Job Title: DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RESERACH - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Deadline Date: April 29, 2009

Starting Date:

Institution: The Florida State University is a comprehensive, national graduate research university that puts research into action for the benefit of our students and society. With an impressive breadth of leading graduate, professional and undergraduate programs, and an international reputation in the sciences and humanities, Florida State University is a demanding and intellectually stimulating environment for students, faculty and staff. The reputation of our institution extends beyond any particular geography or discipline as evidenced by our credentials:
• FSU is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
• Degree programs offered at FSU include 104 Baccalaureates, 114 Masters and 73 Doctorates.
• FSU is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference - sponsoring eight men's teams and nine women's intercollegiate athletic teams.
• As one of the major employers in the city of Tallahassee and within the Big Bend region of Florida, FSU employs over 13,000 university administrators, professors, staff, and students.
• Florida State University provides employees the opportunity to participate in a variety of outstanding benefit programs. Voluntary programs include health, life, dental, vision, disability, long term care, personal insurance, savings bonds, tax sheltered annuities and much more.

We invite you to visit our Web site for more information.

Job Duties: The Director of Institutional Research plans, develops and manages a rich data system, including publications and web-based deliveries, to provide campus-wide information to the departments and the administration for decision making. Typical reports and publications are fact books, enrollment and staffing reports, degrees awarded and credit hours.

The director responds to national surveys such as those from IPEDS, Common Data Set, the Voluntary System of Accountability, AAU faculty salaries, U.S. News and World Report and the Delaware Study.

The director builds and submits databases on faculty and graduate assistants and their academic activities and courses and credit hours for submission to the Florida Board of Governors regarding the use of academic resources and analyses of costs and efficiencies.

The director manages a semester by semester effort reporting and certification system for faculty and graduate assistants for meeting the State of Florida’s minimum required contact hours for instructional and other academic functions per full-time faculty. The system, managed in partnership with the contracts and grants office, is also used to meet federal effort reporting requirements.

The director conducts studies on student retention and program completion and persistence; assists with enrollment planning and multi-year projections; develops periodic alumni surveys; assists with institutional planning and analysis and responds to ad-hoc needs and requests for data and data analysis.

The director assists with information for the quality enhancements reviews (QERs) of all academic departments and degree programs done on an annual revolving basis.

The director is expected to anticipate and develop information and data interpretation for related decision making, strategic planning and accountability.

The University uses the PeopleSoft systems for financials, human resources and payroll and is considering options to the legacy student systems. The primary University and Board of Governors databases are in Oracle.

Qualifications: Requires a Masters Degree in an appropriate field and six (6) years of experience in institutional research or related field or a Bachelors Degree in an appropriate field and eight (8) years of experience in institutional research or related field.

Preferred:
Doctorate degree in related field not required but preferred. Working knowledge of the data definitions and systems used by the State of Florida Board of Governors and National surveys is preferred.

Requirements:
Strong knowledge of and experience utilizing database, statistical and spreadsheet and other software packages; strong analytical, writing and presentation skills and a demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate and work with various groups.

This position requires a police background check, compliance with University policy OP-F-7 on “Safeguarding of Confidential Financial and Personal Information” and Financial Disclosure in accordance with Chapter 112 Florida Statutes.

Salary/Benefits: Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience.

Please visit our Benefits Web site for information on our benefits package.

To Apply: Apply on line to job opening ID # 30353 on or before 4/29/09. Attach a resume to the completed on-line application. The on-line application must be completed in its entirety even if attaching a resume. For questions or assistance, contact Employment and Recruitment Services at 850-644-7701 or via e-mail.

EEO/AA: Florida State University is An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action Employer.