Higher Ed Data & Analytics Analyst

University-of-St.-Augustine-For-Health-Sciences; San Marcos (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is seeking an Institutional Research Analyst to support institutional planning, accreditation, and regulatory reporting.

You will collect, validate, and analyze data from multiple systems, producing recurring and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and analyses for diverse stakeholders. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of data analysis or institutional research experience; graduate education may

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social science, data analytics, statistics, education, business, information systems, or a related field required.
• At least two years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis, reporting, institutional research, or a related function required. Relevant graduate education may substitute for a portion of the experience.
• Experience in higher education, accreditation, regulatory reporting, or student outcomes analysis preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve, integrate, validate, and analyze data from multiple institutional sources.
• Prepare accurate recurring and ad hoc reports for institutional leaders, academic programs, administrative units, and other authorized data users.
• Support accreditation reporting by compiling data, applying required definitions, documenting methodology, and completing quality-control reviews.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, tables, charts, and data visualizations that make findings understandable and useful to varied audiences.
• Administer institutional surveys, including survey design support, deployment, response monitoring, data preparation, analysis, and reporting.
• Analyze enrollment, retention, graduation, licensure, student success, and other performance data as assigned.
• Interpret findings, identify meaningful patterns or data-quality concerns, and communicate limitations and implications clearly in written and oral formats.
• Respond to approved data requests in accordance with institutional definitions, reporting standards, privacy requirements, and established timelines.
• Conduct data-quality checks, reconcile discrepancies, and collaborate with data owners and system users to resolve issues and improve data collection and reporting processes.
• Maintain assigned OAIR content, files, and resources in Teams/SharePoint or other approved systems.
• Monitor relevant higher education research, reporting requirements, and emerging practices, and apply current guidance to assigned work.
• Manage multiple assignments, communicate progress or risks promptly, and meet established reporting deadlines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social science, data analytics, statistics, education, business, information systems, or a related field

2+ years of data analysis/reporting/institutional research experience

Higher education/accreditation/regulatory reporting experience preferred

Equivalent education and experience considered

Job description

The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is seeking an Institutional Research Analyst to support institutional planning, accreditation, and regulatory reporting.

You will collect, validate, and analyze data from multiple systems, producing recurring and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and analyses for diverse stakeholders. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of data analysis or institutional research experience; graduate education may