*This position is contingent upon contract award*
Job purpose
The Research Analyst provides institutional research, assessment, planning, survey, student-performance, accreditation, and analytical support for CDET distance education and MCU resident programs.
Duties and responsibilities
- Define and develop course and program survey instruments with CDET and MCU academic leaders.
- Electronically develop and distribute survey instruments, then collect, organize, calculate, display, summarize, and distribute the resulting data.
- Develop academic institutional-research reports by course and program for CSCDEP, EWSDEP, ECDEP, and assigned MCU resident programs.
- Coordinate with deans, associate deans, student-support leaders, faculty, and MCU Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning personnel to collect and share institutional-research information.
- Participate in Course Content Review Boards and other review boards, providing course-specific input from students, adjunct faculty, and resident faculty.
- Create annual academic institutional-research reports that summarize and interpret course data for each assigned program and academic year.
- Archive records required for Process for the Accreditation of Joint Education reviews and other accrediting bodies at CDET Headquarters.
- Collaborate with MCU Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning in developing and coordinating institutional-research program information and the Director's annual assessment.
Qualifications
- Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) preferred.
- Six (6) additional years' work experience, or an Associate's degree and four (4) additional years' experience, may be substituted if the professional lacks a Bachelor's degree.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Analytics, Research Methods, Education, Psychology, Sociology, Public Administration, Business Analytics, Operations Research, Political Science, or a related field.
Years of Relative Work Experience:
- Five (5) years of professional research or analytical experience.
- Experience designing, conducting, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative research.
Clearance:
- Minimum Tier 1 background investigation and Government-access eligibility are required; an active Secret clearance is required before supporting classified events or tasks.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Analytics, Research Methods, Education, Psychology, Sociology, Public Administration, Business Analytics, Operations Research, Political Science, or a related field.
- Five years of professional research or analytical experience.
- Experience designing, conducting, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative research.
- Minimum Tier 1 background investigation and government-access eligibility.
- Active Secret clearance before supporting classified events or tasks.
- Certified Analytics Professional certification.
- An Associate's degree and four additional years of experience, or six additional years of work experience, may substitute for the Bachelor's degree.
What We Do
Web Business Solutions, Inc. (WBSI) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It supports federal and Department of Defense customers through training and education, wargaming, command-and-control systems support, cybersecurity, mission assurance, systems engineering, software and database development, and weapons maintenance. Its mission is to deliver quality, value-driven training, technical, and operational support to help government customers succeed.
