Institutional Research & Reporting Lead, Institutional Planning and Analysis

CSU Careers•San Marcos, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Institutional Research & Reporting Lead provides coordination and day-to-day oversight of reporting activities performed by the Office of Institutional Planning & Analysis (IP&A), which includes cyclical collection, analysis, and submission of a variety of student and instructional data to the CSU Chancellor’s Office (CO), state and federal governments, accrediting and regulatory agencies, college ranking sites, and other internal and external entities. This position is expected to develop and maintain a deep familiarity with applicable reporting guidelines, campus and systemwide policies, data dictionaries, and higher education data trends. The incumbent builds strong working relationships with systemwide contacts, attending relevant CO meetings and user groups, and serves as an internal liaison to numerous campus departments and subject matter experts, working collaboratively to establish business processes and protocols, improve data quality and completeness, and retrieve and reconcile information from disparate sources. The Lead also supports the IP&A Director to continuously improve department operations, facilitate data governance efforts, and manage the campus’ ad hoc data request process, including intake, tracking, workload management, and consultation with stakeholders and data authorities to ensure appropriate analysis, use, and interpretation of data. This position will serve as both an individual contributor, taking primary responsibility for assigned reports and analytic projects, as well as a department leader, providing lead direction and mentorship to other IP&A team members Position Summary Institutional Research and Reporting Lead (Institutional Research Analyst IV) This is a full-time, exempt position, which will lead toward permanent status following the successful completion of a probationary period. For a complete list of responsibilities and required qualifications, please review the position description linked at the top of the page.