Research Analyst

The Research Analyst is the primary technical and analytical staff role for the Office of Institutional Research & Institutional Effectiveness. The incumbent serves as the primary technical coordinator for assigned institutional research, institutional reporting, assessment-support, and compliance-reporting functions; produces and validates institutional reports; develops dashboards, one-pagers, census and post-census packages, and recurring data packets; supports required federal, state, accreditation, and other official reporting;

and maintains the documentation, methodology notes, data dictionary, change log, and reporting repository needed to make institutional reporting repeatable, accurate, and dependable over time. The Research Analyst also supports a culture of evidence by helping institutional stakeholders understand what the data mean, what the limits of the data are, and how information should be interpreted for planning and improvement. The position may use institutionally approved AI-enabled tools to improve workflow efficiency, documentation, summarization, query support, data-cleaning processes, and draft reporting products while maintaining human review, data privacy, methodological transparency, and responsibility for validated institutional data.

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as higher education, social science, statistics, public policy, data analytics, information systems, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in institutional research, higher education reporting, data analysis, business intelligence, or another role involving complex data management and interpretation.
• Demonstrated ability to work accurately with large datasets, apply definitions consistently, maintain documentation, and use strong quality assurance practices.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in higher education institutional research, assessment support, accreditation reporting, or decision-support work.
• Experience with student information systems, enterprise reporting tools, business intelligence platforms, or relational databases used in higher education.
• Experience supporting IPEDS, Common Data Set, National Student Clearinghouse, WSCUC/SARA-related reporting, Financial Value Transparency/Gainful Employment, or other federal, state, accreditation, compliance-related, or official reporting submissions.
• Experience developing dashboards, methodology notes, data documentation, data dictionaries, and recurring institutional reports.
• Experience with assessment management systems, survey platforms, program-review documentation, academic assessment reporting, or course/faculty evaluation reporting.
• Experience supporting grant-performance reporting or externally funded project reporting.
  
  Knowledge of enrollment, retention, graduation, financial aid, student success, and academic program data structures.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted features in Microsoft 365, PowerBI, SQL/query environments, survey tools, documentation tools, or similar platforms.

As the only Catholic University in Hawaii, and one of three Marianist higher-education institutions in the US, Chaminade University is guided by the understanding that both reason and faith are essential conditions in the pursuit of truth. Our community is a family where students mature into world citizens who respect the complexity and diversity of others, value community service, and strive to create a more just society.

Our faculty emphasizes critical thinking and creative problem solving while mentoring students in more than 25 undergraduate and graduate programs in the fine arts and humanities, sciences and mathematics, behavioral sciences, business and communication, education, and nursing. Located in the international city of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Chaminade is regarded for its remarkably diverse student body–students come from Hawaii, the mainland U.S., the Pacific region, and beyond.

Class sizes are small, with a low student-to-faculty ratio. Here, students develop professionally through service learning projects, research and internship experiences, and leadership…