Institutional Research

For 40 years, Redeemer University has stood out across Canada for its commitment to a Christian undergraduate liberal arts and sciences education that develops the whole person. Rooted in a Reformed Biblical worldview, and including a diverse community representing over 50 Christian denominations, Redeemer seeks to answer the fundamental questions about where we fit into God’s story while it prepares students to engage in society’s biggest challenges. A rigorous academic program with an interdisciplinary core is supported by a vibrant community characterized by caring discipleship. The result is an enriching and transformational educational experience integrating faith, learning and service.

Redeemer offers 34 majors and streams that lead to either a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Kinesiology or Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Redeemer currently serves nearly 1,100 students and its faculty are engaged in teaching, service to the community, and research, some of which is supported in part by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and other funding agencies and donors.

A privately funded and publicly chartered institution, Redeemer offers excellent Christ-centred undergraduate teaching, strong investments in research, rich student-faculty interaction, and unique opportunities for experiential and holistic learning. As a member of Universities Canada, Redeemer produces graduates who are accepted into graduate programs across the continent and beyond. In recent national surveys, Redeemer students have ranked the school as one of the top universities in Canada for overall student satisfaction, especially for providing a nurturing and challenging academic environment along with its warm on-campus community.

Located on a beautiful 86-acre campus in Hamilton, Ontario, Redeemer operates under a charter from the Government of Ontario and is a member of Universities Canada (UC), the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), and the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC).

**The Position**

The Institutional Research & Data Analyst (“IRDA”) plays an integral role in the quantitative and qualitative analysis and communication of data and data analytics in support of institutional objectives. The IRDA supports data and information with respect to quality assurance, enrollment data and forecasting, academic statistics, institutional key performance indicators, student surveys, and institutional planning. Creating and maintaining a central repository for institutional data will be an essential part of the work. This position requires a high degree of competency in managing data, information systems, analyzing data, and statistical software in order to make the data reporting as seamless as possible while finding new ways to transfer data/information among the various systems/software used by the university. Familiarity with trends in higher education and emerging issues will be required. This position reports to the Director, Admissions & Financial Aid, while providing service to numerous areas of the university.

**Responsibilities**

**INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH**

**Periodic data collection and reporting, especially concerning the support of the following areas**:

- Admissions
- Academic Development (program reviews)
- Registrar’s Office (if requested)
- Provost Office
- President’s Office

**Survey preparation, oversight, and reporting**:

- Annual surveys that Redeemer students participate in, including, but not limited to NSSE, and CUSC.
- Student and alumni surveys required for periodic program reviews.
- Survey of enrolled and unenrolled student applicants for Admissions (and other departments’ information).
- Other student, faculty, or staff surveys, as required.
- This position is responsible for producing all the reports required for data-driven decision-making, external agencies, and standard internal reports, excluding reports generated by the financial services department. Creating questionnaires or other research tools (e.g. focus groups) will be required. In all cases, this also includes developing new and more appropriate ways of visualizing and reporting the data for maximum benefit to the person or group requiring the data.
- Producing statistical reports requires familiarity with the various software programs that the university uses. This position will need to build and run queries in Colleague and other databases, collect historical data (a combination of both electronic and hardcopy), use visualization software and possibly statistical software such as SPSS and R to analyze quantitative data, manage survey monkey data collection, and use other tools as required. This data will then need to be organized and reported in a format that is clear and appropriate for the audience for which it is intended.

**DATA ANALY