Provost's Office Director of Institutional Research, Academic Affairs
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Job Location:
Fairfield, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position SummaryUnder the direction of the Provost the Director of Institutional Research leads institutional research and analytics efforts that primarily support Academic Affairs including student success strategic planning accreditation and continuous improvement. The Director is responsible for implementing research and reporting agendas that inform academic planning assessment and accreditation while providing high-quality data analysis and decision support for academic Director plays a key role in advancing data governance and data literacy in support of academic programs and instructional effectiveness. This includes developing training and consultation that enhance data integrity promote effective use of the universitys data analytics platform for academic purposes and foster a culture of data-informed decision-marking and continuous improvement within Academic Affairs. Through proactive collaboration with academic leaders faculty and staff the Director will help colleagues optimize data collection and use to drive meaningful insights and institutional Duties & ResponsibilitiesManage and implement an institutional research agenda with a primary focus on Academic Affairs including benchmarking studies standardized and custom surveys special research projects accreditation reporting rankings surveys related to academic quality and operational reportssupporting instructional and programmatic academic and strategic priorities into actionable analytics implementing the strategic vision for institutional research data visualization and predictive and advance the universitys data analytics platformas it relates to academic planning assessment and accreditation including governance adoption and data literacy initiatives for academic institutional research studies to assess the effectiveness of academic programs curricula pedagogical initiatives and academic policies ensuring meaningful engagement of faculty and academic leaders in data-informed and apply advanced data analysis techniques including predictive modeling statistical analysis and trend identification to support enrollment patterns progression retention completion and other academic success analyze and visualize complex academic and student data sets producing actionable reports and dashboards that inform academic data analysis insights and consultation to Academic Affairs leadership academic departments and committees supporting continuous improvement and evidence-based with data stewards IT staff and assessment professionals to optimize academic data management improve data quality and align processes with institutional and academic data current on best practices in institutional research academic assessment and accreditation integrating emerging methodologies and technologies to enhance support for Academic on Academic Affairsrelated committees and task forces contributing expertise in data analysis assessment and institutional duties as Skills Abilities & Other AttributesMasters degree required; doctoral degree desirable preferably in a field relevant to higher education research or of five years of experience in institutional research academic assessment or a closely related in research design statistical methodologies predictive modeling survey design and data visualization particularly as applied to academic programs and student in data analysis tools including SQL SAS SPSS Excel and business intelligence platforms (e.g. Power BI Tableau).Understanding of data warehousing concepts and relational database project management and change management skills with a track record of driving communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey complex data in an accessible experience leading teams and supervising commitment to student learning academic quality and student success for all Working ConditionsExtra hours may be necessary as required by certain projects workloads and deadlines.
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About Company
As the second-largest Catholic university in New England, and one of the fastest-growing private doctoral institutions in the U.S., Sacred Heart University is a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and docto ... View more
