Research Analyst

*This position is contingent upon contract award*

Job purpose

The Research Analyst provides institutional research, assessment, planning, survey, student-performance, accreditation, and analytical support for CDET distance education and MCU resident programs.

Duties and responsibilities

• Define and develop course and program survey instruments with CDET and MCU academic leaders.
• Electronically develop and distribute survey instruments, then collect, organize, calculate, display, summarize, and distribute the resulting data.
• Develop academic institutional-research reports by course and program for CSCDEP, EWSDEP, ECDEP, and assigned MCU resident programs.
• Coordinate with deans, associate deans, student-support leaders, faculty, and MCU Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning personnel to collect and share institutional-research information.
• Participate in Course Content Review Boards and other review boards, providing course-specific input from students, adjunct faculty, and resident faculty.
• Create annual academic institutional-research reports that summarize and interpret course data for each assigned program and academic year.
• Archive records required for Process for the Accreditation of Joint Education reviews and other accrediting bodies at CDET Headquarters.
• Collaborate with MCU Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning in developing and coordinating institutional-research program information and the Director's annual assessment.

Qualifications

• Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) preferred.
• Six (6) additional years' work experience, or an Associate's degree and four (4) additional years' experience, may be substituted if the professional lacks a Bachelor's degree.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Analytics, Research Methods, Education, Psychology, Sociology, Public Administration, Business Analytics, Operations Research, Political Science, or a related field.

Years of Relative Work Experience:

• Five (5) years of professional research or analytical experience.
• Experience designing, conducting, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative research.

Clearance:

• Minimum Tier 1 background investigation and Government-access eligibility are required; an active Secret clearance is required before supporting classified events or tasks.