Analyst, Institutional Research (Hourly)

Austin Community College•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Supports administration in analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data for institutional reporting and other data requests in the financial aid area. The role designs and manages research projects, supports strategic planning and institutional effectiveness, coordinates and analyzes data from multiple sources, and develops programs, queries, reports, and dashboards for internal and external stakeholders. It also designs and administers institutional surveys, coordinates participation in national surveys, and communicates findings through reports, presentations, and dashboards. The position provides training and technical support to the ACC community on research, planning, data literacy, and survey-related topics, and uses analytics to inform recommendations on student retention, success, and enrollment management. Work is performed in a standard office environment. The position is hourly, pays $43.00 per hour, and is limited to up to 19 hours per week. Employees must maintain a domicile in Texas while employed by the college.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
One year of related work experience.
Experience with statistical programming languages such as SAS, SPSS, STATA, R, or SQL, or advanced analysis skills in Excel.
Knowledge of advanced statistical analysis methods and software, survey design and analysis, application and report development, relational databases, data quality initiatives, higher education data, governmental and workforce and census data, and labor market information.
Ability to conduct research and statistical analysis; query and extract data from large databases; write original code or macros; produce reports from complex data sets; validate data; develop surveys and analyze survey data; and use varied data sources and software to respond to college-wide requests.
Customer-oriented, solutions-focused mindset; effective interpersonal, communication, organizational, and planning skills; attention to detail and follow-through; ability to build working relationships, prioritize multiple projects under pressure, and meet deadlines.
Ability to use spreadsheet, word processing, database, presentation, query, control-language, reporting, web, network-server, data-extraction, and project-management or productivity tools.
Ability to perform the physical activities described, including standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, and occasional lifting or moving of objects up to 10 pounds.

Responsibilities

Design, conduct, and manage research projects, including trend analysis, program evaluation, evaluation of college initiatives, strategic planning, decision-making, and government reporting.
Coordinate information from multiple data sources and complex reports to track performance metrics and compare performance with established goals.
Use statistical programming languages to obtain and manipulate data from institutional, proprietary, and publicly available databases.
Conduct internal and external environmental scanning, including analysis of higher education and labor market trends, service-area population growth, and college-resource utilization.
Develop and maintain custom computer programs, queries, reports, and dashboards for internal and external reporting.
Design and administer institutional surveys and coordinate ACC’s participation in national surveys.
Analyze, interpret, and prepare data findings for internal and external audiences through reports, presentations, dashboards, and other formats.
Make recommendations concerning strategic planning, continuous improvement, stakeholder communication, institutional research, and institutional effectiveness.
Develop and implement training and technical support on strategic planning, data collection and analysis, data literacy, environmental scanning, survey design and administration, and research methods.
Use analytics to make data-informed predictions and recommend actions related to student retention, success, and enrollment management.
Maintain an established work schedule and protect the confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
Follow safety rules and report unsafe conditions or behavior; take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent unsafe practices.