Kentucky Community & Technical College System
System Director of Research and Data Science (MGR III Institutional Effectiveness)
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Versailles, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $64K
💻 Data Science
🗓️ October 10th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead team to deliver high-quality data analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Design and conduct research studies evaluating institutional initiatives and student outcomes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote data literacy and inform decision-making.
- Supervise and mentor research and assessment professionals.
- Monitor higher education trends to guide research agenda and policy development.
- Develop and monitor key performance indicators incorporating external data sources like labor market information.
- Required qualifications: Master's degree and six years of relevant experience.
- Preferred qualification: Doctoral degree or equivalent.
- Skills desired: statistics, data science, economics, sociology, policy analysis, higher education administration, supervisory experience, and proficiency with large, complex datasets.
- Salary starting at $63,708 with competitive benefits including health coverage, tuition reimbursement, retirement plans, and paid holidays.
System Director of Research and Data Science (MGR III Institutional Effectiveness) Full Description
- Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
This position provides strategic leadership in data science to develop, implement, and sustain a comprehensive research and analytics framework that evaluates the effectiveness of programs and services. The role leads a team responsible for delivering accessible, high-quality data analysis using both quantitative and qualitative methods, including predictive modeling and survey research.
Positions with the KCTCS System Office located in Versailles, KY are term-contract positions, with the expectancy of continuance based on performance.
KCTCS offers a hybrid work schedule with a requirement to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per work week. Hybrid work schedules are subject to periodic review and may be modified or terminated at any time
Job Duties:
Design and conduct rigorous research studies using appropriate methodologies to evaluate institutional initiatives, student outcomes, and organizational effectiveness.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support systemwide initiatives and to promote the use of modern analytics tools and surveys, fostering a culture of data literacy and evidence-informed decision-making across the system office and colleges.
Supervise and mentor a team of research and assessment professionals, ensuring the delivery of timely, accurate, and actionable insights to stakeholders.
Monitor key trends and external factors in higher education to inform the office’s research agenda and support strategic decision-making and policy development.
Engage with stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that analyses and ad hoc requests are responsive, relevant, and actionable. Other duties as assigned, such as developing and monitoring key performance indicators which integrate external data sources, such as labor market information and student outcomes.
Minimum Qualifications:Master's Degree and six (6) years of relevant experience or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications:Doctoral Degree or equivalent
Additional Skills Requested:Statistics, data science or analytics, economics, sociology, public policy/administration, research, higher education administration, or related fields
Supervisory experience, including mentoring and managing research or analytics professionals.Proficiency in handling large and complex datasets, with demonstrated experience in data cleaning, transformation, and analysis.
Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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