"Senior Analyst, Institutional Research"

Senior Analyst, Institutional Research

Job Description

The Senior Analyst, Institutional Research reports to the Executive Director, Institutional Research and Data Analytics whose primary responsibility is to provide institution wide analysis, metrics, and management information about the institution's students, faculty, staff, enrollment, academic programs, and related items. The position will directly support the institution's ongoing planning needs and will provide data analysis that support sound decisions. This position requires a range of skills including proficiency using SQL, statistical analysis software, survey development and coding, preparing reports, visuals, and/or presentations appropriate for the target audience.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Data Science, Sociology, Psychology, or other data and/or analysis-based concentration; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years of full-time comparable professional experience.
• Experience creating data visualizations using platforms such as Tableau, MS Excel, MS Power BI.
• Experience using quantitative and qualitative research platforms such as SPSS, R, Qualtrics, and Nvivo.
• Experience using SPSS or other statistical software such as R, SAS, etc.
• Experience writing SQL queries.
• Experience designing and managing quantitative and qualitative research projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a higher education environment.
• Experience administering, analyzing results, and presenting results from large scale surveys (2000+ respondents).

The ideal candidate should possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Ability to independently prioritize, plan and organize projects, tasks, and activities.
• Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications that are tailored to the intended audience.
• Ability to carry out assigned research projects including quantitative and qualitative research design, data collection, data analysis, and synthesizing results of research into written and oral reports.
• Ability to create data visualizations using platforms such as Tableau, MS Excel, MS Power BI.
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research platforms (SPSS, SAS, R, Qualtrics Survey Platform, Nvivo, etc.)
• Knowledge of Student information systems such as PeopleSoft or Banner and supporting business processes.
• Knowledge of data extraction techniques using SQL.
• Knowledge of general operations and policies of a public institution of higher education.

Salary information:

Administrative Faculty C - The starting salary is $73,982.

This position is contingent upon ongoing and available funding.

Exempt Yes
Full-Time Equivalent 100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents to your application:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• Contact information for three professional references (Name, email and phone number)
• Unofficial Academic Transcripts (Applicants who have earned their degrees outside of the United States must have their educational transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluator if their college or university is not listed in the most recent edition of the Higher Education Directory, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc. If you have any questions regarding this, please reach out to the Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Classification team)

*This position will be Open until Filled. For full consideration, all application related materials should be submitted by January 1, 2026.*

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