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Job Description:

Under general direction, the Senior Planning Analyst contributes to data informed decisions by providing actionable intelligence on institutional research and evaluation projects to support academic and strategic planning, operational improvements, and initiatives that are academic enterprise priorities related to student success. The successful candidate serves as lead on projects and brings an iterative mindset of continuous improvement along with a strong background with complex data (acquisition, preparation, analysis, visualization) and collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders. This position is ideal for applicants with some experience in research, statistical analysis, and/or program evaluation who are looking to start or accelerate a career in higher education, strategy, or policy.

Essential Duties:

• Collaborates with various stakeholders and colleagues to understand data needs and execute data requests and projects.
• Provides expert technical assistance and consultation to colleagues.
• Develops knowledge about applicable subject material; communicates with internal and external constituencies to obtain necessary information.
• Designs and conducts studies that support academic and strategic planning, operational improvements, and initiatives related to student success.
• Compiles data for institutional research and evaluation activities from different sources, which may include data collection and/or developing queries to extract data from data warehouses.
• Selects and applies appropriate research design, methods, and analytical techniques to analyze and interpret quantitative and qualitative data (includes statistical procedures); may review the work of others as appropriate.
• Utilizes a variety of computer programs to perform data computation, statistical analysis, and qualitative data analysis; may evaluate and recommend computer programs based on project requirements.
• Reviews and validates results with team members and subject matter experts to ensure accuracy; may review work of others as appropriate.
• Prepares a variety of deliverables (e.g., reports, dashboards, presentations).
• Explains plans and presents findings to various audiences including senior leaders and stakeholders to help inform decisions-making.
• Ascertains requirements for next steps/future directions.
• Manages projects, facilitates workshops, attends meetings, and serves on working groups and/or committees with various constituencies as well as for ongoing professional development.
• May create and maintain budgets, and monitor expenditures to ensure adherence to objectives.
• May supervise, monitor, or coordinate the activities of subordinates.

Working Environment:

Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds. Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts. Evidence of effective communication skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or above in a related field (such as higher education administration, public management, public policy, sociology, or business analytics) preferred.
• Experience with leading evaluation, institutional research, and/or data analysis projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of exemplary customer service demonstrated through actively listening, acknowledging, and responding to every inquiry; taking ownership and resolving each concern or problem as appropriate; exhibiting professionalism and expertise in every interaction and engaging in professional development to meet expectations for service excellence.
• Demonstrated knowledge of higher education and student success, especially principles, methods, and practices of university governance, institutional research and evaluation, reporting, enrollment management, and planning.
• Demonstrated knowledge of statistical modeling principles, methods and practices and skill in integrating different sources of information; experience with STATA or R.
• Experience in analyzing complex problems using data.
• Experience in interpersonal relations and project leadership.
• Experience working effectively in an environment subject to quickly changing and potentially conflicting priorities.
• Experience in verbal and written communication, including visual presentation of complex data.
• Experience working with relational and multidimensional databases, spreadsheet, statistical, and presentation software; experience with SQL or Alteryx.
• Experience in identifying appropriate data sources, extracting, manipulating, and validating data from multiple and diverse database sources by designing, refining, and running complex data queries.
• Experience in stimulating changes in individual, institutional, and corporate behaviors to create a more sustainable environment; lead by example in communicating, participating and encouraging support of the institution’s sustainability programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

This is a benefits-eligible position