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Job Title: Analyst, Higher Education
Job Location: DC: Washington
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-10-03

Company Name: The Advisory Board Company
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Description: Analyst, Higher Education

Job ID: 2008-4866 Location: US-Washington, DC Category: Research

More information about this job: Overview: The Advisory Board Company is launching a new division-the Education Advisory Board-to provide best practice research and advice to leading colleges and universities, both in the U.S. and abroad. Strategic Research Analysts work with research teams to give shape to book-length analyses that address the major strategic, management and operational issues facing higher education today. Strategy studies document and summarize the company's findings on best (and worst) demonstrated practices in higher education. Analysts assist in the conception, research, analysis writing and presentation of two to four research studies per year.

Position Info: Study cycles, from conception to completion, range from four to six months for smaller studies to approximately nine months for the largest, most complex studies. Analysts' job responsibilities vary according to the stage in the study cycle. However, throughout the research process, analysts meet regularly with their research teams to accomplish the objectives presented below. • Discuss study topic and subsidiary issues with team • Map the research process and delegate responsibilities • Conduct in-depth interviews with university "thought leaders" • Perform root-cause analysis • Identify and critique best demonstrated practices • Brief team regarding research progress and new research developments • Revisit hypotheses as necessary • Analyze and synthesize research findings • Share knowledge, ideas and insight • Develop innovative constructs for presentation of findings

Qualifications: Attributes Sought and Further Developed in the Analyst Role • Creativity and persistence • Exemplary interviewing skills • Intellectual curiosity and acuity of thought • Excellent problem-solving and brainstorming skills • Ease in working both independently and interdependently within a team • Ability to present oneself and one's ideas with clarity, confidence and poise • Flexibility and comfort with ambiguity and change

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