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Analysis and Planning

The Analysis and Planning Manager provides leadership to a central analysis and planning team; directs large scale assessment initiatives with organizational impact; facilitates the development of innovative assessment models; and provides strategic planning recommendations to University leadership.

• Provide oversight for functions within a central planning and assessment office of an administrative area; lead and direct an analytics and reporting team
• Lead the design and implementation of assessment initiatives that have University wide, strategic impact, at the request of senior leadership and executive groups
• Direct and manage all components of in-depth institutional studies including development, design, administration, analysis, reporting, interpretation, and presentation
• Conduct and/or supervise the analysis of major organizational issues; design complex custom studies; prepare executive summaries; provide impact analyses and recommendations to assist executives in University wide strategic planning and decision making
• Utilize assessment and planning expertise to develop, research, and evaluate standardizations for institutional reporting practices; design creative, innovative strategies that reflect current industry trends
• Develop and administer research and assessment budgets
• Serve as a member of core management and University strategic planning committees
• Lead cooperation and collaboration across units and departments
• Supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00