Assistant VP of Institutional Research and Effectiveness

The University of North Florida Board of Trustees; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Florida Board of Trustees seeks a strategic leader to head Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness. You will guide governance, data quality, reporting, and analytics to support university decision-making and compliance with state and federal requirements.

Responsibilities include supervising staff, aligning priorities with resources, and contributing to performance funding initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years.
• Experience leading institutional research and reporting (IPEDS/SUDS).
• Budget management and supervision of staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness.
• Oversee reporting for state/federal requirements and accrediting bodies.
• Lead data governance standards and ensure data integrity across university sources.
• Deliver analyses, dashboards, and presentations to university leadership.
• Supervise staff and participate in performance funding initiatives.
• Manage office budgets and cross-functional collaboration with ITS BI team.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Data governance

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Department Institutional Research & Performance Compensation

$150,000.00 to Negotiable

Annual Job Functions

Under the direction of the Vice President, this position provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Offices of Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness.

Leadership and Administration

Provides oversight for state and federal required reporting as completed by Institutional Research which includes but is not limited to IPEDS and State University Database System (SUDS). Provides leadership for the offices in planning, design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and validation of institutional research studies, using the full spectrum of university data to inform university administration. Aligns strategic institutional priorities with organizational capacity and available resources to support effective prioritization. Participates in professional organizations and advisory boards such as the Association for Institutional Research, the Southern Association for Institutional Research, the State University System of Florida Council of Data Administrators, and other relevant national and regional professional organizations to remain apprised of current issues and concerns in the field. Serves on the university Performance Funding Taskforce supporting institutional efforts to increase performance in key areas to include but not limited to retention, progression, graduation, and employment and continuing education outcomes. Assists Vice President with managing office budgets, including planning and monitoring budget expenditures.

Data Governance and Integrity

Serves in a leadership role in university data governance by chairing the Data Management working group and serving on the Data Governance Council. Establishes and implements university-wide data governance standards and policies. Developing and maintaining processes that promote data integrity and consistency across university data sources. Establishes, maintains, and supports the use of institutional reporting standards, data definitions, and documentation within Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness. Provides data literacy training and support to campus stakeholders. Serves as the primary contact with internal audit during the annual Performance Based Funding Data Integrity Audit which is required by state statute.

External and Compliance Reporting

Maintains and reports data required by state and federal governments, external agencies, and accrediting agencies, including but not limited to the Florida Board of Governors, IPEDS, AAUP, NCAA, CUPA, and U.S. News & World Report. Oversees the full Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) process, from data collection through final reporting of the data to the Board of Governors. Ensures institutional reporting complies with university policies and state and federal regulations through regular monitoring of new and potential legislation.

Research and Analysis

Conducts quantitative and qualitative research and analysis to support evidence-based planning and decision-making. Provides oversight for administering, analyzing, and sharing data from designated university surveys coordinated by Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness. Conducts policy analysis and benchmarking to ensure optimal university performance and compliance.

Data Delivery, Availability, and Accessibility

Prepares reports, disseminates, and interprets information, provides advice, and delivers presentations to university administration and other stakeholders. Works closely with the Business Intelligence Team in ITS to ensure that appropriate data is ingested in the Enterprise Data Warehouse for strategic analysis to support university decision making. Maintains and enhances the structure, content, and use of university dashboards and reports. Provides data to internal constituents to support data-informed decision-making, assessment, grant development, and other institutional effectiveness functions. Regularly audits data access report to ensure access to sensitive data is associated with business needs.

Institutional Effectiveness

Fosters a culture of assessment, accountability, continuous quality improvement, and evidence-based decision-making in support of the University’s institutional effectiveness goals.

Marginal Functions

Acts on the behalf of the Vice President in their absence to include responding to cabinet and executive level data requests and questions. Serves as the University Data Administrator in the Vice President’s absence. During declared campus emergencies, this position may be required to perform specific job-related duties at a designated off-campus location or place of residence.

Supervision

Exercised Supervises the Director of Assessment and Assistant Director of Institutional Research as well as up to five institutional research programmers and analysts. This position may also supervise Graduate Assistants, Student Assistants, other OPS personnel, and Contract Employees.

Required Qualifications

Master's and 7+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of relevant experience. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219.

Statement(s) of Understanding

This position requires a background check. In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check. The holder of this position is designated as a "Responsible Employee" pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University’s Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator.

Equal Opportunity

The University of North Florida (UNF) is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all who interact in our community. In building this environment, we strive to attract students, faculty and staff from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and life experiences. The University of North Florida does not commit or permit discrimination or harassment on the basis of genetic information, race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or veteran status in any educational, employment, social, recreational program or activity that it offers. In addition, UNF will not commit or permit retaliation against an individual who reports discrimination or harassment or an individual who cooperates in an investigation of an alleged violation of university regulation.

Carnegie

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