Officer: Research Analyst (post level 10) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Support the coordination and administration of student engagement surveys in participating universities.
• Support the analyses of student engagement surveys (including creating syntax and output files).
• Ensure the integrity of the data collected through the implementation of rigorous data management and cleaning processes.
• Compile institutional reports on student engagement surveys.
• Conduct descriptive and inferential analyses and write reports as needed for projects/presentations/workshops within and beyond the CTL.
• Co-present student engagement workshops to participating institutions.
• Deliver accurate reports on time (including performing required checks to ensure data accuracy and integrity).
• Support with the design, build and updating of dashboards.

Inherent Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma/B.Tech degree/Postgraduate Certificate on NQF level 7 or a 3-year National Diploma on NQF level 6.
• A minimum of two (2) years relevant experience with statistical analysis (preferably of surveys).
• A minimum of two (2) years’ experience with Excel.

Recommendations

• ​​​​​​​Honours degree on NQF level 8.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in survey analysis software.
• Detail-oriented.