Institutional Research Director jobs in Clearwater, FL

Compensation: $66,640.36 - $80,801.43

JOB SUMMARY

This position coordinates the College's assessment and surveying processes as well as select state reporting functions. Responsibilities may include: developing and maintaining a comprehensive system to compile, manage, evaluate, and report data associated with College goals and institutional initiatives; overseeing the process for the development and implementation of surveys and non-academic program assessments; managing data systems for state reporting; reviewing and approving state reports; and performing other duties as assigned.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Eligible to work remotely.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assists with the development and implementation of institutional surveys, such as the Entering, Enrolled, and Graduating Student Surveys.
• Develops and implements non-academic program assessment processes.
• Develops and executes research; develops or selects data collection instruments; and determines what survey requests should be completed and what methods of administration to use.
• Assists with the development of co-curricular assessment processes in tandem with Director and Associate Director.
• Assists with the Titan Experience Survey administration and oversight of reporting to provosts and College stakeholders.
• Extracts, manipulates, and processes data utilizing a variety of resources; performs complex statistical computations and analyses, aligns the analyses with the strategic objectives of the College; and provides advice and expertise on implications of results.
• Ensures non-academic program assessments are completed in accordance with institutional accreditor requirements to support continuous improvement and accreditation;
• Provides guidance to provosts; associate provosts; and department administrators to develop program outcomes, report on findings, and identify action plans for continuous improvement College-wide.
• Assist with Academic Viability Report Metric Data Collection.
• Validates data results for each of the institutional student survey reports to ensure accuracy; and any other data needs or reports as needed.
• Completes state reporting and SPC Factbook validation as needed.
• Assists with student surveys to ascertain level of student satisfaction, as needed.
• Confers with provosts, department leads, and program leads to determine issues and needs related to research and assessment; implements and analyzes research studies which include administering and coordinating responses to surveys.
• Makes presentations.
• Assists with the development of ad-hoc departmental surveys.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Master's degree in computer applications, statistics, educational research; higher education administration, or a related field; three (3) years of related work experience in statistical analysis or applied research; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of:

• Project coordination techniques;
• Research and data analysis principles and practices;
• Assessment, evaluation, and measurement principles;
• Research instruments;
• Statistical methods;
• Mathematical concepts;
• Data extraction and transformation;
• Surveying methods; and
• Computers and related software applications.

Skills in:

• Analyzing research reports;
• Coordinating research projects within the department;
• Performing qualitative and quantitative research analysis;
• Using research instruments;
• Extracting and transforming data and information;
• Performing mathematical and statistical calculations;
• Using a computer and related software applications; and
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with assigned workers, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Ability to:

• Prioritize and assign work

CERTIFICATION, LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• N/A.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed. A complete description of the activities below is available upon request from Human Resources.