Student Experience Research & Assessment Analyst

UBC; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC Okanagan seeks a Student Experience Research & Assessment Analyst to provide analytical support for planning and decision-making within the AVPS portfolio. The role involves designing and conducting major studies, interpreting results, and presenting findings to the AVPS leadership team.

You will manage AVPS student engagement data, learning outcomes and satisfaction, translate policy issues into research, coordinate studies, and ensure rigorous survey design and data quality in

Qualifications

• The position requires the ability to solve complex problems, to co-ordinate the activities of others, and to communicate effectively both in speech and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provides analytical support and information to aid planning and decision-making activities for the AVPS Leadership Team.
• Plans, designs, and conducts major projects and studies, interprets results, and makes formal presentations about cross-cutting student experience themes; the impact of AVPS offerings on the student experience; and progress towards the AVPS Mission, Vision, Values and the UBC Student Strategic Plan.
• Responsible for the broad capture, maintenance, analysis and reporting of AVPS student engagement data, student learning outcomes, and satisfaction to communicate progress related to the AVPS Mission, Vision, Values; UBC Student Strategic Plan; and supporting priority actions, deliverables and KPIs.
• Interacts with AVPS directors, the AVPS Leadership team, and other senior UBC officers and external partners; coordinates and conducts research studies, collects, organizes and analyzes data, and prepares reports for stakeholders.
• Provides advice and assistance to AVPS directors and project teams to ensure acceptable scientific standards in survey design and sample selection.

Job description

Job Title

Student Experience Research & Assessment Analyst

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Institutional Analysis, Level B

Job Family Group

Staff - Non Union

Department

UBCO | Program Administration | Strategic Initiatives

Compensation Range

$7,727.33 - $11,112.00 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Job End Date

Ongoing

Posting End Date

November 18, 2026

Additional Information

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

As a member of the Office of the Associate Vice President Students, this position provides analytical support and information to aid planning, and decision-making activities for the AVPS Leadership Team.

This position will plan, design, and conduct major projects and studies, interpret results, and make formal presentations about 1) cross cutting student experience themes; 2) the impact of AVPS offerings on the student experience; and 3) progress towards the AVPS Mission, Vision, Values and the UBC Student Strategic Plan. The results of this position's work will support the AVPS leadership team in identifying and making decisions about strategic priorities, resource allocations, and overall unit and portfolio performance.

This position will be responsible for the broad capture, maintenance, analysis and reporting of AVPS student engagement data, student learning outcomes, and satisfaction in order to communicate and report on progress related to the AVPS Mission, Vision, Values; UBC Student Strategic Plan; and supporting priority actions, deliverables and key performance indicators. In partnership with AVPS directors, the position will act as an overall coordination point for directorate level assessment, including the identification and monitoring of KPI's.

The position requires the ability to solve complex problems, to co-ordinate the activities of others, and to communicate effectively both in speech and in writing.

This position is expected to interact with other office staff, with staff from other departments, the AVPS leadership team, the Vice President Students Office and other senior UBC officers including Vice-Presidents, Deans, Directors, Department Heads, Senate Committees, representatives of other universities, government bodies and representatives, and other higher education and university-related organizations.

This position is expected to show considerable initiative in developing appropriate research methodologies and in ensuring that their analyses are timely, accurate, and comparable.

Organizational Status

Primary report to the Assistant Director, AVPSO in the Office of the Associate Vice President Students, UBC Okanagan campus with a dual reporting relationship to the Associate Director, Okanagan Planning and Institutional Research.

Work Performed

Supports planning and informs decision making across the AVPS portfolio through the evaluation of student programs and services regarding the student experience.

Captures, maintains, analyzes and reports on AVPS student engagement data, student learning outcomes, and satisfaction as it relates to the advancement of the AVPS Mission, Vision, Values and the UBC Student Strategic Plan and for use in annual reports and story telling.

Extracts and synthesizes data from a variety of university systems and databases, to create and maintain data sets for analysis against UBC administrative data.

Develops and implements processes to evaluate, monitors and reports on AVPS mission, vision, values and key performance indicators in partnership with the AVPS Leadership team.

Translates policy issues, cross cutting themes, and/or problem areas into meaningful research studies or reports which appropriately illuminate these issues and provide guidance for decision-making.

Co-ordinates and conducts research studies, collects, organizes and analyzes data, and prepares reports for university stakeholders.

Provides advice and assistance to AVPS directors, project team members and colleagues in the development of AVPS assessment and evaluation projects to ensure acceptable scientific standards are used in design of survey and in sample selection, an