Director of Research

The Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation offers family-friendly benefits, including paid vacation, sick and holiday leave; health, dental, life, short and long-term disability insurance; defined benefit pension plan and 401(k) plan; educational assistance; and a pleasant work environment.

JOB DUTIES

Serves as the primary advisor to the KHEAA/KHESLC Executive Director on economic issues in higher education and student financial aid. Conducts professional level economic and technical research, planning, and analysis for KHEAA.

JOB DUTIES

• Maintains professional contacts with other economists, state agencies, and outside education special interest groups and has an active involvement and collaboration in joint studies.
• Performs and coordinates duties in the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of economic data outcomes.
• Conducts computerized econometric models applicable to a wide range of student financial aid issues.
• Serves as an advisor on economic issues in higher education and student financial aid.
• Designs objectives and methods and executes comprehensive economic analyses.
• Analyzes economic and fiscal results of financial aid changes or developments and works closely with Director of Student Financial Aid on data analysis requests.
• Communicates to the Executive Director comprehensive evaluations of proposed legislation including: direct cost and financing; impact on students; relative to the goals of the bill; receiving (or not receiving) other SFA program aid; identification of unintended consequences and/or restructuring of student and/or institutional incentives; preparation of evaluation materials for public presentation to legislative committees.
• Effectively communicates the results of sophisticated, technical research and analysis to non-technical, lay audiences in a readily accessible and understandable format.
• Coordinates with internal departments for the production of statutorily required annual reports.
• Coordinates, programs, and implements inbound and outbound interagency data transfers with appropriate data validation.
• Researches grant opportunities from appropriate sources.
• Drafts and submits grant proposals based on funding needs of KHEAA.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree required in economics, statistics, or finance. Advanced degree preferred.
• Four years of professional experience in economic research, planning, or analysis will substitute for the degree major categories.
• Ability to work with very large databases in an object-oriented relational database system environment.
• Ability to work in Frankfort full-time.
• Ability to be creative and synthesize new concepts/designs with traditional approaches to data analysis and reporting in order to maximize communication effectiveness.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively with co-workers in a small-team environment to produce in a timely manner the most accurate and reliable data analyses that are most useful for internal and external clients.
• Ability to use the internet effectively for research and data gathering.
• Ability to use standard office machines (PC, printers, copiers, facsimile machines, etc.).

Experience with the following is helpful:

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• AS400 Query
• Statistical Forecasting
• Crystal Reports
• SAS
• Mapping/GIS software
• Tableau

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person