Institutional Excellence Data Analyst & Accreditation

Haywood Community College; Clyde (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Haywood Community College in Clyde, NC, seeks an Assessment and Research Analyst to support excellence planning and accreditation efforts, manage the annual planning and faculty qualifications, coordinate change reporting, and analyze data for reporting and strategic planning.

The Analyst reports to the Director of Institutional Excellence Research, and Grants, supporting campus units throughout the planning cycle and assisting with IPEDS and SACSCOC processes.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required from an accredited institution.
• Two years of experience collecting, organizing, and reporting data, or in a role requiring detailed recordkeeping and documentation.
• MS Office experience, particularly with Excel, Word, Teams, and Lists.
• Ability to use Excel to turn raw data into a finished report (formulas, sorting, filtering, charts).
• Ability to communicate clearly, in writing and in person, with faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Ability to explain data requirements and deadlines to people who do not work with data every day.
• Demonstrated skill in organizing resources, tracking multiple deadlines, and establishing priorities across a recurring annual cycle.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in reviewing documents, records, and credentials.
• Ability to keep student and institutional data confidential (FERPA).

Responsibilities

• Manages the annual excellence planning (outcomes assessment) process.
• Works with campus departments to review, evaluate, write, and complete annual excellence plans, including assisting departmental staff in developing learning, program, and administrative outcomes.
• Designs and conducts training sessions to enhance understanding of learning, program, and administrative outcomes.
• Manages the faculty qualifications process.
• Assists the Director of Institutional Excellence, Research, and Grants with maintaining records and reporting for institutional accreditation (SACSCOC).
• Coordinates the SACSCOC substantive change reporting.
• Conducts research related to potential future programs of study at the College.
• Maintains program tracking changes in coordination with Curriculum Committee.
• Assists department leaders throughout the annual program review process by providing relevant data and assisting with documentation.
• Assists the Director with IPEDS reporting requirements.
• Assists with administering surveys and summarizing survey data for internal and external stakeholders.
• Uses standard Informer queries to obtain data from the College’s database to support the assessment, evaluation, planning, and reporting functions.
• Employs a variety of Microsoft Excel functions to create reports using raw data.
• Maintains the confidentiality and security of all institutional and system data.

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Deadline management

Confidentiality (FERPA)

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Word

Teams

Lists

Informer

Quarto and R (or Python)

Job description

Haywood Community College in Clyde, NC, seeks an Assessment and Research Analyst to support excellence planning and accreditation efforts, manage the annual planning and faculty qualifications, coordinate change reporting, and analyze data for reporting and strategic planning.

The Analyst reports to the Director of Institutional Excellence Research, and Grants, supporting campus units throughout the planning cycle and assisting with IPEDS and SACSCOC processes.