Senior Learning Assessment Analyst
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Job Duties
Position Summary: Johnson County Community College (JCCC) inspires learning to transform lives and strengthen communities. The Senior Learning Assessment Analyst supports this mission by partnering with academic and administrative departments to support shared goals for continuous improvement and student success. The incumbent partners with departments by analyzing relevant data, providing guidance on how to develop goals based on data, and helping departments succeed by transforming goals into improvement plans. The incumbent collaborates with faculty to strengthen their understanding and use of assessment practices that guide curriculum redesigns and strengthen student learning for improved student success.
Partnerships & Collaborative Leadership:
- Building and sustaining relationships to advance assessment and improvement.
- Establish and maintain partnerships with academic programs, Student Services and Engagement offices, and administrative units.
- Partner with colleagues on the development and maintenance of institution-wide assessment plans for academic programs and nonacademic offices.
- Partner with the Office of Faculty Development and the Center for Teaching and Learning to integrate assessment best practices.
- Collaborate with Deans, Directors, and Chairs on data collection and use for program and office improvement.
- Support cross-divisional collaboration with Institutional Research, Academic Affairs, Student Services and Engagement, and Information Services to embed assessment into institutional processes.
Assessment Leadership, Quality, and Alignment:
- Ensuring meaningful, aligned, and high-quality assessment practices.
- Lead assessment processes, professional development, and training to enhance assessment quality across the college.
- Ensure alignment between course-level, program-level, and institutional learning outcomes (HLC Criterion 3.E).
- Develop and manage strategies that build a shared understanding of assessment in nonacademic administrative offices (HLC Criterion 4.C).
- Recommend strategies to improve student learning and program and office quality.
Program Review & Continuous Improvement:
- Using structured review processes to strengthen learning and effectiveness
- Lead coordination of program review processes across academic and administrative units (HLC Criterion 3.F).
- Use program review findings to help programs and offices refine practices that improve student learning and development.
- Collaborate with academic and administrative offices to close the loop on assessment findings (HLC Criterion 3.G).
Data Analysis, Tools, & Evidence-Based Decision-Making:
- Turning assessment data into actionable insight.
- Use statistical tools and analytics to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Research and identify use cases for assessment and program/office review using Canvas, Microsoft Office, and other relevant software tools.
- Collaborate on data-informed decision-making to support program and office improvement (HLC Criterion 4.A).
Reporting, Communication, & Assessment Literacy:
- Making assessment accessible, usable, and transparent.
- Create guides, templates, and resources to support assessment literacy across campus.
- Prepare dashboards, reports, and summaries for faculty, leadership, and accreditation bodies.
- Communicate assessment results and improvement efforts clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
Other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or Doctorate in related field with demonstrated skill set and experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Teaching experience in a higher education field preferred.
Institution Description
About JCCC:
Established in 1969, Johnson County Community College is dedicated to transforming lives and strengthening communities through learning. Located in Overland Park, Kansas, JCCC has enjoyed a national reputation for educational excellence and student success for more than 50 years. That's five decades dedicated to smaller class sizes, more resources and a thriving campus culture – not to mention our competitive tuition rates and extracurricular experiences that transcend the norm.
Mission: JCCC inspires learning to transform lives and strengthen communities.
Vision: JCCC will be an innovative leader in equitable student access, learning and success.
Benefits
Benefits Category: For Full‑time Employees:
- Health insurance with some employer paid options.
- Life insurance & AD&D (employer provided)
- Retirement plans (403(b), 457(b), and KPERS)
- Employer paid 8% contribution into a 403(b) no match required
- Paid time off (vacation, sick, personal, and floating holidays)
- 14 days of paid holidays
- Full tuition reduction for JCCC credit courses (for employee and eligible dependents)
- Tuition reimbursement / assistance for non‑JCCC courses for employee
- Free access to the Gym on campus for all employees and dependents
- Discount to the Hiersteiner Child Development Center
- And many more!
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