Research Officer

The Research Officer reports to the Director, Quality Assurance and Institutional Research.

• Assist in the development of the Unit's annual strategic plan and budget.
• Assist in formulating and implementing the department’s research plan.
• Assist in the formulation and review of departmental policies and processes relevant to its research operations.
• Assist in the determination of key performance indicators and benchmarks for divisions and departments across College.
• Assist in the collection and preparation of data and calculating key institutional statistics e.g. retention rates, graduation rates, time to completion statistics, average GPAs etc.
• Provide support to chairs and directors in designing and implementing research projects aimed at evaluating efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
• Perform relevant benchmark research to ensure that research methodologies reflect best practice.
• Analyze data using appropriate statistical methods.
• Produce comprehensive reports to highlight findings from surveys and research initiatives for distribution to relevant stakeholders.
• Work closely with the director to collate key statistics from data base and selected findings from surveys for distribution to relevant department heads.
• Assist academic deans in analyzing and interpreting community educational need surveys and comparative studies across institutions relative to quality and efficiency of programme offerings and programme mix.
• Assist in the design and conduct of professional development workshops in research for faculty and staff.

 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics or Social Science.
• A Master’s degree in Statistics, Education or any Social Sciences will be an asset.
• At least three (3) years’ experience with increasing responsibility in the areas of institutional research, educational research or market research.
• Ability to design quantitative and qualitative survey instruments, focus group and field interview questionnaires.
• Strong analytical and writing skills for purposes of presenting relevant findings and recommendations in reports.
• Sound knowledge of statistical methodology and the ability to use statistical software such as SPSS and R.