Part-time IR Developer and Analyst

Job Description Summary

Institutional Research (IR) at Santa Fe College (SF) is the systematic, explicit, and documented process of measuring performance against mission in all aspects of an institution. To meet certain state, federal, and institutional accreditor requirements, the college is obligated to demonstrate that it accomplishes its IR goals and objectives in a systematic, process-oriented way. SF's commitment to assessment, continuous improvement, and innovation is at the heart of our ongoing IR process, which is based on a continuous cycle that is participative, flexible, relevant, and responsive to the community we serve.

The IR Developer and Analyst is responsible for collecting, organizing, maintaining, compiling, and reporting institutional data for SF.

Responsibilities and

Duties Include:

• Performs internal, external, and ad hoc data collection, reporting, and analyses to support institutional strategy and decision-making.
• Works with various areas across the College to provide data to assess programs, practices and events, including designing data collection methods, gathering and organizing data, as well as conducting descriptive statistical analyses.
• Develops reports and presentations for internal and external audiences, including state and federal governments.
• Partners with Information Technology Services (ITS) to define data parameters and query criteria, extracting reliable datasets from the Student Information System (SIS), enterprise platforms, and data repositories to power institutional analytics.
• Extracts, transforms, loads, and analyzes large sets of data using various tools utilized by Institutional Research, Information Technology Services, and the College.
• Maintains confidentiality and integrity of data and information.
• Keeps a record of operating procedures and may share position specific knowledge, including use of college wide ERP and related system processes, by providing guidance on standard operations and established departmental procedures as needed.
• Provides service to the college through participation in events, committees, and other college activities.
• Complies with all published College Rules, procedures, guidelines, and laws/regulations governing public employees, including but not limited to those related to document retention and destruction, FERPA, and confidentiality.
• Strictly honors the privacy, security, and confidentiality of records and other sensitive information according to appropriate state, federal, and college regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Provides service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible and professional engagement.
• Performs other duty as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

A bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, mathematics, statistics, industrial engineering, and/or related disciplines with coursework clearly emphasizing quantitative reasoning with two (2) years of related experience working with data analytics and/or SQL queries. Six (6) years of work experience in lieu of formal education is also acceptable.

Additional Requirements:

A criminal background check will be conducted.

Preferred:
Experience with database management software and/or business analytics software, as well as experience with quantitative/qualitative analysis. Familiarity with the use of assessment in higher education.

General Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work successfully in a multi-cultural environment.
• Adaptability to Change - able to be flexible and supportive, able to positively and proactively assimilate change in rapid growth environment.
• Analytical Aptitude & Problem Solving - able to analyze information, problems, situations, practices and/or procedures, collect and interpret data, reason logically,…