Job Title: INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN

Deadline Date: June 22, 2009

Starting Date: July 1, 2009

Institution: Founded in 1970, Inver Hills is a comprehensive community college offering 20 degree options including the Associate in Arts (A.A.), a liberal education degree that leads to transfer to four-year colleges; the new Associate in Fine Art (A.F.A.) degree in studio arts; and the career-related Associate in Science (A.S.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in leading occupational areas such as nursing, paralegal, computer networking, law enforcement, human services, business, emergency health care, and more.

Located 10 minutes from downtown St. Paul, scenic Inver Hills Community College serves over 5000 students each semester. Recognized for adult experiential learning, Learning Communities, and its Center of Excellence for Access and Opportunity, Inver Hills is an Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) institution. We strive to reflect a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds among our administrators, faculty and staff.

Inver Hills is committed to quality improvement, Learning Communities, campus-wide assessment, innovative instruction, integrating technology in instruction, collaboration with Pre-K-12 for college readiness and access, and civic engagement.

Visit our Web site to learn more about Inver Hills.

Job Duties: Inver Hills seeks a temporary part-time research specialist to assist the Director of Institutional Research in collecting and analyzing data and writing reports for grant-funded projects.

Appointment: Temporary part-time July, 2009 – August, 2009
The incumbent is expected to work on campus M-F during regular operational hours, 8:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Responsibilities:
• Collect and analyze data for participants in grant-funded projects;
• Pull initial queries for four (4) cohorts of students in various courses;
• Run queries regarding demographics and success measures;
• Set up and run queries for more in-depth analysis of subgroups;
• Analyze results and discuss with Director of Institutional Research and other campus stakeholders;
• Write reports to communicate results, including tables for internal and external audiences.

Visit our Project Web site for more information.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
• College or graduate coursework in research or statistics;
• Experience in using databases, spreadsheets, and graphical and statistical analysis software (i.e. SPSS, SAS) for research purposes;
• Experience using Microsoft Access;
• Experience and skill in data collection and data integrity;
• Experience and skill in research and analysis techniques;
• Skill in written communication and preparation of materials and reports;
• Detail oriented and able to be self-directed.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Completed post-secondary degree with coursework in research or statistics;
• Intermediate to advanced experience using Microsoft Access, including experience querying databases.

Salary/Benefits: This is a temporary part-time position without benefits. Pay Range: $16.41- $23.74 an hour

To Apply: You must apply on line and click on the Temporary Jobs link to apply. Mailed applications will not be considered.

EEO/AA: Inver Hills Community College is an equal opportunity educator/employer. A member of the Minnesota State College and Universities System. A member of Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.

If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this selection process, please contact the Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator via e-mail or (651) 450-8670; TTY (651) 450-8369.