Sr Institutional Research Analyst

Overview

JOB POSTING

Job : 80886
Location: Santa Cruz
Full/Part Time: Full Time

ABOUT UC SANTA CRUZ

UC Santa Cruz is a public university like no other in California, combining the experience of a small, liberal arts college with the depth and rigor of a major research university. It is known as an unconventional place where innovation and experimentation is part of the campus’s DNA. That playful, bold spirit still thrives today, on a campus renowned as among the most beautiful in the world.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

Institutional Research, Analytics, and Planning Support (IRAPS) reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor of Budget Analysis and Planning, providing support to senior leadership and other decision makers across campus in the areas of academic and enrollment planning, policy analysis, and the evaluation of student outcomes and equity. IRAPS supports strategic planning and data-driven decision-making by providing timely, accurate, consistent, and reliable information.

IRAPS’s major responsibilities are for reporting, analysis and presentation of institutional data, and administration and analysis of campus surveys. More information can be found at: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

The 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 develops sustainable methods for delivering information across a broad range of stakeholders and conducts 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 develop 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.

Budgeted Salary: $110,000 - $120,000/annually. Salary commensurate with skills, qualifications and experience. Under California law, the University of California, Santa Cruz is required to post a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The salary shown above is the budgeted amount the University reasonably expects to pay and the salary extended should not exceed this posted amount.

Benefits Level Eligibility: Full benefits

Schedule Information:

• Full-time, Fixed
• Percentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week
• Days of the Week:
  Mon-Fri
• Shift Includes:
  Day

Employee Classification: Career appointment

Job End Date: None

Work Location: Remote

Union Representation: Non-Represented

Job Code Classification: INSTITUTIONAL RSCH ANL 4 (005876)

Travel: Never or Rarely

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…