Assistant VP of Institutional Research and Effectiveness

University of North Florida Alumni Association•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

Under the direction of the Vice President, this position provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Offices of Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness. This role involves providing oversight for state and federal required reporting, leading planning, design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and validation of institutional research studies. It also involves aligning strategic institutional priorities with organizational capacity and available resources, managing office budgets, and participating in professional organizations. The position plays a key role in university data governance, establishing and implementing data governance standards and policies, and promoting data integrity and consistency. It is responsible for external and compliance reporting, conducting quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, and ensuring data delivery, availability, and accessibility. Furthermore, it fosters a culture of assessment, accountability, continuous quality improvement, and evidence-based decision-making to support the University’s institutional effectiveness goals. In the absence of the Vice President, this position acts on their behalf, responding to executive-level data requests and serving as the University Data Administrator. During campus emergencies, specific duties may be required at an off-campus location.

Requirements

Master's and 7+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of relevant experience.
An equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219.
This position requires a background check.
In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check.
The holder of this position is designated as a “Responsible Employee" pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University’s Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator.

Responsibilities

Provides oversight for state and federal required reporting as completed by Institutional Research which includes but is not limited to IPEDS and State University Database System (SUDS).
Provides leadership for the offices in planning, design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and validation of institutional research studies, using the full spectrum of university data to inform university administration.
Aligns strategic institutional priorities with organizational capacity and available resources to support effective prioritization.
Participates in professional organizations and advisory boards such as the Association for Institutional Research, the Southern Association for Institutional Research, the State University System of Florida Council of Data Administrators, and other relevant national and regional professional organizations to remain apprised of current issues and concerns in the field.
Serves on the university Performance Funding Taskforce supporting institutional efforts to increase performance in key areas to include but not limited to retention, progression, graduation, and employment and continuing education outcomes.
Assists Vice President with managing office budgets, including planning and monitoring budget expenditures.
Serves in a leadership role in university data governance by chairing the Data Management working group and serving on the Data Governance Council.
Establishes and implements university-wide data governance standards and policies.
Developing and maintaining processes that promote data integrity and consistency across university data sources.
Establishes, maintains, and supports the use of institutional reporting standards, data definitions, and documentation within Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness.
Provides data literacy training and support to campus stakeholders.
Serves as the primary contact with internal audit during the annual Performance Based Funding Data Integrity Audit which is required by state statute.
Maintains and reports data required by state and federal governments, external agencies, and accrediting agencies, including but not limited to the Florida Board of Governors, IPEDS, AAUP, NCAA, CUPA, and U.S. News & World Report.
Oversees the full Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) process, from data collection through final reporting of the data to the Board of Governors.
Ensures institutional reporting complies with university policies and state and federal regulations through regular monitoring of new and potential legislation.
Conducts quantitative and qualitative research and analysis to support evidence-based planning and decision-making.
Provides oversight for administering, analyzing, and sharing data from designated university surveys coordinated by Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness.
Conducts policy analysis and benchmarking to ensure optimal university performance and compliance.
Prepares reports, disseminates, and interprets information, provides advice, and delivers presentations to university administration and other stakeholders.
Works closely with the Business Intelligence Team in ITS to ensure that appropriate data is ingested in the Enterprise Data Warehouse for strategic analysis to support university decision making.
Maintains and enhances the structure, content, and use of university dashboards and reports.
Provides data to internal constituents to support data-informed decision-making, assessment, grant development, and other institutional effectiveness functions.
Regularly audits data access report to ensure access to sensitive data is associated with business needs.
Fosters a culture of assessment, accountability, continuous quality improvement, and evidence-based decision-making in support of the University’s institutional effectiveness goals.
Acts on the behalf of the Vice President in their absence to include responding to cabinet and executive level data requests and questions.
Serves as the University Data Administrator in the Vice President’s absence.
Supervises the Director of Assessment and Assistant Director of Institutional Research as well as up to five institutional research programmers and analysts.
This position may also supervise Graduate Assistants, Student Assistants, other OPS personnel, and Contract Employees.