Institutional Research Director - Assistant jobs in Kansas City, KS

OUR UNIVERSITY
Cleveland University-Kansas City is a private, non-profit university that has been in existence for over a hundred years and is committed to educating and developing leaders in health promotion. Through our programs and services, we promote the concepts of health promotion and their essential role in achieving good health, maintaining and restoring health, and optimizing human performance.

OUR CULTURE
We are passionately protective of our institutional culture and the relationships we build with our students, patients, employees, and alumni. We are committed to operating with high degrees of integrity and ethics and seek to promote inclusiveness and collaboration in all we do.

Cleveland University-Kansas City supports its employees through a robust employee benefits package. All employees have access to complimentary chiropractic care in our public health center, an on-site fitness center, access to free personal and professional development resources, and the ability to participate in our 401k retirement plan. Full and part-time employees hired to work at least 20 hours per week are offered medical, dental, vision, life, and generous paid time off benefits. We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness qualifying organization and participate in a tuition exchange program for qualifying employees and dependents.

• Supports continuous curricular and co-curricular academic program assessment and improvement of student learning through consultation, mentoring and hands-on training.
• Leads the development, organization, analysis and reporting of student learning and institutional outcomes to support planning activities.

• Collaboratively plans, organizes, and coordinates assessment of academic and institutional initiatives.
• Develops and establishes operating goals, policies, and procedures for the Institutional Effectiveness office to enhance organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

• Serves as primary institutional research contact and maintains institutional data library.
• Records, stores, manages, and disseminates confidential and sensitive assessment data, as appropriate.
• Serves as primary data coordinator for the accrediting and government agencies.

• Stores, manages and maintains all institutional policy and procedures manuals.
• Supports the development of university policies and procedures.
• Serves on planning and policy- making committees as appropriate.

• Regularly communicates assessment results.
• Interprets assessment findings and prepares an annual institutional effectiveness and assessment report to summarize such findings.
• Coordinates all assessment and institutional effectiveness activities needed for compliance and accreditation.

• Responsible for monitoring and providing feedback on the assessment activities of each instructional program and administrative unit annually.
• Provides the leadership and expertise in the design and implementation of assessment activities and the interpretation of data.

• Provides creative and innovative leadership that positively contributes to the university’s culture.
• Systematically integrates assessment and continuous quality improvement into the operation of the university consistent with stated mission, vision and values.

• Supports the ongoing development and implementation outcomes assessment programs for academic and administrative units in support of the university's strategic plan.
• Provides strategic consultation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of existing operations, systems, and procedures.

• Ensures a systematic method of completing assigned projects within agreed upon time frames.
• Revises, updates, and reports project modifications to the appropriate stakeholders.

• Maintains current knowledge with regard to legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures required actions are taken to maintain institutional compliance and accreditation.

• Performs additional tasks as needed and/or requested.
• Participates in functions and activities that advance the mission, values and vision of the program and university.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• At least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze quantitative and qualitative data and prepare and present reports effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work with diverse members of the university community.
• Demonstrated ability for effective organizational skills and ability to connect to the institutional strategy while displaying attention to detail.
• Knowledge of state and federal postsecondary education accountability initiatives and trends.

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
• At least 5 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues and supervisory staffs.
• Will be exposed to short, intermittent and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
• Will be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies to include, but not limited to, pens, pencils, calculators, computer keyboards, telephone, etc.
• Will be exposed to prolonged periods of computer usage.
• Will be required to transport oneself, on occasion, to off-campus sites to attend meetings, conferences, workshops, seminars, etc.
• Will be required to work some evenings and weekends.