Associate Director, Academic Planning & Enrollment
About The Position
The Associate Director, Academic Planning & Enrollment provides strategic leadership for institutional research, analytics, and decision support related to academic planning, enrollment management, faculty workload, and course scheduling. The position serves as the university’s subject matter expert on academic planning and enrollment analytics and implements data-informed strategies, predictive analyses, and institutional reporting to support academic resource planning, student success, and enrollment optimization. The role is in the Institutional Research & Analytics department and is a regular, at-will Administrator II position. The hiring range is $4,812.00–$10,415.00 per month, with placement based on education, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and department resources. The position requires California residency upon hire. Work is primarily sedentary, involving mainly sitting, minimal walking and standing, and lifting lightweight objects of 10 pounds or less.
Requirements
- Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university, including or supplemented by advanced understanding and application of statistics, data mining, programming, and data visualization.
- At least 3 years of technical research and statistical work collecting, compiling, and analyzing faculty, class, and enrollment planning data, data warehousing, and higher education business intelligence.
- At least 1 year of experience leading and supervising a team that includes at least one data analyst and one student assistant; supervisory responsibilities include recruiting, evaluating, coaching, and optimizing staff.
- At least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in machine learning and deep learning using Python.
- Expert working experience in higher education enrollment planning and analytics, machine and deep learning, and presenting data and reports to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Working experience with Python scikit-learn, Keras, TensorFlow, SQL, and Tableau.
- Working knowledge of desktop word-processing and spreadsheet software; ability to conduct basic statistical analyses using PC-based software such as Excel and Python.
- Ability to communicate clearly in writing and speech; work effectively and collaboratively with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; and facilitate a customer-service orientation.
- Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community and follow university policies, procedures, and guidelines, including safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination requirements.
- Satisfactory completion of a background check is required for employment.
- Must reside in California upon date of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate study in computer science, economics, mathematics, statistics, public or business administration, or engineering is highly desired.
- Relevant institutional research experience in higher education, including interpreting and presenting faculty, class, and enrollment planning data.
- Demonstrated working experience with SQL/PLSQL programming, Tableau, and PeopleSoft.
Responsibilities
- Direct the design, development, and evaluation of academic planning and enrollment management initiatives to support data-informed decision-making.
- Establish and maintain data definitions, methodologies, and quality assurance practices for academic planning and enrollment reporting.
- Provide leadership, supervision, mentoring, and professional development for institutional research staff responsible for academic planning and enrollment analytics.
- Recruit, evaluate, coach, and optimize the talents of staff in statistical analysis, analytics, data management, reporting, and data visualization.
- Gather, compile, and analyze research data; perform basic statistical analyses; and present data in paper, electronic, and web-based formats.
- Present data and reports to technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate with a diverse campus community.
Benefits
- Up to 24 vacation days per year, depending on employee group and/or length of service.
- 14 paid holidays.
- 12 sick days annually with unlimited accrual.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- CalPERS defined benefit retirement plan and voluntary 403(b), 401(k), and 457 savings options.
- Tuition fee waiver programs for eligible employees; dependent eligibility varies by employee group and bargaining unit.
- Employee Assistance Program, including confidential counseling and support for employees and their families.
- Wellness programs.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Insurance options including life, disability, and pet insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
