Institutional Research Officer

Position Name: Institutional Research Officer

Classification: Presidents Office

Reports to:Director of Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness Office

American International University (AIU) is a private institution in Kuwait founded in 2019 offering undergraduate programs in Engineering and Computing Architecture and Design Business Arts and Sciences and Education. The programs are delivered in English and follow the American model of higher education. AIU serves a community of more than 4000 students and is implementing the RISE Strategy a five-year institutional transformation strategy anchored in research development international accreditation student success employability and community engagement.

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Position Overview

The postholder is responsible to work on the development and production of statistical and analytical reports for Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness practices within a Higher Education environment and should have in-depth knowledge and experience of national and international accreditation standards and requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake analysis and validation of extracted data to ensure data accuracy for data-driven decision making and improvements and for regulatory requirements
• Produce data visualizations such as charts diagrams dashboards and narrative analysis to clearly demonstrate and interpret institutional data to varying audiences
• Develop complex reports and data sets to meet recurring data requests for internal and external reporting and facilitate prompt decision making.
• Provide technical assistance through responding to data and report requests from different University Units pertaining to educational research trend analysis student enrollment analysis etc.
• Assist in developing and implementing IE data management tools and applications.
• Enhance the Universitys institutional research capability by providing technical expertise and consulting on research design survey development and data analysis for assessment-related
• Maintain archival research information essential for Key performance indicators and trend analyses.
• Continuously benchmark and update surveys with the required data collection methodology to ensure statistically significant analyses
• Coordinate implement data collection according to annual schedule and analyze Institutional surveys for program reviews discipline-specific accreditations and regulatory requirements including but not limited to student faculty staff and alumni
• Generate accurate timely and informative analysis reports showing trends internal and external benchmarks to facilitate further planning.
• Follow-up with academic and non-academic units to ensure submission of high-quality action taken reports built as a response to different surveys and support in closing the quality enhancement loop of all units.
• Prepares and updates annual university publications i.e. institutional data and reports (Fact Book Fast Facts Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness Manual Policies & Procedures Operational Plan Strategic Plan).
• Participate in meetings committees and professional development activities as
• Perform other duties/tasks as assigned

Skills and Competencies

• Knowledge of Institutional Effectiveness working techniques
• Experience with statistical programming languages (for example SAS R)
• Skills in research methodology and design statistics and mathematics.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field from an accredited University (Masters preferable).
• 8-10 years relevant Institutional Research experience in Higher Education

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the Job Opportunities section on our website andsubmit a resume and cover letter via: will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The successful candidate is expected to commence employment immediately.

Required Experience:

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