Senior Data and Policy Analyst

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

• Advanced knowledge of institutional research principles, regulatory reporting, quantitative analysis, and data-quality assurance.
• Advanced proficiency in SAS programming, including data-step programming, SQL, macros, file processing, data transformation, validation, and statistical or analytical procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, test, document, and maintain complex, reproducible SAS programs and production processes.
• Knowledge of relational and longitudinal data structures and methods for integrating data from multiple sources.
• Ability to translate approved regulatory and policy requirements into data definitions, business rules, analytical methodologies, validation procedures, and reporting outputs.
• Ability to analyze large and complex student-level datasets and identify data-quality, methodological, and reporting concerns.
• Knowledge of federal and state postsecondary reporting requirements, including SCHEV, IPEDS, and Perkins reporting, or the ability to acquire this knowledge.
• Knowledge of student information data and postsecondary measures involving enrollment, progression, completion, transfer, and workforce outcomes.
• Ability to explain complex data, SAS processes, reporting methodologies, and validation findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to develop and deliver effective training and technical documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple recurring reporting cycles, deadlines, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Ability to exercise sound independent judgment while recognizing matters requiring policy clarification or management direction.
• Ability to protect confidential information and apply applicable privacy, security, disclosure, and data-use requirements.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with college institutional research staff, System Office personnel, state agency staff, and approved research partners.

• Considerable experience conducting advanced institutional research, regulatory reporting, quantitative analysis, or related work in a complex organization.
• Considerable experience developing and maintaining complex SAS programs used for recurring reporting, data integration, validation, or analysis.
• Experience working with large administrative datasets and integrating information from multiple data sources.
• Experience developing reporting methodologies, business rules, validation procedures, and technical documentation.
• Experience independently investigating and resolving complex programming and data-quality problems.
• Experience communicating analytical or reporting requirements and providing consultation or training to data users.

• Experience with higher education institutional research or regulatory reporting.
• Experience with SCHEV, IPEDS, Perkins, National Student Clearinghouse, workforce, or comparable state and federal data.
• Experience supporting reporting across multiple institutions or organizational units.
• Experience developing SAS macros, automated validation tools, longitudinal datasets, and reproducible production processes.
• Experience training or mentoring institutional research, reporting, or analytical staff.
• Graduate-level education in institutional research, education, public policy, statistics, data analytics, social science, or a related field.

The selected candidate's offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth's Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/

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