Job Title: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH & PLANNING - Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Deadline Date: Open Until Filled

Starting Date:

Institution: Marist College is a comprehensive, independent, liberal arts institution located in the historic Hudson River Valley of New York State. Situated on a 150-acre campus overlooking the Hudson River, it enrolls 4,200 traditional undergraduates, 850 full and part-time graduate students and 750 continuing education students. In recent years, the College has pursued a major building expansion, including a new state-of-the-art library, student residence complexes, a faculty office/classroom building for the liberal arts, and an art building. The College has been recognized for excellence by U.S. News & World Report, TIME Magazine, The Princeton Review's The Best 361 Colleges, and Barron's Best Buys in College Education. To learn more about Marist College please visit our Web site.

Job Duties: The Assistant Director provides expertise for research and assessment projects and coordinates, implements and evaluates a comprehensive program of institutional research, including data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.

- Performs quantitative and qualitative analyses on internal and external data
- Summarizes results of analyses for varied audiences utilizing a mixture of text, professional quality graphs and tables
- Responds to internal and external data requests and provides accurate and timely reports to various federal and state agencies, and other external organizations
- Provides technical, research and statistical analysis support for research and assessment projects
- Collaborates with information technology staff and external vendors to provide technical hardware/software support for research and assessment projects
- Assists College departments in self-assessment activities (including survey design and data analysis)

Qualifications:
Education/Experience:
- Experience in Higher Education preferred
- Master's degree and two years of experience with social science research which included data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and reporting preferred
- Bachelor's degree with three years of experience with social science research which included data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and reporting required.
- Demonstrable qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis skills
- Ability to communicate results effectively with strong oral and written communication skills
- Expertise with spreadsheet, database, word processing and presentation software (Microsoft Office preferred), and statistical software such as SPSS or SAS
- Ability to manage large datasets; Experience with the SunGard Banner system a plus
- Must be detail oriented, highly organized, proactive, a self-starter and able to assimilate information quickly

Salary/Benefits: Health, vision, dental, retirement, life insurance, vacation, educational tuition benefits included.

To Apply: To learn more or to apply, please visit our Jobs Web site. Online applications accepted only.

EEO/AA: AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER