Research & Data Analyst Jobs

Working under the direction of the Director of Assessment and Institutional Research, the Research and Data Analysts will support activities such as completing mandatory federal reporting, compiling data for voluntary ranking reports, collecting and analyzing data about Middlebury, including all of its programs, for internal reports, and survey research. The analyst will work with the Director to produce reports to internal and external audiences in a useful and accurate manner.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $60,953-$76,205 annually.

Core Responsibilities:

• Experience collecting/extracting, organizing/merging, verifying, and cleaning data from a variety of sources for reporting and analytical projects. Validating the accuracy of compiled data, and conducting routine data analyses in order to meet firm deadlines.
• Provide timely and relevant updates on projects to members of the Assessment and IR team
• Working with of the team to create well-designed surveys that collect information on critical areas
• Support initiatives as defined by the Provost Office.
• Working with raw data to create a final dataset summaries to address the question under investigation. This work entails identifying and collecting appropriate data, data cleaning, mining, management, and appropriate statistical analyses of data.
• Accurately perform external reporting functions for Middlebury, generate standard reports (e.g., CDS, IPEDS), coordinating timely responses to internal and external data requests. Updating regular reports in enrollment, degrees awarded and other related topics to review with Director.
• Work with the Director / Assistant Director to construct effective data displays to communicate key points; and the creation of a summary documentaiton to share with stakeholders.

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Requirements

Position Prerequisites:

• Excellent quantitative reasoning skills / abilities.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Proven ability to work independently, be self-directed, and to work collaboratively, handle multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent problem solving skills to determine best path forward.
• Strong organizational skills and the capacity to manage multiple and changing priorities; the ability to meet deadlines; diligent concern for data quality, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Skilled in cleaning, standardizing, filtering, and transforming data to create datasets ready to be analyzed and displayed graphically.

Other:

Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

Benefits

Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, Middlebury offers a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year during the first two years of service, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs for employees and their dependents as well as free or reduced rates for cultural events and use of sporting facilities (including the College's golf course and Nordic and alpine ski area). The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting.

• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website by following this web link: https://www.middlebury.edu/office/human-resources/...
• Or click see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Vermont or Monterey!
• As an employee of Middlebury College you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community
• Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Ski Touring Center.
• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the College store, library privileges, and discounts at cultural and sporting events. In addition, the card allows door access to certain campus buildings. Spouses or domestic partners of benefits-eligible employees are eligible to receive a Spouse/Partner card with the same privileges as the employee card (except door access)
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.

Come join us and be a part of our team!