Research Officer

2 weeks ago

Saskatchewan, Canada Saskatchewan Polytechnic Full time

**Competition Number**
- P13771**Posting Title**
- Research Officer**Classification**
- Band 9**Location**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Administrative Offices**Other Location(s)**

**Building**
- Saskatoon Campus, 4th Ave.**Other Building**

**Date Posted**
- 03/24/2023**Closing Date**
- 04/04/2023**JIQ #**
- 50010**Start Date**
- 05/01/2023**End Date**
- 05/31/2024**Open Until Filled**
- No**Ongoing**
- No**Category of work**
- Full Time**Bargaining Unit**
- Professional Services**Hours of Work**
- Regulated 36 hours (5/4 work pattern)**Salary Range**
- $2,528.96- $3,020.85 per bi-weekly pay**Temporary Market Stipend**

**Incumbent**

**Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay**
- 72 hours per bi-weekly pay**Posting Status**
- Open- Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.**Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA)**:

- Job Duties**Job Duties**

Reporting to the Manager, IR&A, Strategy Management, the Research Officer will play a larger role in the provision of business intelligence (i.e., value-added information, filterable integrated survey and statistical data sets and dashboards), as well as assisting in the management of IR&A’s ongoing research and reporting activities.
Key Responsibilities include:

- Lead primary research (survey) activities of the Institutional Research & Analysis Office
- Provide secondary research services such as environmental scans, benchmarking, etc.
- Serve as a key institutional data steward, maintaining expertise regarding institutional data, data definitions and business reporting rules; undertaking data validation in legacy and reporting databases; managing data quality; documentation; and ensuring data access and delivery to clients.
- Serve as official releasor for student statistics, program data and performance metrics
- Advance the implementation of business analytics software to transform data into business intelligence (i.e., filterable dashboards, trends, performance metrics visualized, etc.)
- Other administrative services as required to support IR&A office (i.e., procedures documentation, staff training, development of reference materials, intranet page maintenance)
- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE**Specific Accountabilities**

**Duties**

**Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities (QSA)**

1. Bachelor’s degree with statistical research knowledge (i.e., Commerce, Psychology, Economics or Statistics, or related discipline), or an equivalent combination of training and experience in an institutional research environment.
2. Experience in the use of statistical software (i.e., SPSS - Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and the Microsoft Office suite (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint) for data collection, analysis and reporting.
3. Experience with survey methodology (i.e., design, sampling), administration (i.e., online, Remark scanable paper surveys, telephone) and advanced statistical analysis.
4. Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating ability to interpret, summarize and present value-added information in a clear and concise manner.
5. Experience extracting and working with large datasets from an Oracle database environment (i.e., Oracle Discoverer, SQL, Microsoft Access)
6. Technically proficient, with training in or experience using business analytics - data transformation and visualization tools (i.e., Tableau, Cognos, SAS)
7. Proven project management skills
8. Ability to work with minimum supervision, prioritizing and performing multiple tasks within time constraints and through interruptions
9. Proven critical thinking and problem solving skills
10. Data stewardship focus, demonstrating attention to detail and quality assurance
11. Strong interpersonal skills, working well within a team environment and across departments
12. Demonstrates valuing diversity

**Desired QSA

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