Institutional Research Analyst

4 days ago


Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Yukon University Full time
About Yukon University

Yukon University is a publicly funded post-secondary institution that serves Canada's North and has been responding to and leading change in the Yukon for six decades. Our vision is to become a thriving learning and research community leading Canada's North.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled 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 vital unit that gathers, analyzes, and provides data and reports to support evidence-based planning and decision-making. As a key resource for the institution, Institutional Research will provide business intelligence, develop key performance metrics, and provide analytics, reports, and system-level comparisons that will support Yukon University to measure and uphold accountabilities at the territorial level and across the national post-secondary sector.

Responsibilities
  • Oversee the collection, modeling, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and dissemination of information that will 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/prepare planning and resource materials for governance and decision-making groups of the university, including but not limited to the Board of Governors, President 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 & 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 development of institutional policies that align with and uphold the operations of the unit.
  • Develop data quality standards and processes and ensure the standards are met.
  • Maintain currency in best practices regarding research in higher education and in the field of Institutional Research and Planning.
  • Represent YukonU on territorial, national, and international committees and initiatives.
Requirements
  • 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.


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