Director of Institutional Research and Analytics, Strategy and Delivery Office, Nazarbayev University
Core
Strategic leadership for university data analytics, institutional effectiveness, and advancing global rankings performance to support decision-making, accreditation, and resource allocation.
Role type
Director of Institutional Research and Analytics (Strategy & Delivery)
Builds
Institutional data repositories, performance dashboards, strategic intelligence reports, and evidence bases for accreditation and rankings.
Domain
Higher Education / Institutional Research & Analytics
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Institutional research and analytics in higher education, international accreditation and rankings expertise, quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis and synthesis, strategic planning, team leadership, data governance and quality assurance, statistical software proficiency (STATA, R, SPSS), SQL/Python familiarity.
Preferred skills
Doctoral degree, experience in Central Asian or international higher education sector.
Technologies
STATA, R, SPSS, SQL, Python, Microsoft Office
Responsibilities
Lead development of institutional research function, oversee university rankings strategy and submissions, monitor KPIs and strategic objectives, establish data governance standards, support accreditation and external reporting, analyze sector trends for leadership, manage the analytics team.
Seniority
Director, executive leadership