Senior Institutional Analytics Leader (Remote)

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Radford (VA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Radford University is seeking a Senior Institutional Analytics Specialist to support institutional research, analytics, reporting, and data governance. You will develop reporting resources, dashboards, and methodologies to inform planning, student success, and accreditation efforts.

The role emphasizes collaboration with IT and campus partners to ensure data accuracy and accessible reporting across the university.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in statistics, social sciences, business analytics, information systems, data analytics, or closely related field, or bachelor's with substantial related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate complex data to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, analyses, or decision-support resources for planning and decision-making.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and reporting.
• Knowledge of data management principles, data quality, relational databases, and institutional metrics.
• Ability to collaborate across units and manage multiple priorities in a complex environment.
• Experience translating needs into analytical solutions, reports, dashboards, and recommendations.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Experience supporting external reporting and data validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead data governance and ensure data accuracy, accessibility, and consistency.
• Develop institutional reporting resources, datasets, governance rules, and standards.
• Create dashboards and reporting resources using BI platforms.
• Translate reporting requirements into sustainable analytical solutions and validate data sources.
• Conduct analyses and provide insights for planning and decision-making.
• Support compliance and external reporting requirements (IPEDS, SCHEV, etc.).
• Promote documentation and knowledge transfer for continuity of critical reports.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data governance

Dashboard development

Data quality

Stakeholder communication

External reporting

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Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's + experience

Tools

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Job description

Radford University is seeking a Senior Institutional Analytics Specialist to support institutional research, analytics, reporting, and data governance. You will develop reporting resources, dashboards, and methodologies to inform planning, student success, and accreditation efforts.

The role emphasizes collaboration with IT and campus partners to ensure data accuracy and accessible reporting across the university.