Position Summary

The Academic Analyst provides operational support for the analysis, evaluation, and quality assurance of all Nightingale College offerings. The position will perform academic data analysis and recommend improvements to foster an environment of using data to improve the curriculum, college processes, and institutional effectiveness.

The Academic Analyst will be responsible for developing infrastructure and standardized operating procedures for internal functions. The Academic Analyst provides data analysis and guidance to Nightingale College at the faculty, director, and executive levels. The position requires a highly motivated, self-driven, and creative individual, able to multi-task independently.

Essential Function and Responsibilities:

• Works within the Institutional Analytics and Effectiveness team to provide data support and guidance to Nightingale College.
• Collaborates with Nightingale College functions to measure learning outcomes and other quality measures.
• Collaborates with Nightingale Innovations functions to develop assessment plans, blueprints, test items, and other ancillary documents.
• Develop and review content-specific test items and stimuli, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessment.
• Develop items and assessments based on accessibility considerations.
• Ensures quality control of data and analysis, results interpretation, and reporting.
• Conducts all aspects of operational work related to testing and assessment including data cleaning, calibration, scoring, quality control, and reporting.
• Develops programming to automate evaluation and assessment of data analysis procedures.
• Performs tasks involving item and test analyses, differential item functioning, equating, scaling, norming, standard setting, validity, and efficacy studies.
• Prepares technical reports and related documents.
• Presents research and analysis results to internal and external teams and affiliates.
• Additional responsibilities and duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Master's degree in statistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, quantitative psychology, educational technology, data analytics, data science, or related.
• 2 years' experience working in an academic and/or non-academic organization in educational assessment field.
• Preferred: working knowledge of classical and modern test theory and advanced psychometric models (e.g. item response theory, latent variable models, cognitive diagnostic models, latent knowledge tracing).
• Knowledge and experience in applied statistics including multiple regression, predictive modeling, Bayesian methods, educational data mining, and machine learning.
• Knowledge of instructional design and nursing curriculum delivery systems.
• Knowledge of learning management systems—experience with Instructure/Canvas in preferred.
• Knowledge and experience working with analytics tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Sigma, Domo, etc.

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All new hires are required to attend New Collaborator Orientation (NCO) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The College will pay for travel and lodging accommodations.

Nightingale's commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected both in our learners and collaborators because we believe the best outcomes for learners from underserved and diverse populations are achieved through collaborators with similar backgrounds and cultures. Nightingale College is an equal opportunity employer.

Our Mission (not just words on the wall, we live it, love it, and daily contribute to it): With the primary focus on higher learning in healthcare professions, Nightingale College contributes to elevating education, health, and employment systems through facilitation of academic achievement, personal growth, and professional development of its learners, alumni, and collaborators, while serving diverse communities.

At Nightingale College, our Innovative Education model helps transform rural health landscapes through our blended-distance learning platform. Every person involved with Nightingale College helps to change the lives of our learners, our communities, and ultimately the world by adding to the quality of healthcare. We are proud to have graduated over 2,000 nurses serving communities in need. We are serious about our outcomes and have a little bit of fun getting there.

The professional and personal development of our learners and our collaborators is our company's foundation. Not only do we develop strategies that promote a positive work-life integration, but we also create an environment that invites you to become an expert in your field, be it through higher education or professional development. Put simply, we elevate employment, elevate health, and elevate education. We're so happy that you've found us!