Associate Director, Institutional Research & Planning

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Associate Director, Institutional Research & Planning

Institutional Research & Planning

Rhode Island College

Rhode Island College invites applicants for the positions of Associate Director, Institutional Research & Planning. This is a full-time, academic year, continuing position.

Join a mission driven team where your expertise in data and research will directly shape the future of the college. As Associate Director of Institutional Research & Planning, you’ll be the campus leader ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and strategic power of the institution’s data—fueling insights that guide planning, drive innovation, and strengthen student success. You’ll lead high impact reporting, champion new technologies, and produce research that informs decisions across every corner of the college. If you’re a collaborative, detail obsessed analyst who loves transforming complex information into meaningful action, this role offers the opportunity to elevate your impact while helping move the institution forward.

Rhode Island College (RIC) is the state’s first public institution of higher education, founded in 1854 and home to more than 6,600 students on a vibrant, 180 acre campus in Providence. Known as a true “College of Opportunity,” RIC delivers high quality, affordable programs and a supportive, diverse learning community that helps students transform their lives and futures.

Required qualifications:

Education:

• Master’s degree

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of experience in a comparable research-related position.
• Experience in maintaining and ensuring integrity of databases.
• Experience managing IPEDS and other reporting requirements.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in the social/behavioral sciences, education, economics, statistics or other quantitatively-oriented discipline.
• Experience in institutional research.
• Experience working with an ERP system, such as PeopleSoft.
• Experience with business intelligence/data visualization tools (Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Services, Microsoft BI, Tableau, etc.)

Application deadline: Open Until Filled

Proposed Starting Salary: $90,000-$100,000

For a full job description, which includes additional responsibilities and requirements for the position and application procedures, see https://employment.ric.edu/. Candidates must apply on-line, using Rhode Island College’s PeopleAdmin Applicant Tracking system.

As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution that values and is committed to inclusion and expanding the diversity of its faculty and staff, the College invites members of protected classes, including minorities and persons with disabilities, to identify themselves as such at the time of application.

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