• Synthesize raw data into insightful summaries to meet a range of needs. This work may entail identifying and collecting appropriate data, data cleaning, mining, management, and appropriate statistical analyses of data; constructing effective data displays to communicate key points; and presenting data, both orally and in writing, to diverse campus audiences.
• Serve as project manager for multiple data collection and analysis projects and produce annual and ad-hoc reports and analyses, including benchmark information about peer institutions.
• Administer a coordinated program of survey research, including the COFHE Suite of Surveys and other ad hoc survey projects.
• Support the Director of Institutional Research & Registrar Services in representing the office on various campus committees and by providing analytical support to other offices as required.
• Provide consultative services for assessment, survey design, and evaluation efforts on campus.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree; Social Science, Data Science, or related field with work in stats or research methods.
• 5 to 7 years of related experience.
• Excellent quantitative, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information verbally and in written and graphic form to individuals with varying backgrounds.
• Proficiency in reporting and visualization in software such as Tableau, Power BI, or Business Objects.
• Proficiency in an analytical software package (SPSS, R).
• Proven ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated commitment to working in a welcoming and inclusive community, and to both creating and contributing to an intentionally inclusive culture.
• Strong organizational skills and the capacity to manage multiple and changing priorities; the ability to meet deadlines; diligent concern for accuracy and attention to detail; a customer service orientation and the ability to work well with others in a collegial environment.
• Knowledge of applied quantitative or mixed methods research skills on projects related to education and student learning. Working knowledge of inferential statistics. Knowledge of measurement theory, including the ability to conduct validity and reliability studies.
• Successful completion of required reference and background checks.
• An acceptable criminal offender records information (CORI) check.

Preferred

• Master's Degree in social science, data science, or related field with coursework in statistics and research methods.
• 7+ years of experience in institutional research.
• Advanced experience in reporting and visualization in software such as Tableau, Power BI, or Business Objects.
• Advanced experience with statistical software packages, Microsoft Excel, and Qualtrics.
• Experience with qualitative research methodologies.