Research Analyst

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a comprehensive plan for the identification, analysis, and communication of critical information and data to support the College’s strategic and operational plans.
• Identifies, designs, and executes quantitative, qualitative, and survey research projects, providing input on design, development, and implementation.
• Works with large complex data sets, including exporting/importing from various sources, cleaning data files, and maintaining historical records.
• Prepares reports, summarizing data and analyses that present results in a clear and concise manner for multiple audiences, including the creation of clear and effective charts and tables.
• Maintains security of confidential student and employee information.
• Proofreads all reports, correspondence, and statistical tables for accuracy and completeness.
• Maintains a variety of formats for disseminating key performance data about the College through reports, dashboards, scorecards, and other methods.
• Extracts, manipulates, and analyzes complex data from databases such as Colleague, state and government databases, and other data repositories.
• Collects data, validates, designs, and compiles the College’s statistical handbook.
• Assists in developing systems specifications and reporting structures pursuant to the changing reporting requirements of state and federal government agencies, including, but not limited to THECB and IPEDS reporting.
• Assists in developing, updating, and providing training materials to faculty, staff, and all constituents throughout the College to promote awareness and understanding in the Institutional Effectiveness processes and with collecting, interpreting, and using data for further improvement.
• Conducts and disseminates research pertaining to best practices in educational/institutional research.
• Supports the accreditation process.
• Assists with the process for systematic review and evaluation of the planning unit per the model adopted by the College, including the development and monitoring of outcomes and plans of action for improvement based on the assessment of those outcomes and plans.
• Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually, and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite.
• Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Uses interpersonal skills and makes sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers, the supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
• Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).
• Promotes positive morale and teamwork within the functional unit and provides exceptional customer service to students, faculty, and community.
• Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing; defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions; and effectively presents, as needed.
• Supports the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan.
• Working hours may include evenings, holidays, or weekends depending on deadline requirements and special events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand.
• The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.