Institutional Research Analyst

**Institutional Research Analyst**

**Tracking Code: req1298**

**Faculty/Department**: Office of Planning and Analysis

**Number of Positions**:1

**Appointment Type**: Full-Time Continuing

**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week

**Salary Range**:Level 9 - Starting Salary, Step 1 $78,033

**Posting Date**:September 4, 2024

**Closing Date**: September 16, 2024

**Job Summary**:
To support the university's institutional research agenda through data management, computer programming, and development of data information references. To work with stakeholders to standardize, collect and report on a wide range of data related to university activities.

**Nature of work**:
To provide administration and faculty with consistent and accurate data in order to facilitate planning, policy formation and decision making.

**Responsibilities/accountabilities**:

- Lead the enrolment reporting process for Ontario Tech, including Ministry reporting, tracking reports and conversion reporting.
- Ensure IT alignment and maintain proper records to satisfy any public external audit of our enrolment grants.
- Maintain the tracking of pathway students through the pathway database.
- Maintain the experiential learning database and reporting for the institution.
- Maintain the student retention database and reporting for the institution.
- Contribute to both Strategic Mandate Agreement (SMA) metrics and internal KPI metrics
- Respond to data requests from internal and external stakeholders. Including initiating and conducting dialogue with stakeholder to understand data requirements, which are often complex.
- Build and streamline reports in Cognos.
- Compile data into reports, explain and interpret the results.
- Define approach and methodology used to collect data.
- Participate in committees and task forces.
- Translate data and analysis for faculty, staff and senior leadership to make informed decisions..

**Required Skills**:

- ** **Extensive experience in database, spreadsheet and statistical software/systems manipulating large amounts of data is required.
- Demonstrated experience in data base techniques such as SQL as well as understand the capabilities and constraints of the information technology environment.
- Experience with an integrated enterprise management software system (Cognos BI) is preferred, as is experience in a post-secondary institution.
- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills including report writing and presentation skills, effective interpersonal skills, discretion, tact and diplomacy.
- Required to have experience starting a project and seeing it through to completion.

**Required Education**:

- Completion of a University Program consisting of four academic years or equivalent.
- Verification of Academic credentials may be required

**Required Experience**:

- over 3 years experience in an area related to data management, computer programming or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

**How to Apply**:
Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the universities policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

**Job Location**: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

**Expected Start Date**: 10/1/2024