Research Analyst

Job Description

Virginia Peninsula Community College changes lives and transforms our community through diverse, inclusive, and equitable education and workforce training, excellent support and services, and innovative partnerships.

The Research Analyst position is instrumental in ensuring that VPCC has the timely, accurate, and actionable data and insights it needs to enhance decision‑making and planning, satisfy externally mandated, grant, and accreditation reporting requirements, and support institutional effectiveness and equitable student outcomes.

Duties include:

• Supporting the research and analysis needs of the College, to include external research requests, meeting with data requestors, querying data from various College information systems, analyzing data, and presenting results to requestors or other College stakeholders.
• Dataset creation and data visualization.
• External mandated reporting and grant reporting.
• Performs other duties as assigned, to include serving on college committees.

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

• General knowledge in data analytics and the use of data to answer questions and solve problems.
• General knowledge in the application of quantitative research methods and both descriptive and inferential statistics.

• Proficient in one or more statistical programming languages (i.e. R, SPSS, SAS).
• Proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong data visualization skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Strong analytical and organizational abilities.
• Ability to think critically and solve problems effectively.
• Attention to detail with a focus on thoroughness and quality.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple projects and complete complex and detailed projects within established time frames.
• Ability to effectively communicate data findings via written reports, summaries, and presentations to individuals and groups.

• Experience in data analytics and interpreting data.
• Experience programming in SQL or other related language (i.e., R, SPSS, SAS, Python).

• Experience working with relational databases.
• Experience working in a higher education setting.
• Experience in data extraction and analysis within a community college setting.
• Experience with Power
  
  BI or other dashboards.

Operation of a State Vehicle No Supervises Employees Yes Required Travel minimal