Analyst, Institutional Research (Hourly)

Austin Community College District; United States; Vor Ort; USD 55.000 - 63.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Austin Community College District is seeking an Analyst for Institutional Research to support data analysis, reporting, and strategic planning. The role focuses on trend analysis, program evaluation, and government reporting requirements, with responsibilities including developing dashboards, coordinating data sources, and communicating findings to stakeholders.

One year of related experience and a BA degree are required.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required.
• One year of related work experience in institutional research or data analytics.
• Experience with SAS, SPSS, STATA, R, SQL or advanced Excel analytics.

Aufgaben

• Designs, conducts, and manages research projects and reports.
• Develops dashboards and surveys to support internal and external reporting.
• Analyzes data for strategic planning, trend analysis, and performance metrics.
• Coordinates data from multiple sources and prepares results for stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Statistical analysis

SQL

SAS

SPSS

STATA

R

Excel

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAS

SPSS

STATA

R

SQL

Jobbeschreibung

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. AR 4.0300.01 Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area. As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that: Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities. Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title: Analyst, Institutional Research (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

To support administration in analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data for institutional reporting and other data requests in the financial aid area.

Job Description:

• Designs, conducts, and manages research projects; analyzes data to support strategic planning, including the following: trend analysis, program evaluation, evaluation of college initiatives, decision-making, and government reporting requirements; Coordinates information from multiple data sources and complex reports to track performance metrics and compare performance against established goals. Uses statistical software programming language to obtain and manipulate data from institutional, proprietary, and publicly available databases.
• Conducts external and internal environmental scanning (e.g., higher education trends, labor market trends, service area population growth, and utilization of college resources).
• Develops and maintains custom computer programs, queries, reports, and dashboards to support internal and external reporting for the college community, state and federal agencies, and other external stakeholders.
• Designs and administers institutional surveys such as graduate follow-up student satisfaction, staff and faculty climate, etc.
• Coordinates ACC’s participation in national surveys (e.g., Community College Survey of Student Engagement, Survey of Entering Student Engagement, Noel-Levitz, etc.).
• Analyzes, interprets, and prepares data to effectively communicate findings to internal and external audiences (e.g., via reports, presentations, dashboards, etc.).
• Makes recommendations regarding strategic planning, continuous improvement, effective communication to stakeholders, institutional research, and institutional effectiveness.
• Develops and implements training and technical support for members of the ACC community in strategic planning, data collection, data analysis and literacy, environmental scanning, survey design and administration, research methods, and related topics.
• Uses analytics to make data-informed predictions and prescribe recommendations or actions relating to student retention, success, and enrollment management.

Knowledge:

• Advanced statistical analysis methods and software.
• Survey design, methods, and analysis.
• Application/report development.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Data quality initiatives and measurements.
• Higher education data.
• Governmental and other workforce and census data.
• Labor Market Information data.

Skills:

• Possessing a customer-oriented and solutions-focused mindset.
• Conducting research and statistical analysis.
• Querying and extracting data from large databases.
• Writing original programming language code or macros.
• Producing data reports from complex data sets.
• Validating data and ensuring data accuracy.
• Ability to analyze, research, and manipulate data to support or justify a position, policy, or practice.
• Developing surveys and analyzing survey data.
• Using a variety of software to produce reports.
• Using a variety of data sources to respond to college-wide data requests.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communication skills, including tact and diplomacy.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Able to prioritize workload effectively under pressure, handling multiple projects, and meeting deadlines.

Technology Skills:

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• Code in a programming language such as SAS, SPSS, STATA, R, SQL, or a similar language.
• Use query and control languages, create complex reports, and work with report software tools, web technology, network servers, data extraction, and reporting from large databases.
• Effectively use work management and productivity tools for project management.

Required Work Experience:

One year of related work experience. Experience with statistical programming languages such as SAS, SPSS, STATA, R, SQL, etc., or advanced analysis skills in Excel.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree.

Physical Requirements:

Work is performed in a standard office environment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Occasional lifting and moving of objects up to 10 pounds. Safety: Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate:

$43.00/Hour Up to 19 hours per week

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

October 30, 2026

Clery Act:

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting. Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information. For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr. You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail]). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer:

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

Benefits:

• Full-time faculty and staff employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment.
• Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans, and AD&D.
• ACC does not participate in Social Security.
• ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only).
• Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

EEO/DEI Statement:

Austin Community College (“ACC” or “College”) is an equal education and equal employment opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment at the college and access to its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 and older), veteran status or military service, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. This includes the prohibition of discrimination, including harassment, against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.

Company Culture:

Come and Make a Difference with Us Working at ACC offers you an opportunity to be a part of an organization that truly believes in its mission of promoting student success and improving communities. We invite you to learn, explore and experience the many ways ACC promotes individual development and improves the overall quality of life in a vibrant, multicultural community. ACC is looking for people who value open, responsible exchange of ideas, individuals committed to integrity and exemplary standards, and candidates that value personal and professional ownership that generates accountability.