Job Summary

Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management and working collaboratively within and beyond the Division, this position advances the mission of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness through responsibility for the extraction, integration, analysis, and reporting of institutional data across the areas described above and in support of campus priorities. Responsibilities include maintaining and querying large-scale datasets and relational databases using structured query and statistical programming languages; managing, validating, and transforming complex data structures; and responding to institutional data and research requests with timely, accurate, analytically rigorous, and reproducible outputs.

Department Summary

The effective synthesis, integration, and advanced analysis of data generated across the academic enterprise and administrative divisions is essential to evidence-based decisions that affect the entire university. Within the Division of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Affairs (SEMSA), the Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves as the university’s lead enterprise analytics and decision-support office, advancing key strategic priorities through rigorous analysis, modeling, and institutional analytics. In close coordination with other SEMSA units, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness leads the analytical and forecasting functions that underpin enrollment planning and management and guides the strategy informing campus-wide enrollment and student success initiatives.

Key Qualifications

• Expert quantitative reasoning and applied statistical competence, including advanced proficiency in structured query and statistical programming languages to extract, transform, validate, manage, and analyze large-scale institutional datasets and data warehouse environments.
• Advanced knowledge of student information systems, higher education data structures, and enterprise data environments, including the ability to integrate data from multiple institutional sources and manage student-level administrative data.
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute complex analytical studies, including development of conceptual frameworks, research design, variable selection, data modeling, and interpretation of results using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches.
• Expert knowledge of statistical methodologies, predictive modeling, forecasting techniques, and data mining approaches, with demonstrated ability to develop original analytic code in support of operational and strategic institutional needs.
• Ability to independently identify data inconsistencies, resolve data integrity issues, and ensure methodological rigor, reproducibility, and compliance with data governance standards across all analytical outputs.

Education and Experience

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and five years of relevant experience. Additional experience which demonstrates acquired and successfully applied knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Salary and Benefits

Anticipated Hiring Range: $91,524 - $111,564 Per Year

Classification Range: $76,548 - $111,564 Per Year

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Anticipated Hiring Range referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Classification Range may be broader than what the University anticipates paying for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees. See our benefits website for additional information. 

Cal Poly

Cal Poly is a nationally-ranked public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, and known for its Learn by Doing philosophy. Each year more than 20,000 top-tier students come to San Luis Obispo to put knowledge into action, taking their learning outside the classroom as they prepare for careers in engineering, agriculture, science, business, humanities and the built environment. Cal Poly’s hands-on philosophy, small class sizes and close student-faculty mentorships result in graduates ready from day one to impact their communities, California and the world. For more information, visit calpoly.edu.

Equal Opportunity and Excellence in Education and Employment

This position is open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Cal Poly provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities. Cal Poly complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

Cal Poly is a diverse community of individuals who represent many perspectives, beliefs and identities, committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and intellectually vibrant environment. We cultivate a culture of open dialogue, mutual respect, and belonging to support educational excellence and student success. Through academic programs, student organizations and activities, faculty initiatives, and community partnerships, we encourage meaningful engagement with diverse perspectives. As a higher education institution, we are dedicated to advancing knowledge and empowering individuals to reach their full potential by prioritizing inclusive curriculum development, faculty and staff training, student mentorship, and comprehensive support programs. At Cal Poly, excellence is built on merit, talent, diversity, accessibility, and equal opportunity for all.

Supplemental Information

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. Cal Poly will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Current employees who are offered positions on campus will be required to undergo a background check for any position where a background check is required by law or that Cal Poly has designated as sensitive. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions. Applicants for staff and management positions must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Positions are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days.