Senior Research Analyst for Academic and Student Affairs

Chancellor's Office Statement

Join our team at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor, and make a difference in providing access to higher education. We are currently seeking experienced candidates for the position of Senior Research Analyst for Academic and Student Affairs. The CSU Chancellor's Office, located on the waterfront adjacent to the Aquarium of the Pacific in downtown Long Beach, is the headquarters for the nation's largest and most diverse system of higher education. The CSU Chancellor's Office offers a premium benefit package that includes outstanding vacation, health, and dental plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 15 paid holidays a year.

Salary

The anticipated salary hiring range is up to $122,832 per year, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Classification

Associate, Academic and Institutional Studies III

Position Information

The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking a Senior Research Analyst for Academic and Student Affairs to be involved in analytical work of broad and significant complexity with limited or no supervision to inform CSU decision making. The incumbent individually develops and executes appropriate original analytic solutions at great depth of subject, context, and/or coverage leveraging collaborative interactions and knowledge sharing to inform California State University (CSU) policies, campus constituencies, state and federal offices, and the public at large.

This position is approved for telecommuting (two days telecommuting, three days in office (in-person)) with onsite work at the main headquarters located in Long Beach, California.

Responsibilities

Under the general direction of the Director of Policy Analytics, the Senior Research Analyst for Academic and Student Affairs will perform duties as outlined below:

-Produces significant analytic works of great depth and breadth with little to no supervision.

-Develops and executes appropriate original analytic solutions at great depth of subject, context, and/or coverage leveraging collaborative interactions and knowledge sharing. Creates original complex analytic code to interrogate analytic data assets.

-Communicates analytic findings at depth and breadth to CSU, campus, and external audiences to inform decisions.

-Creates original data visualization to guide data-driven decisions.

-Collaborates with CSU IT. Identifies new opportunities to broaden CSU data asset collections. Develops and executes collection strategies. Coordinate the development of detailed data specifications and data reporting structures pursuant to CSU data reporting requirements.

-Represent and provides substantive input on behalf of IR&A in meetings involving data and analytic works.

-Maintains and builds data-driven analyses. Develop reporting capacity to meet internal and external needs.

-Produces ad-hoc, mandatory, and original analytic works of significant complexity.

Qualifications

This position requires:

-Must be a graduate of a four-year college or university with four years of progressively responsible experience in educational research, institutional research, data analysis, and/or operations research.

-Expected background include experience working with quantitative data and experience in higher education, psychometrics, public policy formation, data science, statistics, economics, information systems, computer science, mathematics, or quantitative social science research.

-Experience with data analytic strategies and optimizing outcomes/analyses.

-Proficiency in one or more of the following statistical packages: SAS, SPSS, STATA, R.

-Proficiency in one or more of the following Business Intelligence software tools: Tableau, Microsoft.

-Power BI, Amazon QuickSight (Tableau currently used by department).

-Ability to think critically and strategically.

-Ability to work independently with a high degree of personal accountability.

-Excellent attention to detail and solid organizational skills.

-Ability to work collaboratively on projects of varying complexity.

-Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse group of stakeholders.

-Strong interpersonal and oral/written communication skills.

-Ability to manage multiple projects at a time.

Preferred Qualifications

-Possession of a master's degree is desirable; education and experience comparable to an advanced degree is preferred.

-Experience in educational research.

-Professional