What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Institutional Research Analyst position at uic?
Position Summary
The Senior Institutional Research Analyst performs and coordinates campus-level research in the areas of institutional effectiveness and strategic planning. The incumbent develops, conducts research and analyzes data for decision making and policy implementation in areas including (but not limited to) student retention/attrition, student goal attainment, financial aid optimization analysis, enrollment management modeling and forecasting, resource, utilization, institutional costs and productivity, access and equity studies, and functional benchmarking specific to higher education.
Duties & Responsibilities
Research Design
• Conduct evidence-based best practice research and perform measurement studies to determine or change policies, curricula, and or student support services.
• Design effective research strategies and gather relevant information using primary and secondary sources and techniques (e.g., institutional ERPs, on-line databases, the Internet, print sources, government agencies, external research organizations, etc.).
• Organize and execute research projects, identifying ways to improve research design and data validity.
• Develop and carryout sound research method to investigate institutional effectiveness.
• Select and adapt quantitative methods, practices, and theories to perform forecasting and analysis, interpret results, and document findings.
• Increase the quantity and quality of analytical products needed to support the evaluation and adoption of various institutional policies.
• Evaluate, advise, and design predictive statistical models for potential use in university operations including by not limited to enrollment projection and staffing.
Data Analysis and Reporting
• Identify and analyze patterns in institutional data, make critical observations of policy impact, and recommend strategies and actions.
• Develop analytical models, identify trends and fluctuations, evaluate limitations of data, and specify the range of results needed for management planning, budgeting, and resource decisions.
• Develop new interactive dashboards and visualizations which can support data-driven decision making by university leadership through tools such as Tableau.
• Support innovation of data use through the evaluation and implementation of tools related to data virtualization and data lakes. • Contribute to enhancing university data literacy through developing and leading training and informational sessions on a variety of OIR related topics.
• Perform other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.
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