Job Description
Senior Institutional Research Analyst
Remote – Any State
time type
Full time
job requisition id
R0007792
Job Description:
TCS Education System is currently seeking a Senior Research Analyst to join the Office of Institutional Research.
Working independently on complex data projects, the Senior Research Analyst is a key member of the Office of Institutional Research at TCS Education System.
Position Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Interpreting customer specifications and creating data sets, reports, and dashboards
- Providing thought leadership on development of solutions for customer requirements
- Performing testing and validation of data prior to release of deliverables to end users
- Working closely with business partners for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before releasing the reporting into Production
- Designing and developing dashboards using Access, VBA and Excel to meet business partner requirements
- Modifying / enhancing existing reports
- Interacting with personnel from all levels of TCS Education System, its affiliates, and external partners
- Responding to ad hoc data and insight requests from customers as needed
- Producing reports of findings from analysis and presenting findings as required
- Other duties as assigned by the Senior Director of Institutional Research.
Position Requirements:
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality assurance of data sets and other deliverables
- Excellent communication skills, including proven ability to interact successfully with organizational leadership
- Knowledge of higher education accreditation requirements and processes strongly preferred
- Provides Tableau training to personnel from all levels of TCS Education System and its affiliates.
- Willingness to learn survey programming using Survey Monkey
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and provide deliverables under tight deadlines
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required; master’s degree preferred; relevant fields of study include computer science, educational research and measurement, statistics, or related field
- 3 – 5 years of experience in data management, assessment, and research
- Higher education experience strongly preferred
- Strong experience with Banner, OSS, Campus View, or similar systems
- Strong experience writing programs in Access, VBA, and SQL
- Strong experience in extracting data from data marts, data cubes, data warehouses