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Are you ready to join a community leading in innovative teaching and learning? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With our growing enrollment and global reach, we are enjoying increased prominence among Georgia’s colleges. We offer more than 150 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to over 43,000 students. Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics also draw students from throughout the region and from 92 countries across the globe. Our university’s vibrant culture, diversity, career opportunities, and rich benefits make us an employer of choice. We are searching for talented people to join our mission. Come to KSU and find your passion.

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144.

Manages client-based projects involving multi-modal surveys and program evaluations. Prepares proposals for contracts and serves as primary contact with academic, public, and non-profit entity clients from initiation to final reporting. Oversees final work product of staff evaluators. Responsible for the institute’s survey operations. Oversees programming and design of database and conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis on primary and secondary data.

This position is considered limited-term staff since it utilizes contingent funding which is currently only secured through June 30, 2024. Employment thereafter will be conditional based on continued availability of funding.

1. Develops resources and programming for on-campus faculty and staff and off-campus public and non-profit organizations to support public engagement, strategic and comprehensive plan development, and other capacity-building functions
2. Meets with potential clients, designs research methodology, and writes proposals for needs assessments, program evaluation and data collection projects
3. Acts as primary client contact for projects to discuss project parameters, progress, and deliverables
4. Along with leadership, identifies academic faculty with research agenda and expertise in disciplines and fields relevant to the institute and develops relationships with affiliated faculty
5. Serves as liaison between Institute and Research Compliance and Institutional Review Board (IRB), submitting required forms to IRB for online and paper research projects
6. Designs and manages all needs assessment and evaluation projects to ensure project requirements and deadlines are met
7. Manages online, mail, and paper survey operations
8. Performs survey instrument design, programming, coding, and deployment
9. Gather data using qualitative and quantitative approaches such as surveys, electronic data files, interviews, participant observation, or other methods
10. Conducts quantitative and qualitative data analysis and produces applied reports in social sciences, using both primary and secondary data
11. Reviews and edits professional reports prepared by department staff
12. Ensures work products are correct, properly communicated, and submitted on time
13. Implements needs assessments and consults on strategic planning initiatives
14. Conducts client-based program evaluations according to established processes and procedures
15. Collaborates with academic faculty and university leadership to identify and prepare proposals for external funding that reflects the public/non-profit service of
the Burruss Institute
16. Identifies RFP and RFQ opportunities that reflect work public and non-profit organizations in coordination with staff and leadership and prepares submissions
17. Oversees institute research staff and affiliated faculty serving project and contract-based work with clients

Educational Requirements

Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education in related field

Other Required Qualifications

Ten (10) years of work experience related to the role

Required Experience

Expertise in methodological skills, including statistical analysis. Proficiency in Qualtrics and Teleform

The budgeted salary range is $50,902 to $80,000. Offers are based on relevant experience.

Comprehensive benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, 13 paid holidays, vacation, generous retirement plans, tuition waiver, wellness options, and much more! Visit hr.kennesaw.edu/benefits.

ABILITIES

Along with leadership, identifies academic faculty with research agenda and expertise in disciplines and fields relevant to the institute and develops relationships with affiliated faculty

Acts as primary client contact for projects to discuss project parameters, progress, and deliverables

Serves as liaison between Institute and Research Compliance and Institutional Review Board (IRB), submitting required forms to IRB for online and paper research projects

KNOWLEDGE

Gather data using qualitative and quantitative approaches such as surveys, electronic data files, interviews, participant observation, or other methods

SKILLS

Designs and manages all needs assessment and evaluation projects to ensure project requirements and deadlines are met

Manages online, mail, and paper survey operations

Performs survey instrument design, programming, coding, and deployment

Conducts quantitative and qualitative data analysis and produces applied reports in social sciences, using both primary and secondary data

Reviews and edits professional reports prepared by department staff

Develops resources and programming for on-campus faculty and staff and off-campus public and non-profit organizations to support public engagement, strategic and comprehensive plan development, and other capacity-building functions

Meets with potential clients, designs research methodology, and writes proposals for needs assessments, program evaluation and data collection projects

Kennesaw State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Kennesaw State University to recruit, hire, train, promote and educate persons without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, national origin race religion, sexual orientation, or status as a protected Veteran.
Kennesaw State University is a participant in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify) effective October 15, 2007. Participant ID: 61415

This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

• Position of Trust + Education

Per the University System of Georgia background check policy, all final candidates will be required to consent to a criminal background investigation. Final candidates may be asked to disclose criminal record history during the initial screening process and prior to a conditional offer of employment. Applicants for positions of trust with screening results which confirm a disqualifying criminal history will be immediately disqualified from employment eligibility.
All applicants are required to include professional references as part of their application process. Some positions may require additional job-based screenings such as motor vehicle report, credit check, pre-employment drug screening and/or verification of academic credentials.
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