Institutional Research Analyst
Application Procedure:
Visit https://jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimore-Institutional-Research-Analyst-MD-21218/1149257100/ to view the job posting and begin the application process.
*Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position.
**Note - Interested applicants are requested to submit a cover letter, resume, and writing sample.
Job Duties
Institutional Research Analyst
The Office of Institutional Research & Analytics is seeking an Institutional Research Analyst (IRA) to support the office's core activity of capturing and analyzing data and presenting information on faculty, students, academic programs and related topics for university decision-making and assessment. The IRA will be responsible for responding to internal and external requests for information about the university, preparing data for annual and longitudinal profile reports on the university, preparing data for benchmarking studies and peer exchanges, and designing visual displays for information.
*Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position.
**Note - Interested applicants are requested to submit a cover letter, resume, and writing sample.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Collect, refine, and manage data from internal and external information systems, surveys and data stewards.
- Fulfill reporting requirements accurately and in a timely manner.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data both independently and on teams.
- Communicate findings in written, graphical and oral forms.
- Work with stakeholders to understand their information needs and tailor the analyses to address those needs.
Job Qualifications
Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Demonstrates aptitude for data analysis and detailed reporting including the use of descriptive and analytical statistics.
- Strong technical skills and programming experience with statistical packages (e.g., SPSS), programming languages (R, Python); experience writing queries and using business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI); high level of skill with MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Demonstrated ability to provide accurate and consistent analyses.
- Excellent organization and documentation skills; ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with others.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills; discretion to maintain confidentiality of sensitive and/or personal information.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree.
- One year experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Prior experience in Institutional Research in higher education preferred.
- Command of terms, definitions, standards, and sources of information in higher education preferred.
- Experience with mandatory federal, state, and accreditation reports preferred.
- Degree in a field that requires significant independent work in research and statistical methods (natural sciences, engineering, social science, computer science, business, statistics, etc.) preferred.
Institution Description
Since opening its doors in 1876, The Johns Hopkins University has endeavored to achieve three main goals: to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world. We are based in Baltimore, with 10 divisions spread out across 10 campuses on three continents, covering a wide array of interests and industries — from the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, to engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions — Johns Hopkins has evolved into Maryland’s largest private employer and contributes more than $10 billion annually to the state's economy.
We continually seek to attract, develop and retain the best and brightest minds, including thought leaders in medical education and clinical practice and pioneers in research and technology, as well as the most talented, innovative and high-performing workforce staff from a broad range of backgrounds. In fact, ensuring such a diversity of perspective and experience, both inside and outside the workplace, is critical to the intellectual achievements of our faculty, students, graduates and researchers, to our mission and our programs, as well as the success and reputation of Johns Hopkins University.
We continually seek to attract, develop and retain the best and brightest minds, including thought leaders in medical education and clinical practice and pioneers in research and technology, as well as the most talented, innovative and high-performing workforce staff from a broad range of backgrounds. In fact, ensuring such a diversity of perspective and experience, both inside and outside the workplace, is critical to the intellectual achievements of our faculty, students, graduates and researchers, to our mission and our programs, as well as the success and reputation of Johns Hopkins University.
JHU is a vibrant, stimulating place to work. Our employees are engaged every day in areas as diverse as individualized health, the science of learning, big data, the fate of our urban centers, the challenges of water scarcity, space and cosmology, and global health, to name a few. And each person on staff has an important job to do. Whether your role places you on the leading edge of advancement, or side by side, ensuring that others may accomplish their tasks, as a member of Johns Hopkins University you will be able to contribute continually to every aspect of this transformative enterprise.
If this sounds like the kind of employment environment you are seeking, then we encourage you to apply for a position today. You’ll join a talented, innovative pool of people who have the drive to make a difference, the desire to contribute to the operations of an internationally renowned university, and the commitment it takes to make the communities we serve — Baltimore, the nation, and the world — a better place.
Benefits
Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Application Due Date: 2024-04-30
Job Start Date: 2024-05-15
Salary: $47500 - $83300
City: Baltimore
State/Province/Region: MD
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Remote Work: Hybrid: 3 days/week on campus
Reports To: Elisabeth Cronin, Associate Director of Institutional Research
Staff # Reporting to Position: 0
Reports In Office: Institutional Research & Analytics
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