Institutional Research Analyst

Position Summary
With guidance from and in collaboration with the Unit Director, the Institutional Research Analyst II aggregates, analyzes, interprets various student and academic data. Using database, spreadsheet, statistical, analytical, visualization, presentation, and various other software programs to complete tasks, the employee conducts analyses of institutional data pertaining to admissions, enrollment, financial aid, registration, course schedule, grade outcomes, degrees awarded, etc - as well as Human Resources & Faculty data, and financial data sets in support of institutional decision-making processes and external reporting requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify data needs and write queries to extract data from university's database system, compile data, convert into lay-language, and combine in publishable documents
• Coordinate and complete reports/surveys for internal use or for external agencies
• Generates and maintains accurate & up to date institutional data related to admissions, enrollment, financial aid, registration, course schedule, grade outcomes, degrees awarded, and Human Resources in Institutional Research Office Portal
• In collaboration with unit Director, assists with survey preparation and reporting processes related to the administrator evaluation process, and faculty teaching evaluations.
• Cross-train with the director on preparation of program review and departmental effectiveness data sets, as well as other mission critical institutional analyses and reports (enrollment comparison reports, course schedule & student exception reports, publication surveys, IPEDS, NMHED Edears reporting, NMHED quarterly performance measures reporting, etc)
• Creates training materials and documentation for reporting processes according to standards
• Perform other related duties as assigned

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to analyze requests and communicate with users to clarify reporting needs; ability to translate & articulate printed specs and data requests into actionable and accurate query results; ability to extract, manipulate, modify, translate, or transform very large data sets to satisfy the specified requirements of an analysis or output
• Basic knowledge of SQL or other programming languages
• Broad knowledge of database and spreadsheet applications
• Ability to extract and analyze statistical data, including evaluate/troubleshoot/cross-validate data for quality/consistency, and to design tables, charts, and other visual representations of the data to most effectively communicate value with campus constituents
• General familiarity with survey administration best practices & procedures; ability to work with campus constituents in survey instrument design, administration, and survey reporting.

Physical Demand and Working Conditions:

• Work is performed during normal work hours but may require evening and weekend hours to meet set deadlines
• Work is sedentary in nature that at times requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Application Review Date: Open Until Filled

Condition of Employment: Must pass a pre-employment background check.
Electronic Application Instructions: Electronic applications should be submitted through the "Apply" link on the top of this page. Please attach the following required documents to your electronic application:
Required Documents:
Please ensure that you attach all required documents even if you have applied for other positions at ENMU as the committee does not have access to those records.
Letter of interest
Resume
Contact information for three references (Blind reference calls may be made on applicants who become a finalist for the position)
Transcripts (unofficial for application purposes)

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