Institutional Researcher

Administration

Regular Full-Time, Administrator

26 Pay Periods

Exempt

The levels of supervision received (chain of command) are:

• President

The levels of supervision exercised are:

• None

Institutional Researcher (IR) is responsible for administering, managing, and supervising all aspects of the College's institutional, program and service data and of all matters related to establishing the College's practices/routines to provide accurate/timely data reporting through the collection/coordination/acceptance of all required institutional data, assisting the College's divisions/programs/services through the development of assessment frameworks that track respective objective-based outcomes, and the collection/maintenance of the College's historical institutional data documents/files for the purposes of reporting/program assessments by providing approved access to requested data/information and the integration of best practices for maintaining data visualization to inform decision making/compliance.

Providing assistance to the Vice President/Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) in requiring divisions, programs and services to align themselves with established compliance standards of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and other accreditation bodies by providing a critical supportive service/function to tell the stories of the institution through data collected from students, faculty, staff and community members to accomplish the BFCC vision, core values, mission and core themes in accordance with the established BFCC policy and standard procedures

Lead director for all aspects of the College's development/implementation of timely data/information that can be used to demonstrate continuous assessment/improvement, including the collection/analysis/visualization of historical/current/projected future institutional and program-based data/information to determine the effectiveness and development needs of all campus divisions, programs and services. Responsible for managing/coordinating institutional reporting processes, establishing access/support for the design of assessment measures and the assisting the divisions/departments development/tracking of student/stakeholder outcomes by ensuring that all data/information provided ensures compliance and assistance with all other proceedings that require data/information to accurately identify/assess institutional effectiveness and mission fulfillment to accomplish campus needs:

• Building and maintaining a centralized institutional database to collect/maintain all of the College's historical institutional data/documents/files for administrative and official usage in compliance, reporting or as evidence for mission fulfillment
• Supporting all Jenzabar database Module Managers through the coordinating Data Team meetings to identify recommended training, generation of reports and areas for further database development and compliance related data needs via integrated IS systems.
• Accepting/processing all requests for external institutional data reviewed/received by the Data Team and supporting the identification of objective-based data points/measures as well as the development of digital tools/surveys for efficient data collection, analysis and reporting. Reviewing/approving internal data requests
• Providing (or coordinating the design of) approved data requested from the Jenzabar/JICS database to support institutional/program level assessment/data utilization for existing and the development of new campus programs/services based on the needs of the community, specifically working with other relevant campus partners to identify data needed to be collected/analyzed for Accreditation and/or other relevant purposes
• Developing visual communications with the Multimedia Communications Specialist and other relevant divisions/departments that enhance faculty/staff awareness of institutional data reporting duties/responsibilities (Annual Data Institutional Reporting Cycle, College Charter/Bylaws/Board Policy Manual, Employee Policies and Procedures, Catalog, Student Handbook, Annual Security Report/Campus Safety Plan and NWCCU Accreditation/Institutional Rhythm Lifecycle reports), the active recruitment of participants for the collection of the College's program/community needs data, advancing the use of College (existing and new)…