About

​Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (OIEP) collects, analyzes, organizes, and communicates data and information to provide a valid, consistent, and accurate understanding of how the institution is fulfilling its mission to become a top-ranked university in the KRI and larger Middle East Region.​

Position Summary

​​Under the supervision of the Director of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Planning (OIEP), the Senior Research Analyst will be responsible for providing crucial support for fulfilling the University’s establishment of a strong infrastructure for Institutional Research aligned with the expectations of U.S. accreditation. This position provides support for the institutional effectiveness efforts of academic and non-academic units focused on continuous improvement, strategic and operational planning, program review, accreditation, assessment, grants, and other special initiatives. 

*Kindly note that the hiring for this position is subject to funding approval from the Department of State (DOS).*​

Key Responsibilities

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• Plan and conduct institutional research activities and data collection to support continuous improvement, accreditation, mission fulfillment, etc.
• Support in building capacity for a systematic review of KPIs, assessments plans, and assessment strategies and rubrics.
• Facilitate collection, warehousing, analysis, and visualization of institutional data to support effective decision-making and policy recommendations.
• Conduct complex database queries, using SQL, PeopleSoft Query, or similar querying tool to extract data from large relational databases to create user-friendly reports.
• Develop and maintain reporting solutions that are automated, sustainable, and can be shared with staff of the OIEP as well as a broad range of constituents.
• Document processes, communicate with end-users, and ensure users are able to regularly access and use data and data reports.
• Provide support for survey development, administration and analysis and for qualitative data collection and analysis including interviews and/or focus groups to assess specific department outcomes and needs.
• Design, develop and maintain data dashboards, identify priority data needs of users, timelines and update cycles, and preferred visual and navigation features of dashboards and develop and facilitate employee trainings related to using data and Tableau dashboards to data literacy and data informed decision making.
• Coordinate data governance efforts, including monitoring data quality, data definitions, as well as data management.
• Build capacity among staff of the OIEP in respect to best practices in Institutional Research.