Job no: 727323
Work type: Support Staff
Pay Grade: 14
Major Administrative Unit / College: Asc Provost For Undergraduate Education
Department: Neighborhood Success Collaborative 10053839
Sub Area: AP- Professionals
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Administrative/Business/Professional, Administrative Professionals- AP, Full Time (90-100%), Union
Position Summary

The Neighborhood Student Success Collaborative (NSSC) at Michigan State University seeks an equity minded analyst with curiosity, creativity, focus, and attention to detail as it relates to student success and data analytics. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively convey findings and broad trends to a variety of audiences and positively influence MSU senior leadership and faculty. Additionally, be able to clearly articulate findings to non-technical audiences where activities may include development of data representations and visualizations, advising on machine learning approaches, creating reports dashboards.

Candidate should have a strong background in at least several of the following areas: machine learning, deep learning, database technologies, data modeling, and statistics. Additionally, strong applicants should possess the ability to develop, design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research projects; developing interview structures, questions, and conduct interviews; synthesize, analyze data, and produce reports for broad institutional use. The ideal candidate will also present the ability to function well in a team environment and engage in the work of interdisciplinary teams as appropriate to pursue opportunities.

Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Accounting, Business, Human Resources or a field related to the area of employment; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive experience in a setting which corresponds to the department of employment including accounting, finance, budget development and administration and application of information systems and technology; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

Doctorate degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience in statistics, computational science, research methods, psychology, sociology, education, etc. or other related field of social science disciplines are required. The successful candidate will have an ability to engage in mixed methods, and have knowledge of qualitative research methodologies to design surveys, ; a strong track record demonstrating success in collaborative research projects,; two or more years of experience in statistical consulting, research, data mining, data science, machine learning, data management, qualitative coding and analysis,; excellent communication skills including, presenting, training, editing, and writing as well as accuracy and attention to detail. Applicants should be equity minded and have an anti-deficit approach to work, demonstrate sensitivity to and respect for diverse and intersecting identities of students, faculty, and staff.

In depth knowledge of university administrative organization, policies, procedures, and practices for institutional research-oriented roles; ability to use data retrieval, manipulation, and expertise in statistical tools such as STATA, NVIVO, SAS, SQL, R, D3, Python, or similar; proven excellence in; and advanced knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to design surveys, experiments, or other instruments to manage, extrapolate and analyze research data.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

Together-we-will StatementThe university is requiring all MSU students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with limited exceptions. Learn more at: https://msu.edu/together-we-will/Work Hours

STANDARD 8-5

Bidding Eligibility ends 09/21/2021 at 11:55 PM

Advertised: Sep 15, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Oct 5, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time