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Senior Research Analyst – Institutional Research
| Company | WGU |
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| Location | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
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| Salary | $88300 – $132400 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- 5 or more years of experience in Data Analysis, Market Research, Qualitative Analysis, or a related domain.
- Familiarity with SQL or willingness to learn.
- Experience with various research software such as Qualtrics and Recollective.
Responsibilities
- Performs analysis tasks and follows research plans under minimal guidance and supervision.
- Efficiently organizes, critically reads, and clearly synthesizes across findings and limitations.
- Understands and deploys a variety of mathematical models, descriptive statistics, and classification algorithms to make predictions and identify relationships based on limited sets of data.
- Drives the documentation of data, analytics, and research needs in projects of high complexity with a student and equity-centered lens.
- Sets and manages expectations about research tasks and activities through clear, timely, and effective communication with partners and stakeholders.
- Answers complex business questions requiring extensive knowledge of the university’s data assets across several domains and departments.
- Identifies, investigates, and solves complex data issues, contributing to the accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and validity of the university’s data.
- Combines data analysis, visualization, and narrative structures to convey information in compelling ways that instigate deliberate action.
- Supports and accelerates other team members’ development through constructive feedback and sharing of technical and institutional knowledge.
- Conveys information effectively to peers, partners, and senior leaders, using a variety of resources and formats.
- Creates and organizes information about processes, projects, operations, data assets, and insights from analyses and research, making it accessible in ways that increase the university’s knowledge and efficiency.
- Drives tasks, activities, and small-scale projects with high levels of autonomy, confidence, and collaboration with peers and partners.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a related discipline
- Experience in survey administration (Qualtrics)
- Experience in higher education
