Job Title: RESEARCH ANALYST - Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL

Deadline Date: April 30, 2009

Starting Date:

Institution: For information on our institution, please visit our Web site.

Job Duties: This position reports directly to the Director of Institutional Research and provides high-level analytical and writing skills to support the functions of the Office of Institutional Research.

General Responsibilities:
• Design, coordinate, conduct, and analyze research that supports effective decision making within the University.

• Design and conduct research studies with particular emphasis on student outcomes research that addresses concerns such as student learning, student success, student satisfaction, student tracking, non-returning students and student persistence, and other student-related issues as requested by departments, divisions, and administrators throughout the University.

• Conduct various other types of research, analyze various types of data, and develop useful reports on research projects to support effective decision-making throughout the University.

• Participate in research activities with other institutions, organizations, and agencies to develop, collect, and report on benchmarking data to support effective decision making throughout the University.

• Interact and collaborate with deans, department chairs, directors, faculty, administrators, and community members to identify and respond to the research needs of the University.

• Plan and Coordinate faculty Assignment of Responsibility activities that are handled by the Office of Institutional Research.

• Provide support for data requests and other Institutional Requests activities as assigned.

• Work with Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) staff and University Data Custodians to ensure the quality and integrity of data in all internal data resources used by the University Community.

• Develop and deliver oral presentations for both internal and external groups.

• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Director of Institutional Research or his designee.

Qualifications:
• Thorough knowledge of general research methodology.
• Knowledge of standard statistical procedures of sampling, correlation analysis, regression analysis, projections, and other qualitative and quantitative measures applied to education and social research.
• Intimate familiarity with institutional research.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis software such as SPSS and SAS
• Ability to apply relational databases
• Ability to research and survey data
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to work independently and make decisions
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Effective time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Salary/Benefits: Competitive salary with great benefits. Salary range: upper 50K to lower 60K.

To Apply: Apply on line and reference Position #22398.

EEO/AA: Florida A&M University is An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action Employer.