JOB TITLE: INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH ANALYST - University of Illinois at Chicago (two positions available)
UIC is a major urban research university with an all funds operating budget of $2.1 billion, serves over 27,000 students comprising what is among the most diverse student bodies in the nation with 15 colleges, the University Library and 13,000 faculty and staff. UIC operates the state's major public medical center and serves as the principal educator of Illinois' physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and other health-care professionals. Visit UIC's website (www.uic.edu) for more information.
JOB SUMMARY: Reporting to the Director of Institutional Research, the Institutional Research Analyst performs and coordinates campus-level research in the areas of institutional effectiveness and strategic planning. The incumbent conducts research and analyzes data for decision making and policy implementation in areas including (but not limited to) student retention/attrition, student goal attainment, financial aid optimization analysis, enrollment management modeling and forecasting, resource utilization, institutional costs and productivity, access and equity studies, and functional benchmarking specific to higher education. For additional information, please visit: https://jobs.uic.edu/Chicago
Minimum Qualifications Required: Bachelor's degree in statistics, psychology, education, or an appropriate social science discipline. Possess two years' experience conducting education or social science research in a higher education setting using data analysis, research methods and statistics. Demonstrated ability to: interact with multiple constituents and articulate complex, multifaceted issues contributing to institutional effectiveness. Proficiency with SPSS or SAS and database query reporting tools. Experience in institutional research methodology, needs assessment, strategic planning, financial forecasting, data collection and quantitative analysis is essential to manipulating and analyzing large data sets in support of institutional research, assessment, and planning.
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in statistics, psychology, education or an appropriate social science. Possess five years' experience in a higher education setting using advanced inferential and quantitative skills as evidenced by professional reports and public presentation of research results. Experience at UIC is desirable.
For fullest consideration, please send a letter of interest, current resume and the contact information for up to three professional references by November 8,2013 to https://jobs.uic.edu/Chicago
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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