Senior Analyst, Institutional Research

College of Southern Nevada • Charleston, SC

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Analyst, Institutional Research reports to the Executive Director, Institutional Research and Data Analytics. The primary responsibility of this role is to provide institution-wide analysis, metrics, and management information about the institution’s students, faculty, staff, enrollment, academic programs, and related items. The position will directly support the institution’s ongoing planning needs and will provide data analysis that support sound decisions. This position requires a range of skills including proficiency using SQL, statistical analysis software, survey development and coding, preparing reports, visuals, and/or presentations appropriate for the target audience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Data Science, Sociology, Psychology, or other data and/or analysis-based concentration; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years of full-time comparable professional experience.
• Experience creating data visualizations using platforms such as Tableau, MS Excel, MS Power BI.
• Experience using quantitative and qualitative research platforms such as SPSS, R, Qualtrics, and Nvivo.
• Experience using SPSS or other statistical software such as R, SAS, etc.
• Experience writing SQL queries.
• Experience designing and managing quantitative and qualitative research projects.
• Ability to independently prioritize, plan and organize projects, tasks, and activities.
• Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications that are tailored to the intended audience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a higher education environment.
• Knowledge of Student information systems such as PeopleSoft or Banner and supporting business processes.
• Knowledge of general operations and policies of a public institution of higher education.

Responsibilities

• Provide institution-wide analysis, metrics, and management information about the institution’s students, faculty, staff, enrollment, academic programs, and related items.
• Directly support the institution’s ongoing planning needs.
• Provide data analysis that support sound decisions.
• Carry out assigned research projects including quantitative and qualitative research design, data collection, data analysis, and synthesizing results of research into written and oral reports.
• Create data visualizations using platforms such as Tableau, MS Excel, MS Power BI.
• Extract data using SQL.
• Administer, analyze results, and present results from large scale surveys (2000+ respondents).

Benefits

• Grant-in-Aid: Tuition & fee assistance for employees and their families at NSHE institutions.
• Time Off: Variety of time-off options to help employees manage their work-life balance.
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
• Health insurance plans for employees and dependents.
• Retirement Plan: Participants contribute 19.25% with 100% employer match.
• On-site Early Childhood Education Center services available.
• Learning & professional development opportunities.
• Active CSN Affinity Groups that focus on campus-wide diversity initiatives to create a welcoming campus climate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior