Senior Institutional Research Analysts

Job Title: Senior Institutional Research Analysts

Job Location: Lasell University, 1844 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02466

Telecommuting: Telecommuting is available.

Job Responsibilities:

The Senior Institutional Research Analyst will be responsible for performing the following job duties:

1. Develop and analyze surveys for assessment purposes;
2. Manage the development of potential surveys that departments would like to be administered across the institution;
3. Collect and review data from other areas of the institution to be used in submission of external surveys, including surveys for the federal government, accreditation, college guidebooks, and other publications;
4. Present results of internal surveys to institutional and departmental leadership using high quality data visualizations and detailed written summaries;
5. Utilize advanced statistical methodologies to complete analysis of institutional needs, such as group comparisons, factor/cluster analysis, and logistic/linear regressions;
6. Support the Office of Institutional Research with ad hoc data analysis requests;
7. Maintain institutional databases and data warehousing used in reporting as well as data analytics;
8. Develop and maintain complex institutional dashboards;
9. Utilize national benchmarking tools such as the IPEDS Data Center to create reports comparing Lasell to its competitors on a wide range of educational variables;
10. Develop datasets as required for annual institutional program reviews;
11. Assist in the maintenance of predictive modeling, related to enrollment, retention, and revenues;
12. Represent Institutional Research on numerous leadership committees;
13. Oversee Institutional Research student intern(s);
14. Work collaboratively and independently while managing multiple short-term and long-term projects to meet deadlines; and
15. Maintain compliance for reporting requirements, including IPEDS, NSLC, reports related to accreditation, and others as required.

Job Requirements & Qualifications:

Employer requires a master’s degree in mathematics, statistics, psychology, education, or a closely related field and two (2) years of experience as a research analyst, data scientist, or similar occupation working in an Institutional Research department.  In addition, the Employer requires:

1. Demonstrated ability developing complex surveys for educational institutions analyzing the student and employee experience gained through two (2) years of work experience;
2. Demonstrated ability presenting on complex data sets gained through two (2) years of work experience;
3. Demonstrated ability utilizing Excel, R, or SPSS for statistical modeling and large dataset analysis gained through two (2) years of work experience;
4. Demonstrated ability translating complex data sets into written summaries gained through two (2) years of work experience;
5. Demonstrated ability utilizing Starfish Analytics or other similar student alert system gained through two (2) years of work experience; and
6. Demonstrated ability reporting student-level data to IPEDS surveys and utilizing variables to perform national student and/or employee benchmarking analyses gained through two (2) years of work experience.

All experience and coursework may be gained or completed concurrently. 

Applicants can email resumes to hr@lasell.edu  with Ref# IRA112222 in the subject line or apply online at https://www.lasell.edu/discover-lasell/employment.html.