Associate Director of Learning Outcomes Assessment

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The Associate Director is responsible to coordinate all aspects of designing, completing, and preparing research reports developed in collaboration with the faculty, division chairs and the vice president of academic affairs to study student learning outcomes at the course, program and institutional level. Scope of influence requires managing the LOA office and extensive contact with faculty and collaboration with other colleges to facilitate the acquisition of benchmarking information for approved projects. Activities include managing data projects, data collection and file editing activities, complex data analysis, drafting of reports on findings and working with faculty to ensure that the information is used. Reporting and communication skills as well as ensuring that work is performed with no errors and with maximum impact are crucial.

Work with the executive director and associate directors to conduct research activities, including designing research studies and surveys for use within the college or in cooperation with community or county government groups, particularly within grant proposals. Collaborate with faculty, and faculty-led college teams to design, execute, analyze, and interpret a variety of outcome measures or trend data. Use large-scale databases as well as small data sets and appropriate statistical techniques to accomplish research or assessment objectives. Produce reports, charts, tables, graphs, and presentations synthesizing research/outcome assessment findings, and present findings to the president’s team and to faculty, student, and staff groups. Perform statistical analyses, and conduct data searches in response to internal and external requests.
SUPERVISION
Research Associate and Research Analyst. Assigns work and monitors progress of part-time/work-study positions.
Requirements:
Masters degree is required in statistics, mathematics, computer applications, business, social sciences or related field requiring coursework in quantitative analysis.
A minimum of five years experience in institutional research, outcomes assessment, educational research, applied statistics, social sciences, or a related field is required.
Evidence of an awareness and understanding of the institutional effectiveness and learning outcomes assessment focus in higher education.
Experience and proficiency with statistics, quantitative data analysis including multivariate techniques, and predictive analytics.
Proven competency in the technical aspects of research in general, psychometric and survey research, including research proposal and design, statistical and research methods, data collection and/or extraction, and data analyses and evaluation.
Recent experience using SPSS or SAS and other computer software applications to support research and assessment. Must be experienced with Microsoft Office Suite products and web design/management software.
Experience teaching or training adult learners.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, attend to detail and maintain accuracy in working with complex statistical information and to understand the policy implications of that information.
Ability to establish and maintain effective, efficient, personable, and collegial working relationships with diverse faculty and staff members.
Demonstrated effective verbal, written, and graphical communication skills.
Demonstrated team building, team management, and interpersonal skills.
Evidence of an awareness and understanding of the national trends in educational excellence criteria, and inter-institutional benchmarking initiatives.
Performs all duties while considering the impact of any actions on the college’s sustainability initiatives in the areas of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic prosperity

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