Research Specialist - 71855

St. Charles Community College (SCC) is located in the greater St. Louis Region, one of the fastest growing areas in the state of Missouri. As an employee of SCC, you will join a positive and dynamic team of faculty and staff who are focused on the success of students. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including a comprehensive insurance program, robust retirement plan, generous paid time off programs, and paid holidays. You will share our core values, our beautiful student-centered campus and work among top professionals and educators in the industry.

POSITION SUMMARY

St. Charles Community College is seeking a full time Research Specialist for our Institutional Research and Learning Enterprises and Engagement departments.

• Assists the Executive Director, Institutional Research and Assistant Vice President, Learning Enterprises & Engagement with the departments' administrative activities by coordinating various administrative processes and projects for both the Department of Institutional Research and Department of Learning Enterprises and Engagement. Serves as the primary contact of information for faculty, students, colleagues, and visitors. Organizes filing systems and collects departmental and college information, making it available to department personnel and/or the public.
• Serves as a team member of the departments in the day-to-day operations, including customer service, preparation and distribution of documents, mail distribution, office supply ordering and inventory, equipment monitoring, calendar management, travel management and performing related tasks. May assist in monitoring expenditures of departmental budgets.
• Organizes and maintains electronic filing systems, report maintenance and tracking, including related information specific to operational unit. May assist with developing and generating tables, charts, graphs, or other diagrams for reports and presentations. Provides the department supervisors assistance with data entry, coding, document distribution and publication.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Demonstrates knowledge of standard office procedures with the ability to provide administrative support to organization and staff. Ability to organize and schedule appointments, make travel arrangements, prepare and modify documents including correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts, and spreadsheets.

Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced work environment, particularly during peak periods. Must be able to handle multiple projects or duties simultaneously, exercising independent judgment to plan, prioritize and execute workload. Demonstrated ability to use logical reasoning to analyze a situation/matter and determine a solution.

Contributes to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities, and creating a work environment which supports and promotes diversity and inclusion. May be required to cross-train employees in work unit. Ability to responsibly provide assistance to other workers in the unit providing back-up support and supplemental services during busy periods.

Interacts with people in a professional, open, honest and welcoming manner supporting the mission and goals of the college. Self-motivated with good organizational and problem-solving skills.

May be required to maintain departmental intranet website, social media platforms and publications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assists with data entry, coding, proofreading, report/table generation (includes online, hybrid, and remote enrollment demographics), auditing, budgeting, ordering supplies, calendar management, and scheduling. Is the customer service point of contact for students, faculty, and staff for the departments on daily questions for training. Provides departments with timely communication, dissemination, and publication of documents, as well as office mail. Completes routine tasks, special projects, ad hoc requests such as state legislative requests, SCC demographic profiling and organizational census.

Attends all meetings and events as directed by leadership, and types/maintains all notes for the departments. Manage Power BI visualizations by entering and coding date and creating/maintaining the reports. Use Microsoft Office Suite daily to prepare correspondence, tables, charts, figures, and graphs for presentations/reports. Create, update, and distribute surveys as a partner or project owner. Compile research and literature on topics and track/log state and/or federal reporting schedules.

Maintains and is the primary administrator for department websites. Assist supervisors with Canvas announcements for student communication and orientation courses by: preparing and distributing the schedule for each semester announcements - contact department each week to request announcements for students; compile and design student announcements for Canvas course to be posted each week; monitor activity surrounding announcement views and student engagement; monitor for notification activity that need to be scored; and answer questions for forward to the appropriate supervisor. Partner with colleagues as needed to create content for Canvas. Assist Deans with logistics for faulty in-service professional development.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Associates degree or higher plus two (2) years' experience in related field, OR High School diploma or equivalent with a minimum of four (4) years related experience.

BENEFITS

Holding true to our values of Innovation and Responsible Stewardship, SCC offers a robust and comprehensive benefits package for you and your family to achieve optimal health and wellness.

Our total rewards package includes:

• Generous monthly employer credit towards medical coverage for you and your eligible dependents, even if you waive coverage
• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA
• Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Cancer and Accident Insurance
• 17 Paid Holidays, 12 Sick Days, 15 PTO Days and 3 personal days per year
• Tuition waiver after 90 days. Tuition Reimbursement after 180 days
• 100% Pension Vesting after 5 years of employment

EXPECTATION AND CORE VALUES

Our respectful, inclusive, and empowering work environment celebrates our accomplishments with our commitment to:

• SCC values student success and expects employees to be student-centered.
• SCC values teamwork and expects employees to demonstrate collaborative communication.
• SCC values innovation and encourages responsible risk-taking and create problem-solving.
• SCC values accountability and expects employees to demonstrate excellent customer service and professionalism.

Requires regular and predictable attendance.

**Please include cover letter with your application.

**Will be subject to a criminal background check.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

Reports to the Executive Director of Institutional Research and the Assistant Vice President of Learning Enterprises & Engagement and may vary based on organizational need.

St. Charles Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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