Institutional Research & Analytics Specialist

WVU Online

. Complete required reporting and provide analytical support to institutional officers regarding admissions, enrollment, registration, graduates, personnel, financial aid, and other productivity measures .

Posted 10/16/2026full-timeUnited StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in data analysis and visualization, utilizing tools such as SAS and SQL to support institutional research and decision-making. Proficient in developing and maintaining analytical workflows, dashboards, and ensuring data quality and governance.

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SAS ProgrammingSQL QueryingData Visualization with TableauData Analysis and ValidationInstitutional Research Experience

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Hard Skills

Data AnalysisStatistical AnalysisCohort AnalysisTrend AnalysisData CleaningData GovernanceRelational DatabasesDescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsData Integration

Soft Skills

Time ManagementAdaptabilityCollaborationCommunicationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

TableauPower BISASSQLSPSSRSTATAData WarehousingCloud-Based Data EnvironmentsData Visualization Tools

Industry Keywords

Institutional ResearchData AnalyticsEnrollment ManagementStudent SuccessAccreditation ReportingIPEDSCommon Data SetBenchmarkingAssessment ActivitiesData Quality

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Complete required reporting and provide analytical support to institutional officers regarding admissions, enrollment, registration, graduates, personnel, financial aid, and other productivity measures
Extract, combine, transform, and validate data from multiple institutional systems and external sources
Use SAS, SQL, and data visualization tools to collect and analyze data and prepare/present results
Evaluate dataset structure, grain, definitions, timing, and appropriate use
Address duplicate records, one-to-many relationships, missing data, cohort definitions, changing populations, inconsistent definitions, and longitudinal data
Develop validation and reconciliation procedures before releasing analytical results
Investigate unexpected results and distinguish institutional patterns from data-quality issues
Document analytical definitions, assumptions, methodologies, and business rules
Contribute to institutional data governance, data definitions, and data consistency/accessibility improvements
Write and maintain SAS DATA step, PROC SQL, and other SAS programs for recurring and ad hoc workflows
Retrieve, integrate, and analyze information from relational and cloud-based data environments using SQL
Develop efficient, repeatable, documented analytical workflows
Maintain and improve reusable institutional datasets and analytical data structures
Develop and maintain Tableau dashboards and other visual analytical products
Evaluate dashboards and reports for accuracy, usability, performance, and interpretability
Support institutional research activities, internal and external reporting, benchmarking, and data requests
Support accreditation reports, grant writing, assessment activities, IPEDS, Common Data Set, state reporting to WV HEPC, surveys, rankings, and other submissions
Collaborate with university offices to complete official reporting
Analyze institutional data for academic, enrollment, student-success, operational, and strategic decision-making
Conduct descriptive, comparative, longitudinal, cohort, trend, and exploratory analyses
Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in social science, business, information science, computer science, or another related field required
Minimum of two (2) years of experience involving institutional research, data analytics, assessment, program evaluation, or a related field
Experience validating and analyzing complex datasets to support organizational decision making
Exceptional time management skills, including the ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities while managing multiple projects and deadlines
Experience using data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
Experience programming/conducting analysis using SQL, SAS, R, SPSS, STATA, or another statistical software
Ability to use descriptive/inferential statistics, trend analysis, forecasting, benchmarking, cohort analysis, and other tools to interpret data
Ability to analyze enrollment, retention, graduation, and student-success data
Ability to write queries, join and clean datasets, understand relational databases, and extract information from student information systems and data warehouses using SAS and SQL
Ability to build dashboards and reports with Tableau
Ability to translate complete datasets into concise findings for administrators, faculty, committees, and other nontechnical audiences
All qualifications must be met by the time of employment
Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered

Benefits

Comp & perks

37.5-hour work week
13 paid holidays
24 annual leave (vacation) days per year
18 sick days per year
Health insurance and other benefits
401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match
Eligibility to continue health insurance and other retiree perks
Wellness programs