INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH & PLANNING ANALYST 3 - REMOTE (PART-TIME)

Location: Oakland Job ID: 73301 Job Posting For UCOP internal applicants, please login to the internal candidate gateway at: Jobs at UCOP UC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT At the University of California (UC), your contributions make a difference. A world leader producing Nobel and Pulitzer Prize recipients with over 150 years of groundbreaking research transforming the world. Choose a career where you can leverage your knowledge, skills and aspirations to inspire and support some of the greatest minds in the world, and those who will follow in their footsteps. Working at the University of California is being part of a unique institution, and a vibrant and diverse community. At the University of California, Office of the President, we propel our mission through impactful work locally, in government centers and systemwide. We are passionate people, serving the greater good. The University of California, one of the largest and most acclaimed institutions of higher learning in the world, is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and public service. The University of California Office of the President is the headquarters to the 10 campuses, six academic medical centers and three national laboratories and enrolls premier students from California, the nation and the world. Learn more about the UC Office of the President Department Overview The department of Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP) is a central service unit of the Office of the President. IRAP provides timely, accurate, consistent and reliable information about UC and the environment in which it operates. IRAP's strategic direction is to create a high functioning unit, establish a reliable and flexible data infrastructure, gain efficiencies through automation, increasing awareness and impact of exiting reporting and analyses, advance academic planning, advance equity, diversity and inclusion in all areas of influence, and support decision makers at all levels of the institution. Through evidence-based analyses, IRAP supports and guides enrollment planning, policy creation and revision, program and campus budget reviews, and UC operations. IRAP also produces the annual Accountability Report, which assesses UC's activities, achievements and operations through data-driven narratives and visualizations. In addition, IRAP provides survey services assisting units across UCOP and the campuses that participate in UC systemwide surveys. This position is part of the IRAP survey team. Position Summary The incumbent is a key member of the IRAP team and functions in the following areas: Uses skills as an experienced survey administration professional to develop survey questions, examine survey validity and reliability, and oversee survey administration for a wide variety of purposes. Uses knowledge and experience in higher education and student learning to interpret responses to student survey questions, write reports and topic briefs, and provide suggestions and recommendations for policy change. Uses or develops skills as a data management professional as a member of the data validation team to conduct data validation, resolve issues and errors and support content experts in analyzing the data. When resolving issues, balances practical considerations with industry best practices to determine a solution that fits the situation. For instance, clients in periodic surveys may wish to modify questions to obtain clearer answers; this must be balanced with the importance of comparing responses from the current survey administration with prior administrations. Has experience with industry best practices for working with extremely sensitive personally identifiable information including social security numbers. Can be assigned to sensitive data such as individual responses to Food Security and Campus Climate surveys and can even be assigned to use social security numbers if necessary. Incumbent takes individual responsibility to maintain confidentiality of these data and protects them from any security breach. Incumbent is a primary member of the survey support team which conducts a wide variety of surveys for program offices in UCOP and the campuses. Surveys cover a diverse variety of populations and topics, including ongoing surveys such as the Undergraduate and Graduate Cost of Attendance Surveys, the Graduate Student Support survey, the Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES), and the Graduate Career Pathways Survey. IRAP also conducts one-time surveys for a variety of clients such as the Food Security survey to support a presidential initiative conducted for the campuses. Incumbent can be assigned to any of the periodic or one-time surveys which require understanding and resolving a wide variety of problems. Incumbent is a member of the data validation team and during periods of heavy data validation workload conducts data validation on the wide variety of data types owned by IRAP including in the areas of student, faculty, staff and finance. Fo Apply tot his job Apply To this Job