Director of Institutional Research
Posted October 5, 2023
Director of Institutional Research
Provost Office, University of Charleston
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Provost, the Director of Institutional Research manages the university’s collection and use of data to facilitate data-informed, strategic decision-making.
The IR Director provides information concerning trends in student enrollment and ability and responds to regular and ad-hoc requests for information needed to complete
reports for internal needs and external agencies.
Essential Functions:
- Serves as IPEDS key holder
- Calculates graduation and retention rates
- Compiles enrollment statistics
- Furnishes information to administration that is helpful in determining policy
- Provides student data for NSSE, Ruffalo Noel Levitz, and other student surveys.
- Completes surveys for Peterson’s, US News, College Board, Higher Education Policy Commission, and similar publications and organizations
- Provides institutional data for HLC and program accreditation reports
- Determines validity of internal assessment scales
- Compiles statistics of student satisfaction, success, and retention
- Provides information from trend data useful in marketing the academic programs of the institution
- Performs data analysis of regularly used assessment instruments and provides suggested feedback for faculty to give to students
- Provides data on institutional benchmarks – student progress, enrollment, retention, institutional dashboard, and academic program dashboards
- Provides data for external grant applications and grant management
- Other duties as may be assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree Required
- Statistical Analysis 3 Years
- Administrative Experience 3 Years
- Ability to extract data from a variety of sources
- Ability to develop statistical data to communicate results
- Ability to determine educational programmatic needs
- Ability to make recommendations for change in programming for admissions, retention, and customer service
- High level proficiency in Excel and Power BI
Review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Interested applicants should submit a current resume to:
Hannah Brown, Administrative Assistant
The University of Charleston is an Equal Opportunity Employer