Senior Strategist for Student Affairs Assessment

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); Híbrido; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Senior Strategist for Student Affairs Assessment & Analytics at the University of Virginia leads divisional assessment strategy, governance, and capacity building. The role designs rigorous survey instruments and builds governance-ready data models and dashboards using Power BI or Tableau.

You will mentor staff in data analytics and Generative AI applications to inform university decisions. Key responsibilities include developing a multi-year assessment roadmap, delivering high-visibility

Formación

• Design and implement valid survey instruments and data collection plans.
• Build and govern cross-department data models and dashboards.
• Provide training and mentorship to staff on data analytics and storytelling.

Responsabilidades

• Set and steward a multi-year divisional assessment strategy aligned to standards.
• Create executive dashboards across departments for leadership, and supervise staff.
• Partner with data owners to integrate disparate systems into a unified data model.
• Apply descriptive, inferential, and predictive analyses to identify trends and opportunities.

Conocimientos

Survey design

Data modelling

Power BI

Tableau

Statistical analysis

Generative AI

Educación

Master's degree in a relevant field

Herramientas

Power BI

Tableau

Descripción del empleo

The Division of Student Affairs (DSA) at the University of Virginia advances the growth, wellbeing, and success of every student. The Division comprises more than a dozen departments and centers, including the University Career Center, the Office of the Dean of Students, Housing & Residence Life, CAPS, Student Health & Wellness, and others, each generating data on student engagement, learning, and outcomes.

The Senior Strategist for Student Affairs Assessment & Analytics is a new, division-wide role created to set a coherent assessment strategy across Student Affairs and to build lasting assessment capacity within departmental teams. Where individual departments own outcomes and reporting for their own units, this role operates one level up: setting shared standards, tools, and practices; coaching and upskilling departmental assessment staff; and ensuring the Division speaks with one voice, and one set of numbers, to the Provost, the Board of Visitors, accreditors, and families.

This is a hybrid strategist/technologist role. The successful candidate is equally comfortable designing a valid survey instrument and building a governed Power BI or Tableau data model and is energized by teaching other professionals to do the same.

The Senior Strategist provides direct analytical support for the Division's strategic planning process, as well as other complex, high-visibility projects that are priorities for the Vice President and University leadership. The Senior Strategist is personally responsible for conducting high-impact research, analyzing data, and delivering insights that inform critical decisions for the Vice President and senior Student Affairs leadership, and ensures that assessment practitioners across the Division stay highly conversant with the latest tools in data analysis and Generative AI to drive evidence-based decision-making.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Divisional Assessment Strategy & Governance (30%)

• Set and steward a multi-year divisional assessment strategy aligned to DSA's strategic plan, CAS standards, and NASPA/ACPA assessment competencies.
• Establish shared definitions, data standards, and a common assessment calendar across departments to enable Division-level roll-up reporting.
• Chair a cross-departmental Assessment Community of Practice bringing together assessment leads from each DSA unit.
• Advise the Chief of Staff and VP on assessment priorities, resourcing, and risk (e.g., survey fatigue, data quality, response rates).

Data Analytics, Visualization & Reporting (25%)

• Create and own the Division's executive assessment dashboard (Power BI/Tableau) synthesizing outcomes, engagement and satisfaction data across departments for the VP, AVPs, and senior leadership; recruit and supervise professionals and student research assistants supporting divisional assessment projects.
• Create a wide range of high-quality reports and visualizations to support VP's executive and Board-level reporting needs.
• Partner with departmental data owners to integrate disparate systems (e.g., Handshake, Anthology, Qualtrics, SafeGrounds, StarRez) into a coherent divisional data model.
• Apply statistical analysis (descriptive, inferential, and predictive where appropriate) to identify trends, equity gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure data governance, security, accessibility, and FERPA compliance across all shared dashboards and datasets.

Capacity Building & Professional Development (25%)

• Design and deliver a divisional assessment training curriculum (survey design, sampling, storytelling with data) for staff who own assessment as part of a broader role.
• Build and maintain a shared toolkit of templates, rubrics, and starter dashboards that departments can adapt rather