Planning Research Analyst Sr

The Planning and Research Analyst Sr. plays a key role in advancing the college's culture of data-informed decision-making. As a key member of the Institutional Effectiveness Office, this position supports analytics, research, planning, and institutional improvement efforts across the college. Reporting to the Director of Planning Research, the Sr. Analyst is a collaborative and solutions-oriented professional who is passionate about transforming data into meaningful insights that support student success and institutional effectiveness.

The Planning and Research Analyst Sr. collects, analyzes, interprets, and presents data through engaging reports, dashboards, visualizations, and research summaries that support informed decision-making across the institution. The Sr. Analyst partners with faculty, staff, and administrators to provide data support, answer research questions, and contribute to institutional initiatives and improvement efforts. This position leads and supports projects related to institutional research, surveys, course evaluations, program review, accreditation, and strategic planning. The Sr. Analyst also contributes to improving processes, documentation, and reporting practices that support collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Essential Functions

Data Analytics 50%: Collects, analyzes, interprets, and reports complex institutional data to support decision-making, planning, assessment, and institutional effectiveness initiatives. Develops and designs reports, dashboards, visualizations, and other data resources for internal and external audiences using tools such as Tableau. Writes SQL queries to extract, transform, and validate data from relational databases. Identifies and resolves data quality, reporting, or process issues and supports the ongoing improvement of institutional data systems and reporting practices. Conducts research and analysis that may support high-visibility or sensitive institutional initiatives.

Research and Evaluation 20%: Conducts applied research, evaluation, and reporting to support institutional effectiveness, student success, and college decision-making initiatives. Collects, analyzes, interprets, and presents quantitative and qualitative data for a variety of institutional research projects and reports, including academic program review. Supports the design, administration, analysis, and reporting of surveys and other feedback instruments, including course evaluations. Assists with research projects and reporting that may involve complex, sensitive, or high-visibility topics related to students, employees, and institutional operations.

College Institutional Effectiveness Support 20%: Collaborates with faculty, staff, and administrators to support institutional effectiveness initiatives and promote the effective use of data in decision-making. Assists with the development of benchmarks, dashboards, scorecards, key performance indicators, and other reporting tools. Supports strategic planning, assessment, accreditation, and institutional reporting efforts by responding to data and research needs. Provides expert consultation, technical assistance, presentations, workshops, and training related to institutional data, reporting tools, and research practices. Researches and implements emerging tools, best practices, and process improvements that support institutional effectiveness work.

Process Improvement and Project Coordination 10%: Proactively leads and supports office continuous improvement efforts related to reporting processes, documentation, workflows, and institutional research operations. Creates and maintains documentation, shared templates, and project tracking resources that support collaboration and accountability. Assists with coordinating timelines and deliverables for institutional projects, reports, and compliance activities. Participates in projects and initiatives with college-wide or district-wide impact.