Fulton-Montgomery Community College (FMCC) is seeking a Director of Institutional Research to serve as the College's primary source for
official statistics, data analysis, and institutional reporting. Reporting to the President, the Director performs statistical and analytic
institutional research, provides information and analysis for decision-making and program planning, and provides technical support to
faculty, staff, and administrators regarding research design, survey development, and test validation.
Working closely with the
President's Office, Institutional Research, Finance, and Information Technology, the Director maintains the College's research data systems,
supports SUNY, federal, and state compliance reporting, and helps ensure that institutional data is accurate, accessible, and useful for
decision-making across the College.
Salary: $68,287.00 - $74,309.00
Responsibilities included but not
limited to:
- Conduct studies for both instructional and non-instructional programs and services.
- Design,
- maintain, query, and manipulate specialized databases and information systems - including SQL Server queries against the College's student
- information system - to support research and reporting.
- Organize and present research-based information, analysis, and
- interpretation clearly and effectively in narrative, tabular, graphical, and oral formats.
- Maintain the research data system and an
- archive of information and reports suitable for responding to surveys, questionnaires, and federal, state, and SUNY data collection or
- accountability requirements (e.g., IPEDS, SUNY IR submissions, NYSED reporting).
- Assist faculty and administration in the
- development, administration, and analysis of academic placement and outcomes, student satisfaction, and job and transfer success assessment
- instruments.
- Provide technical and analytical support to offices, divisions, committees, faculty, staff, and administration on
- research-related activities.
- Evaluate and respond to data requests originating inside and outside the institution; work with
- requesters to clarify their needs and optimize the utility of research results for them and for the College.
- Collaborate with
- Institutional Research, Finance, and Information Technology staff to ensure the integrity, consistency, and accessibility of institutional
- data used in reporting.
- Perform other comparable duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required: Bachelor's degree required. Strong analytical, writing, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to
translate complex data into clear findings for non-technical audiences. Demonstrated experience writing and troubleshooting SQL queries
against relational databases (e.g., SQL Server) to extract, join, and aggregate institutional data. Proficiency with the MS Office Suite,
including advanced Excel techniques (pivot tables, lookup formulas, charts, and dashboard-style reporting). Experience with a higher
education student information system.
Preferred: Master's degree in a quantitative, social science, education, or related
field. Experience with statistical analysis software or platforms (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R). Familiarity with Ellucian PowerCampus or a
comparable SIS. Familiarity with SUNY reporting requirements and data submissions (e.g., SUNY Institutional Research, IPEDS, NYSED). At
least twelve credit hours of upper-division or graduate coursework in research design or applied statistics.
Interested applicants
should provide a cover letter and a resume at diofinstresearch@fmcc.edu
FMCC is
an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran, or disability status. The Civil Rights Compliance Coordinators have been
designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies and can be contacted at: Human Resources, 2805 State Hwy 67, Johnstown
N.Y. 12095 Tel: 518-736-3622 Ext. 8403

