Mnscu Excluded Administrator 5 - Associate Director of Research

Minnesota State•Saint Paul, MN

42d

About The Position

This position will be responsible for fulfilling all aspects of Federal and state institutional research reporting, including primarily IPEDS submissions. Working closely with the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Operations, the Senior Research Analysts, System Office functional area personnel and campus IR staff, this position will assess potential sources of enterprise reporting data needed to fulfill reporting requirements and supervise the production of accurate and durable reporting files that will fulfill identified aspects of IPEDS reporting. Additionally, this individual will design and support data validation, troubleshooting of processes and individual data fields as needed. This position will serve as a national expert on IPEDS and may be assigned to internal or external work groups for the furtherance of this reporting as needed. As such, the individual in this role will provide definitive expertise for these content areas to all information technology, data governance and enterprise reporting efforts that use these metrics, data or definitions. This position will also provide periodic and on demand information statistical reporting on term metrics using existing record types to continue trend reporting as terms progress for Minnesota State leadership and communications personnel. This individual will also provide data to bond rating agencies such as Moody's using methods applied in the past to provide continuous and uninterrupted metrics for Minnesota State objectives. This individual will also serve as the first responder for emergency requests on identifying students who may be involved in high profile incidents, upon whom the Chancellor and Executive leadership are asked to comment.

Requirements

Master's degree
Five (5) years of experience in demonstrated ability to conduct sophisticated and highly complex research and analysis from project design to report construction.
Two (2) years of experience with IPEDS data and reporting, to include developing institutional operational definitions to apply to IPEDS definitions and providing data.
Demonstrated expertise in querying data from large and complex relational data sets (e.g., using tools such as TOAD, SQL queries, Access, etc.).
Familiarity with federal and state data privacy and data practices requirements, i.e. FERPA, HIPAA.
Demonstrated experience in designing data validation appropriate to the timing of data abstraction and census events, operational definitions and appropriate data sourcing.
Demonstrated understanding of factors influencing higher education student enrollment and success.
Ability to clearly communicate information, orally and in writing, to lay persons and professionals and able to work effectively with leadership at all levels throughout the organization.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and in teams.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral or other post-master's degree
Seven (7) years of experience in demonstrated ability to conduct sophisticated and highly complex research and analysis from project design to report construction.
Two (2) or more years of experience specifically as an IPEDS Keyholder, Coordinator or State Coordinator at more than one level of institution (associate, baccalaureate, graduate, etc.).
Experience with staging and uploading data such as that for IPEDS, OHE or similar, or use of the National Student Clearinghouse Student Tracker.
Experience and expertise in developing and implementing reporting techniques for institutional research, student success and/or enrollment management at the postsecondary level.
Experience with visualization/reporting software such as Tableau, SAS Visual Analytics or PowerBI.
Experience in institutional research at the campus level or in working with teams from multiple functional areas in postsecondary education to perform research or evaluation.

Responsibilities

Fulfilling all aspects of Federal and state institutional research reporting, including primarily IPEDS submissions.
Assessing potential sources of enterprise reporting data needed to fulfill reporting requirements.
Supervising the production of accurate and durable reporting files that will fulfill identified aspects of IPEDS reporting.
Designing and supporting data validation, troubleshooting of processes and individual data fields as needed.
Serving as a national expert on IPEDS and may be assigned to internal or external work groups for the furtherance of this reporting as needed.
Providing definitive expertise for these content areas to all information technology, data governance and enterprise reporting efforts that use these metrics, data or definitions.
Providing periodic and on demand information statistical reporting on term metrics using existing record types to continue trend reporting as terms progress for Minnesota State leadership and communications personnel.
Providing data to bond rating agencies such as Moody's using methods applied in the past to provide continuous and uninterrupted metrics for Minnesota State objectives.
Serving as the first responder for emergency requests on identifying students who may be involved in high profile incidents, upon whom the Chancellor and Executive leadership are asked to comment.

Benefits

11 paid Holidays
Vacation Time
Sick Time
six weeks of Paid Parental Leave
low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500)
a Pension Plan
457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options
pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts
employer paid life insurance
short and long term disability
professional development
a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents