Institutional Research Analyst

Institutional Research Analyst

Hiring Department: Office of Institutional Research

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1031649

Posting Close Date: 4/14/2025

Salary: The budgeted salary range for this position is $60,000-$70,000. Final salary offered will be determined by a thorough assessment of available market data, internal salary equity, candidate experience and qualifications, and budget constraints.

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

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Position Summary
The Office of Institutional Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks an Institutional Research Analyst who performs and coordinates campus-level research in the areas of institutional effectiveness and strategic planning. The incumbent develops, conducts research and analyze 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 financial forecasting, resource utilization, institutional costs and productivity, access and equity studies, and functional benchmarking specific to higher education.

Duties & Responsibilities

Research Design

• Conduct evidence-based best practice research and perform measurement studies to determine or change policies, curricula, and or student support services.
• Design effective research strategies and gather relevant information using primary and secondary sources and techniques (e.g., institutional ERPs, on-line databases, the Internet, print sources, government agencies, external research organizations, etc.).
• Organize and execute research projects, identifying ways to improve research design and data validity.
• Develop and carryout sound research method to investigate institutional effectiveness.
• Select and adapt quantitative methods, practices, and theories to perform forecasting and analysis, interpret results, and document findings.
• Increase the quantity and quality of analytical products needed to support the evaluation and adoption of various institutional policies.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Identify and analyze patterns in institutional data, make critical observations of policy impact, and recommend strategies and actions.
• Develop analytical models, identify trends and fluctuations, evaluate limitations of data, and specify the range of results needed for financial management planning, budgeting, and resource decisions
• Perform other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in statistics, psychology, education, or other related 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, 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 other related discipline.

Experience at UIC highly desirable.

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