Institutional Research Analyst

4 weeks ago

Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Yukon University Full time

About Yukon University

Yukon University is a publicly funded post-secondary institution serving Canada's North and leading change in the Yukon for six decades. Our mission is to become a thriving learning and research community leading Canada's North.

About the Role

We are seeking an Institutional Research Analyst to help uphold our commitment to public accountability through the provision of reports, data, and key performance metrics that track advancement of our Strategic Plan, Becoming.

About Institutional Research

Institutional Research is a unit that gathers, analyzes, and provides data and reports to support evidence-based planning and decision-making. As a vital resource for the institution, Institutional Research provides business intelligence, develops key performance metrics, and provides analytics, reports, and system-level comparisons to support Yukon University's measurement and accountability at the territorial level and across the national post-secondary sector.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the collection, modeling, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and dissemination of information to allow key stakeholder groups to predict, monitor, and evaluate performance on key institutional initiatives in alignment with Yukon University's Strategic Plan and its affiliated planning documents.
  • Build a comprehensive and ongoing culture of institutional data collection, analysis, management, and dissemination in support of planning and decision-making at all levels of university operations, particularly those related to public accountability, budget, and finance, external rankings, and institutional effectiveness.
  • Coordinate and prepare planning and resource materials for governance and decision-making groups of the university, including the Board of Governors, President's Executive Committee, and Senior Executive Committee, as well as external stakeholder groups, including Yukon First Nation, Territorial, and Federal governments.
  • Provide data and information and official statistics for both internal and external reporting in a manner that is appropriate to the audience and circumstances at hand, including the development of reports and presentations to ensure transparency and public accountability.
  • Oversee federal accountability reporting, including Statistics Canada data submissions, and ensure that timelines are met.
  • Oversee institutional participation in territorial, national, and international research benchmarking initiatives.
  • Collaborate with other divisional leaders, including Marketing and Communications, Information Technology, the Office of the Registrar, and with internal clients to ensure that business intelligence products and related processes and systems are optimized to foster data quality, data integrity, and delivery of effective reporting and data/information solutions.
  • Provide support and leadership (as appropriate) to annual budget planning and reporting activities.
  • Lead the development of institutional policies that align with and uphold the operations of the unit.
  • Maintain currency in best practices regarding research in higher education and in the field of Institutional Research and Planning.
  • Represent Yukon University on territorial, national, and international committees and initiatives.

Education and Experience:

  • Master's degree in a related field (Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Business Analytics) or Master's degree with demonstrated experience in working with data for status indicators and assessment, planning, and decision-making.
  • Experience with multiple data indicators, sources, and platforms (including Power BI) for business intelligence reporting and data visualization.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize complex data sets and communicate critical information to the appropriate stakeholders.
  • Experience working in a corporate or institutional research office (or similar function) is preferred, with progressively increasing responsibility and experience in research and planning.
  • Experience working in a post-secondary institution is preferred.

The Institutional Research Analyst reports directly to the President and Vice-Chancellor. The position is located at the Ayamdigut Campus in Whitehorse and is a full-time on-site position.

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