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North Carolina State University
Office of Institutional Research and Planning
OPENING: Data Analyst
Primary Function of Organizational Unit
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning, at NC State University, is responsible for producing campuslevel information and analysis in support of institutional planning, resource allocation and assessment
processes, and to comply with federal, regional and state reporting requirements. Key functions include
decision support for strategic planning, campus policy formation, and program evaluation; coordination of
self-studies and SACS accreditation; collecting and reporting on student ratings of instruction (ClassEval); and
conducting surveys of students, faculty and staff.
Primary Purpose of Position
The incumbent of this position will be provide sophisticated data mining, database exploration, file handling
and data collection, and information display. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to understand issues
in higher education, identify problems and opportunities, and determine the appropriate data needed to
inform/solve the problem. A passion for utilizing data to solve real problems like enrollment planning,
strategic resource management and institutional data quality, is key to success in this position. Successful
candidates have strong statistical skills including modeling and forecasting; perform analysis including the
evaluation, interpretation of results and forecasting future trends. In addition, communication skills are
essential in order to present interpretation of analysis results and communicate the implications of those
results to decision-makers. Key skills valuable to this role include a variety of statistical software (e.g., SPSS,
SAS (preferred), STATA, MATLAB) and experience with and knowledge of large, complex student systems.
Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., Oracle, Access) is also a plus.
Minimum Experience/Education
Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the field assigned and one year of related training or experience; or
an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Prefer Bachelor of Science or Master’s degree in a data driven field such as Statistics, Economics, Computer
Science, Analytics, etc.
Department Required Skills
 Solid innovative analytical and problem-solving skills
 Strong initiative and commitment to achieving results.
 Proven abilities to effectively coordinate with team members.
 Demonstrated strength in dealing with details/data in projects.
 Strong statistical skills including modeling and forecasting, evaluation and interpretation of results.
 Strong analytical skills including data mining, data cleaning, report preparation and information
analysis.
 Ability to present results both verbally and in written communication formats.
 Ability to understand issues, identify problems and opportunities to determine the appropriate data
required to inform/solve the problem
 A passion for working with data to solve real problems like enrollment planning, strategic resource
management and policy analysis.