In three to five sentences, please briefly describe the job’s primary purpose to the department.
partner with the Associate Director of Qualitative Research in creating a new Strategic Research function to assess institutional and community needs, build solutions, and create long-terms systems change to benefit the lived experience of all Grinnellians. Bridging the technical expertise of quantitative research with content expertise of leaders across the College and broader community, this position will spearhead strategic studies and analyses to enhance decision making and actively foster a culture that thoughtfully engages with quantitative information to understand facts, nuance, and context.
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Seven years or more
List the job’s most important responsibilities. There are probably no more than six of these. Also indicate the approximate percent of time spent on each job function. (Note: Do not record how the job responsibilities are carried out.)
Essential Responsibility percentage of time needs to equal 100%
(65%)
Generate reliable data and drive actionable insights that are clearly communicated to inform strategic decision-making and investment. In partnership with Associate Director of Qualitative Research, lead all aspects of strategic research projects from identifying research questions and brainstorming research designs through analyzing data and creating written reports, presentations, and other means of disseminating findings and implications. • Manage quantitative strategic research studies and analyses from end-to- end, and help translate data into clear, actionable insights. • Develop summaries, visualizations, final reports, presentations, and other means of sharing findings with an emphasis on clarity of methodology and conclusions for a lay audience, and identifying opportunities or recommendations for consideration.
Ad Hoc data analysis and consulting with organizational units across campus and community to enhance decision-making.
Develop and maintain predictive models to inform decision-making (e.g., yield/conversion, campus enrollment, retention/graduation, predictors of student success)
Serve as an expert in research and design and a key partner with campus and community stakeholders to identify and prioritize strategic questions and hypotheses, monitoring and analyzing internal and external data, and leading or advising internal and external research. • Collaborate with and mentor other quantitative analysts within the institution to successfully implement and steward unit-level research projects.
Monitor industry activities impacting higher education and community development. Maintain a working knowledge of strategic opportunities. Keep leadership informed of external trends and issues that may impact the business of the College.
In collaboration with Analytics and Institutional Research, collect and extract data from campus enterprise systems and surveys as they pertain to broader strategic research questions.
General Responsibilities (1) Maintain regular attendance in accordance with department policy.
Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
Understand and comply with the policies of the College Staff Handbook.
Demonstrate commitment to customer service. Establish effective relationships with internal and external customers and respond to their needs.
Perform duties as a team member in a manner supportive of department and College procedures, policies and goals.
Protect confidentiality of College information.
Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
Communicate with others in a courteous and helpful manner.
May be asked to fill positions considered essential during weather emergencies or other events requiring special staffing.
Perform other duties as assigned.
No
General Direction: receive very general guidance with respect to overall objectives; work is usually quite independent of others; operate within division or department policy guidelines using independent judgment in achieving assigned objectives.
and operating systems) and advanced features of software packages (word-processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.)
Accurate identification of essential and marginal functions and the time required is important for making a variety of personnel decisions, including recruitment, hiring, performance evaluation, discipline, training and accommodation. The analysis explains the components of the job by identifying who, what, why, how much, and when.
Essential functions are those functions that individual must be able to perform either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation. A job function may be considered essential if it meets one of the following criteria:
the position exists for performance of the function;
a limited number of employees can perform the function, and it, therefore cannot be reassigned; the function is specialized and requires certain expertise to perform it.
Many jobs will also have marginal functions. Marginal functions are those that may be performed by the position but are not tasks critical to job success, can be completed in a number of ways by a variety of people, and are not the primary functions for which the position exists.
How much on-the-job time is spent in the following mental/cognitive activities? Show the amount of time by checking the appropriate boxes below.
Over 2/3
Over 2/3
Under 1/3
Over 2/3
1/3 to 2/3
Over 2/3
1/3 to 2/3
1/3 to 2/3
1/3 to 2/3
Over 2/3
Over 2/3
Over 2/3
Over 2/3
How much on-the-job time is spent in the following physical activities? Show the amount of time by checking the appropriate boxes below.
Under 1/3 Over 2/3
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Does this job require that weight be moved or force be exerted? If so, how much and how often? Check the appropriate boxes below.
Under 1/3
Under 1/3
Under 1/3
Under 1/3
Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
How much exposure to the following environmental conditions does this job require? Show the amount of time by checking the appropriate boxes below.
None
None
Well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor setting with adequate ventilation.
Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
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