Assessment Analyst II

Socket.dev; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulane University is seeking an Assessment Analyst to advance university assessment across programs and administrative units. You will educate faculty and staff on objectives, assessment methods, and using results to inform future practices, while maintaining electronic records.

Under the Director’s guidance, you will collect data, design and administer surveys, analyze results, and communicate findings through reports, visuals, and online interactive tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a field closely related to assessment and/or survey design and analysis.
• Three years of directly related work experience with data visualization, survey administration, and/or other assessment efforts.

Responsibilities

• Advance university assessment efforts across academic programs and administrative units.
• Educate faculty and staff on developing objectives, assessment methods, and using results to inform practices.
• Maintain electronic assessment records for university programs and units.
• Oversee data collection efforts including survey design, administration, and result analysis.
• Communicate results through summary reports, visualizations, and online interactive data tools.
• Manage the course evaluation process and the faculty activity reporting system.

Skills

Data visualization

Survey design

Assessment data analysis

Communication to audiences

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Master’s Degree in related field

Tools

R

SPSS

SAS

STATA

Advanced Excel

Job description

Reporting to the Director of Assessment, the Assessment Analyst advances university assessment efforts, including efforts of both academic programs and administrative units, to support a culture of continuous improvement. To accomplish this, the analyst will work with the Director to serve as an assessment resource for faculty and staff across the university (i.e. educating about developing and identifying objectives, available and appropriate assessment methods, and using the results of the assessments to inform future practices) and will maintain the university academic program and administrative unit electronic assessment records.

With the guidance of the Director, the analyst will be responsible for additional data collection efforts including survey design and administration and survey result analysis. The analyst will follow data collection and validation with appropriate analysis of results and the development of materials to communicate those results in meaningful ways to multiple audiences through summary reports, visualizations, and online interactive data tools. In addition, the analyst will be responsible for managing the university course evaluation process and the faculty activity reporting system.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a field closely related to assessment and/or survey design and analysis (i.e. education, statistics, information sciences, social sciences, etc.).
• Three years of directly related work experience involving working with data visualization, survey administration, and/or other assessment efforts.

Preferred Qualification:

• Master’s Degree in a field closely related to research or data analysis (i.e. statistics, information sciences, education, social sciences, etc.).
• Experience with software to create an online interactive data tool (data dashboard)
• Experience with higher education assessment and national survey administration.
• Demonstrated ability in statistical software (i.e. R, SPSS, SAS, STATA, or advanced Excel skills)

Tulane University is an equal opportunity educator and employer committed to providing an education and employment environment free of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Legally protected demographic classifications (such as a person’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, shared ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws) are not relied upon as an eligibility, selection or participation criteria for Tulane’s employment or educational programs or activities.

Tulane University is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process.