Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

Job Title: Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

Department: Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Reports to: Provost

Effective Date: 1/30/2025

# of Direct Reports: 2

# of People Supported: 1

Job Description:

Manhattanville University is seeking an Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness. Reporting to the Provost, the Assistant Provost will champion data-informed decision-making, institutional planning, and assessment. This role provides leadership in institutional assessment, institutional research, strategic planning and plan implementation, and compliance. The Assistant Provost serves as institutional Accreditation Liaison Officer with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The Assistant Provost oversees the office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment which supports planning and provides an understanding of the quality of education at Manhattanville through data, research, and reporting. The Assistant Provost should be adept at using data to tell narrative and visual stories, promoting a culture that relies upon data to assess the effectiveness of programs, services, processes, and progress towards strategic goals. The Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment is the main source of official statistical and research data for the university and external agencies; the Assistant Provost is responsible for overseeing the reporting of institutional data to the NYSED, the federal government, and other agencies.

Essential Functions:

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervises staff in the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness.

• Conducts annual evaluations and goal setting for direct reports.

Institutional Assessment:

• Directs operations for research, review, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of data on institutional effectiveness and student success.

• Collaborates with staff to develop and implement assessment plans for non-academic divisions and departments.

• Supports development and implementation of assessment plans for academic areas.

• Aligns assessment activities with institutional goals.

• Ensures adherence to timelines for submitting plans and results.

• Communicates assessment results and insights to stakeholders.

• Uses assessment findings to identify areas for improvement and supports action plan development.

• Promotes continuous improvement and data-informed decision-making.

• Convene the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, directing the review of institutional assessment processes, data collection and analysis, and helping areas to identify how to “close the loop.”

• Works with the President’s Council on Inclusive Excellence to identify key issues that affect historically underrepresented groups and determine the best use of institutional research tools and methodologies to support student success.

• Stays informed on local and national higher education trends and conversations, anticipating questions and implications for the community.

Accreditation Liaison Officer:

• Serves as the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) between the institution and accrediting bodies.

• Coordinates and oversees all accreditation activities, including self-studies, interim reports, and site visits.

• Ensures compliance with accreditation standards and requirements.

• Develops and implements plans to address accreditation review recommendations.

• Keeps current with accreditation standards and best practices.

• Trains and supports faculty and staff on accreditation processes.

• Prepares and submits required documentation promptly.

• Supports accreditation processes for the University, Schools, and individual programs.

Institutional Research:

• Oversees the University’s external reporting, internal reporting, and data analysis in support of institutional assessment, planning, and decision-making.

• Oversees the preparation of responses to internal and external queries such as salary surveys, employment statistics, and enrollment projections.

• Utilize knowledge of how institutional data are used in university ranking organizations to inform data collection and leverage institutional data to improve market position.

• Oversees data requests, analysis, and reports to enhance data-informed decision-making.

• Ensures the application of advanced institutional research methodologies and systems.

• Participates in the annual planning and budgeting process contributing data and enrollment projections.

• Addresses data needs across the campus community.

• Assists stakeholders in developing and refining research questions.

• Oversee the University’s external reporting, internal reporting, and analysis in support of institutional assessment, planning, and decision-making. Prepare institutional responses to internal and/or external queries such as salary surveys, employment statistics, enrollment statistics, and projections.

• Oversees the design of instruments and collection of quantitative and qualitative data through surveys, questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups.

• Analyzes data using applied research methods for decision-making.

• Writes and presents data-rich reports for decision-makers.

• With the support of IT, develops dashboards and visualizes data analysis results

• Recommends an institution-wide data strategy.

• Fosters a culture of data literacy and fluency.

• Trains campus constituents in data use, access tools, and assessment.

• Connects internal and external data producers and users for decision-making.

• Convenes the Data Governance Committee to maintain the institutional data dictionary, standards of data cleanliness, and other important data integrity needs.

Strategic Planning:

• Provides leadership for the institution’s strategic planning initiatives.

• Guides departments, groups, and individuals to align operational plans with the institutional strategic plan.

• Oversees the development and maintenance of data dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly reports on progress, highlighting areas of achievement as well as areas needing attention

Compliance:

• Provides expertise and guidance on compliance with federal and state regulations.

• Works with IT to monitor privacy and security compliance.

• Collaborates with the Chief Compliance Officer to determine appropriate use and interpretation of data.

Other:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education: Master's degree required in a research-related field, such as statistics, social science, or data analytics, or an equivalent combination of academic degree achievement and professional knowledge.

Experience:

• Minimum of three to five years professional experience in higher education research, data management and data analysis.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong presentation skills, demonstrated business analysis, systems data modeling, analytic and consultative, and project management skills.

• Demonstrated knowledge of current higher education issues, assessment and accreditation.

• Demonstrated strong analytical skills and experience with statistical analysis and research; should be an advanced user of one or more statistical analysis tools/software packages (e.g., R, SPSS, SAS, etc.).

• Proficient in business intelligence and data visualization tools and methodologies.

• Proficient in advanced concepts of Microsoft Excel and other Office suite products to increase efficiency/turnaround of data requests.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Hours Expectation:

Exempt Full-time, 35 hours per week

Housing:

Housing is not provided.

Benefits:

Manhattanville University also offers a highly competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including tuition remission. For more information regarding benefits, please visit our benefits page: Manhattanville Benefits

Manhattanville University is committed to equality of educational opportunity and is an equal-opportunity employer. The University does not discriminate against current or prospective students and employees based on race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. If you are unable to complete this application process due to a disability, contact Manhattanville Human Resources at human.resources@mville.edu to ask for accommodation or an alternative application process.

401k, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Medical Insurance, Vision