Collaborative Services Internship for the Office of Institutional Research and Data Analytics

Location: Albany, NY • Part-time • Temporary

About the role

The Office of Institutional Research and Data Analytics (OIRDA) seeks a Student Assistant to support SUNY's Institutional Research Collaborative Services initiative. Through this initiative, OIRDA provides participating campuses with support for data analysis, reporting, dashboard development, survey, and applied research on student populations, community demographics, and regional labor markets. The Student Intern will gain hands-on experience with higher education data and public datasets related to population trends and demographics. The intern will support Collaborative Services projects by helping campuses use demographic and higher education data for planning, reporting, and decision-making.

What you’ll gain

• Hands-on experience with applied research and demographic analysis projects.
• Exposure to higher education, demographic, and workforce data used in campus planning and decision-making.
• Opportunities to strengthen analytical, research, and communication skills.
• Mentorship from experienced institutional research and data analytics professionals.

Responsibilities

Demographic Analysis

• Support the extraction, cleaning, combining, and reporting of SUNY and other data (e.g., Census, WICHE) used in campus-level demographic reports.
• Contribute to drafting campus-level reports, including visualization development, summaries of methods, findings, and key takeaways.
• Maintain documentation, methodology notes, data definitions, and reporting procedures.

Campus and Project Support

• Support Collaborative Service meetings through notetaking, presentation preparation, and follow-up materials.
• Assist with ad hoc data requests, survey analysis, research questions, and project tasks related to IR Collaborative Services.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at a SUNY institution.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated interest in research, data analysis, or data visualization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework in education, market research, statistics, economics, public policy, sociology, geography, information science, data analytics, business analytics, computer science, or a related field.
• Experience with data analysis tools such as R, Python, or similar programming language.
• Interest in higher education research, institutional research, assessment, program evaluation, or applied analytics.

Pay

$18 per hour for master's students / $20 per hour for doctoral students

Schedule

Up to 20 hours per week between 9 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Assistantship runs Fall 2026 through Summer 2027.