Director of Institutional Research
Application Procedure:
Please email a copy of your resume and a letter of interest to Taylor Hathorn, Registrar, at hathotm@millsaps.edu. Please include “Director of IR” in the subject of your email. Within your letter of interest, please include a link to a public dashboard you have created or provide screenshots of a private one. No phone calls please.
Job Duties
- Play a central role in overseeing the College’s data governance procedures.
- Proactively pull, analyze, and distribute data to various constituents across the College to enable leaders and teams to use data in strategic and business decision making – and to external agencies and organizations, such as IPEDS, Common Data Set, U.S. News & World Report, etc.
- Conduct statistical analyses to support college planning, enrollment management, retention and completion, program review, and assessment — summarizing interpretations from data and presenting findings in a coherent, comprehensive format.
- Create data visualizations and dashboards.
- Review, approve, and input transfer credit articulations, updated academic standings, and student registrations
- Assist with the evaluation and execution of degree audits
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an analytical field, such as mathematics, educational research, statistics, computer science, information management, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
- 5-7 years’ experience in creating data queries to gather data. Experience in institutional research preferred.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, including the ability to create Macros.
- Demonstrated ability to create data visualizations with tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Familiarity with SQL; proficiency in SQL is preferred.
- Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn the College’s student information system, Ellucian Colleague.
- Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn the College’s current reporting software: SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence.
- Some knowledge of data modeling.
Institution Description
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Benefits
Millsaps College provides a comprehensive benefits package for its faculty and staff. You may read about those here.
Application Due Date: 2025-09-01
Job Start Date: 2025-09-01
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
City: Jackson
State/Province/Region: MS
Institution: Millsaps College
Reports To: Registrar
Staff # Reporting to Position: 0
Reports In Office: Office of Records
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