Associate Vice President Institutional Research
Application Procedure:
Applications will only be accepted on The University of Alabama's careers website. Please visit careers.ua.edu to apply.
Job Duties
Pay Grade/Pay Range: Not Graded
Job Summary: The Associate Vice President for Institutional Research position provides expertise and leadership for the vision, mission, direction, and operational priorities for the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.
Additional Department Summary: Designs and maintains a cohesive, comprehensive system for data collection and information analyses to inform University decision makers addressing academic functions and compliance as well as administrative operational imperatives. Implements and facilitates an effective data framework for official University data to address data collection security and integrity, establishing operational definitions and guidelines for institutional data use across the University, and formulating questions and information visualizations to inform decision makers regarding institutional operations, goals, and outcomes. Cooperates with institutional partners to ensure that essential and effective information interpretations are disseminated confidentially or publicly as required. Prioritizes, directs, and assures completion of external marketing surveys and ad hoc information requests from institutional stakeholders. Supervises a staff of creative and effective analysts and researchers in the office as well as managing the operational budget and resources for the office. Provides guidance to the office staff for appropriate and effective research and/or analysis design to address institutional information issues and inquiries. Facilitates and collaborates with institutional partners to compile, validate, and submit data and information in accordance with state and federal requirements in addition to University and program specialized accreditation and other regulatory bodies.
Job Qualifications
Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and fifteen (15) years of research or analytical experience; OR master's degree and thirteen (13) years of research or analytical experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Institutional research leadership experience.
Institution Description
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's, and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the-art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.
UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.
Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.
The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.
UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.
Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.
The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.
Benefits
Benefits complement pay and provide support to our valuable employees through any stage of life. The generous and highly competitive benefits package includes core medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability, paid time off, retirement, and more.
Application Due Date: 2025-06-11
Job Start Date: 2025-08-04
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
City: Tuscaloosa
State/Province/Region: AL
Institution: The University of Alabama
Reports To: Executive Vice President and Provost
Staff # Reporting to Position: 8
Reports In Office: Institutional Research
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