Senior Data and Research Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Data and Research Analyst will support OSS with assessment, research, and strategy development activities in contribution to Portland State's strategic goal to elevate student success. Student success is the institution's top priority, and this role will be critical in elevating and expanding our nationally renowned success innovations. The Senior Data and Research Analyst will be responsible for extracting, analyzing, and reporting data from institutional and external databases to help report student success outcomes, such as retention and degree completion rates. This may include conducting modeling, analysis, and interpretation of information, as well as employing data mining or analytics to support decision making related to a wide range of student success projects and questions. This work will primarily involve collecting, analyzing, visualizing, and reporting quantitative data but may also include reporting and analyzing qualitative data. The Analyst will present and report findings to the Office of Student Success and the broader PSU community regularly, assist in developing assessment plans for student success projects, and analyze project outcomes. One of the analyst's primary responsibilities will be developing and maintaining Tableau dashboards used by both faculty and staff from various units across campus to explore and track key performance indicators and student success metrics. This position specifically supports initiatives funded by the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities' Transformational Change Collaborative grant.
Responsibilities
- Extracting, analyzing, and reporting data from institutional and external databases to help report student success outcomes
- Conducting modeling, analysis, and interpretation of information
- Employing data mining or analytics to support decision making related to a wide range of student success projects and questions
- Collecting, analyzing, visualizing, and reporting quantitative data
- Reporting and analyzing qualitative data
- Presenting and reporting findings to the Office of Student Success and the broader PSU community regularly
- Assisting in developing assessment plans for student success projects
- Analyzing project outcomes
- Developing and maintaining Tableau dashboards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Educational Services
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
