Entry Level Research Analyst Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

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Position Details:

• Salary Range: $70,304 - $72,000 annually
• Full-Time, Exempt 
• On-site in Hayward, CA (possibility of a hybrid work arrangement subject to approval and operational needs) 

Overview:

The Institutional Research Analyst supports the collection, validation, analysis, and reporting of institutional data used for accreditation, compliance, assessment, planning, and institutional effectiveness.

This entry-level role assists in producing reports, dashboards, surveys, and data analyses that support academic and administrative decision-making, program review, and external reporting requirements. The position helps ensure accurate, timely, and consistent data is available to support institutional planning, accreditation evidence, and continuous improvement efforts across the College

Job Responsibilities:

Institutional Data Collection, Validation, and Quality Management

• Collect, validate, clean, reconcile, and maintain institutional data from the student information system, survey platforms, dashboards, internal databases, assessment systems, and other institutional data sources.
• Assist with the development, maintenance, validation, and improvement of institutional datasets, recurring reports, dashboards, and data files used for external reporting, accreditation, assessment, strategic planning, and institutional effectiveness.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance review to support consistent, accurate, and repeatable reporting of enrollment, retention, progression, graduation, and other institutional effectiveness metrics.
• Maintain data documentation, metric definitions, data dictionaries, metadata, change logs, submission timelines, validation logs, and reporting logic for recurring reports, dashboards, accreditation evidence, and external reporting submissions.
• Identify data inconsistencies, gaps, or limitations and bring forward recommendations to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, documentation, and decision-support.

External Reporting, Compliance Reporting, and Accreditation Support

• Support mandatory and voluntary external reporting, including IPEDS, WSCUC, CCE, state, federal, professional association, survey, ranking, and other required or requested data submissions.
• Assist with the preparation, validation, documentation, and submission of institutional data to external agencies and accrediting bodies.
• Support accreditation reporting by compiling, organizing, validating, and summarizing evidence related to institutional performance, student achievement, assessment, planning, and institutional effectiveness.
• Maintain submission calendars, source documentation, reporting instructions, validation notes, and audit trails for recurring external reports and accreditation-related data products.
• Assist in ensuring that external reporting is accurate, timely, clearly documented, and aligned with institutional definitions and approved data sources.

Survey Research, Assessment, and Evaluation Support

• Support survey projects by developing survey instruments, preparing contact lists, monitoring response rates, cleaning survey data, analyzing results, and preparing summaries for campus stakeholders.
• Assist with assessment-related data collection and reporting, including student learning outcome assessment, co-curricular assessment, departmental assessment, and institutional effectiveness measures.
• Prepare survey reports, charts, dashboards, and executive summaries that communicate results clearly and appropriately to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintain survey documentation, instruments, data files, codebooks, response-rate summaries, and analysis notes to support repeatable and auditable survey practices.

Dashboards, Reporting, and Decision-Support Products

• Assist in developing and maintaining dashboards, recurring reports, data tables, visualizations, and decision-support tools for institutional leadership, academic leaders, governance bodies, departments, committees, and external reporting needs.
• Produce routine and ad hoc analyses to answer institutional, academic, administrative, accreditation, assessment, student success, and operational questions while ensuring findings are accurate, replicable, and clearly documented.
• Prepare concise summaries, briefs, visualizations, and presentations that clearly communicate findings, limitations, implications, and recommended next steps for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Respond to routine data requests by clarifying the request, identifying appropriate data sources, validating results, documenting methods, and presenting results in a usable format.
• Support the development of standard report templates, recurring analyses, and institutional dashboards that reduce rework and promote consistent use of institutional data

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, statistics, information systems, computer science, social sciences, or a related field
• 1+ year of experience working with data (including internships, student work, research assistant roles, or entry-level professional experience)
• Basic ability to collect, clean, analyze, and summarize data
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Good communication skills, including the ability to explain data in a clear and simple way
• Ability to work collaboratively with different teams and levels of technical experience
• Comfort working with confidential or sensitive information

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in higher education, institutional research, or reporting (IPEDS, accreditation, or similar)
• Experience with surveys, data reporting, or assessment projects
• Familiarity with Excel or other basic data tools (e.g., SPSS, SQL, R, or Python is a plus but not required)
• Exposure to survey tools (e.g., Qualtrics or similar platforms)
• Experience creating basic reports, summaries, or visualizations (e.g., Excel charts, dashboards, or Power BI/Tableau is a plus)
• Understanding of data accuracy, documentation, and confidentiality best practices
• Interest in higher education reporting, accreditation, or institutional effectiveness

Employee Benefits:

• Free Chiropractic Care for Employees (Discounted Care for Immediate Family Members) 
• Paid Vacation Time, Personal Days, and Sick Time 
• 14 Paid Holidays 
• Merchandise Discount in Bookstore 
• Engaging and Inclusive Environment
• Paid community service such as local events, fundraisers, and volunteering opportunities
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits (After 30 days of employment)
• 401(k) Plan (After 30 days of employment)
• Flexible Spending Account 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability

About Us:

• At its core, Life West empowers transformation by offering its students a path to help create a brighter future for humanity with the Doctor of Chiropractor (DC) degree.
• In March 1981, through the efforts of Dr. George Anderson, Dr. George Wentland, and Dr. Sid E. Williams, president and founder of Life Chiropractic College, an agreement was reached between Life Chiropractic College and Pacific States Chiropractic College. As a result, the college was renamed Life Chiropractic College West.
• Life West is proud of its history and legacy of producing happy and successful alumni who practice around the world.
• Build a campus culture that embraces diversity and inclusion
• Develop a culture of service within and outside of the college
• Improve institutional effectiveness through constant innovation and assessment
• To learn more about Life Chiropractic College West and our mission, please visit our website: https://lifewest.edu/about

Life Chiropractic College West values diversity in our college and workplace. Our company provides equal opportunity for employment to qualified applicants on the basis of experience and the ability to do the available work, without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, ancestry or any other status protected by law. LCCW  is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.