Supervisor: Valarie Neville (nevillev@rhodes.edu)
Position Title: Institutional Researcher
Number of Student Associates in Position: 2
General Description of Position: This position will work with Institutional Research to gather, research, and assess data concerning the college.
Responsibilities include but not limited to doing research on an assigned topic, and providing analysis and reporting, and assistance to staff, faculty, and in some cases, students in their projects/task/assignments.
Specific position duties could include: Querying institutional reporting systems using SQL and/or Microsoft Access. Statistically analyzing institutional data to find important patterns and correlations. Determining what questions we as an institution ought to be asking ourselves and what additional data we would need to answer those questions, and proposing how we might collect and illustrate that additional data.
Minimum Qualifications: Enthusiasm to positively represent Rhodes College, Strategic Initiatives Division, and the office of Institutional Research. Aptitude with mathematics and statistics. Interest in research. Reliable, dependable, ongoing enthusiastic and responsible student. Good listener, knows how to solve problems and react quickly. Attention to detail. Ability to analyze problems and translate ideas into written plans/solutions. Ability to work with diverse groups, organizational and time management skills. Excellent communication skills in one-on-one and/or group setting.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Microsoft Access, Databases, Visualization Software or SQL preferred but not necessary.
Physical Demands: None, long periods of sitting with screen time.