Vps Strategic Planning Analyst - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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3 weeks ago

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Description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Institutional Analysis, Level C

Job Title

VPS Strategic Planning Analyst

Department

Executive Support | VP Students

Compensation Range

$6, $10,433.50 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

August 29, 2023

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Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

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At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

This is a cross functional position that provides strategic support to the Vice President Students (VPS) portfolio.

The Strategic Planning Analyst role is responsible for performing research, evaluation, and assessment projects for all programs and services within the Vice President Students portfolio, under the direction of the Executive Director, Office of the Vice President Students.

As the key individual responsible for leading, evaluating, analyzing, reporting, and supporting the collection of data about student experiences and learning environment at UBC.

This role performs advanced level, complex and specialized analytical work in support of the strategic priorities of the Vice President, Students in partnership with the Chief Institutional Research Officer.

This position will work with program areas to define business requirements, research methodology and implementation, determine appropriate analytical methods and plans, and develop reporting tools to support strategic planning and to inform decision-making.

They will also be responsible for regular reporting and communication on the progress and planning and the initiatives to all pertinent leaders and applicable partners.

The role requires strong leadership and management skills, coupled with strong data literacy, planning, and program evaluation skills to ensure the integrity of the Student Strategic Plan in the provision of an exceptional experience for all students.

Organizational Status

The Strategic Planning Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director, Office of the Vice President Students and works in close partnership with the within the PAIR Office with the Associate Director SEER.

Overall, the position takes a capacity building approach and provides consultation, process design, evaluation, and resource development to support the development and implementation of initiatives, programs, and processes.

Work Performed- Provides expertise and support to the Executive Director on the development and implementation of an evaluation and assessment framework for the Student Strategic Plan and the VPS Portfolio priorities.- Develops and defines metrics and key performance indicators (KPI's) related to operational areas with the VPS.

Establishes and analyzes key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to ensure progress through formative adjustment of projects, as well as summative impact evaluations.- Develops and initiates reporting mechanisms that translate data into knowledge through user-friendly analytical products to empower leaders to make informed decisions for their operational areas.

Leads, plans, designs and conducts data analysis projects and studies, interprets and disseminates results.- Leads planning and evaluation activities for existing programs, and support needs assessments for the development of new programs, including leading the informational consultation with stakeholders, conducting focus groups, surveys, and interviews, etc.- Plans, designs, develops and manages large and complex research and analytics projects, developing business cases, creating project plans and status reports, managing scope, timelines, deliverables and communications.- Conducts analyses on large datasets, interprets statistical results and makes recommendations for actions and decisions to advance projects.- Leads and advises on all aspects of data management including data collection, integrity & quality, data processing and trouble-shooting data problems, and methods to improve efficiency of data processes.- Based on data analysis, creates long term plans regarding data analytics that align with the strategic plans of the VPS portfolio.

This includes:
providing quality assurance in all aspects of data analysis, and providing advice on dat