Sr. Institutional Research Analyst

Overview

Senior Institutional Research Analyst aggregates, analyzes, and interprets student and other administrative data for regular internal and external reporting, ad hoc projects, and conducts research in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, enrollment planning, curricular capacity, student progress and success, instructional workload, institutional effectiveness and program evaluation. Using technical expertise and deep subject matter knowledge, the Senior Analyst is responsible for developing sustainable methods for delivering information across a broad range of stakeholders, and for conducting sophisticated analyses, including predictive modeling, using a variety of statistical techniques and methods in support of critical campus operations and strategic planning.

The Senior Analyst will be responsible for developing new information resources (e.g., dashboards and reports), and will collaborate with other units on campus to evaluate and assess programs and initiatives, particularly related to student outcomes and equity.

60% - Reporting and Analytics

• Research, gather, analyze, and summarize data and information across a variety of domains, especially in the areas of enrollments, student success, equity outcomes, and instructional activity.
• Develop and revise queries and reports using campus business intelligence tools (i.e., Info View, Tableau, SPSS, Excel, and others) to meet information needs and to address ongoing and ad hoc reporting requirements, using agreed-upon standard definitions and methodologies.
• Design interactive dashboards and infographics for both external and internal audiences that are responsive to the information needs of campus leadership and other campus stakeholders.
• Produce historical campus-level and program-specific reports on a quarterly or annual production schedule; maintain information on the unit’s website; and provide data and information for public information requests, external surveys, and for mandatory compliance reporting.
• Work collaboratively and in consultation with other campus units to design and implement evaluations of policies, programs, and initiatives using appropriate research methods and statistical techniques.
• Perform data analysis and predictive modeling using a variety of statistical techniques for admissions forecasting, enrollment projections, and predicting curricular demand and graduation outcomes.

25% - Strategic Planning and Decision Support

• Provide ad hoc reporting and analytic support to principal officers, academic senate committees, and other decision-making bodies.
• Gather, analyze, and present data and information in support of key strategic planning initiatives, including identifying sources and appropriate comparative and benchmarking data.
• Develop dashboards for academic planning that display key metrics for campus leadership and other stakeholders.
• Produce written and oral reports and presentations with conclusions, implications, and recommendations.

10% - Data Management

• Working closely with the Data Management unit, participate in the development of institutional databases by identifying data needs, requirements, specifications and sources.
• Transform, test, and deploy raw data from campus data warehouse using one or more industry standard program languages (e.g., SQL), to construct, clean, and standardize data sets for use.
• Maintain data documentation and definitions.
• Identify, investigate, and work to resolve data quality issues to ensure accurate reporting of information.
• Assure the validity and quality of campus data submissions to external agencies and systems, including the UC Office of the President.

5% - Professional Development and Service

• Pursue opportunities to enhance expertise in areas of data science, institutional research, and higher education to keep skills current.
• Develop expertise in external and public data sources (e.g., IPEDS, NSC, AAUDE) related to higher education.
• Serve on campus-wide committees and work groups as appropriate; interact with peers across the UC system and at the UC Office of the President.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education research, social…