Project Analyst

Department: Institutional Research and Strategic Initiatives  
Campus: Barrie
Classification: Support Staff
Posting Date: October 14, 2026 
Hourly Pay Rate:  PB G: $35.29 (start rate) - $40.73 (4-year 
Hours Per Week:35 hours per week
Status: Contract (Appendix D)
Effective date:  asap to March 31, 2027

Reporting to the Director, Institutional Research and Strategic Insights (IRSI), the Project Analyst supports the sector-wide Ontario College Student Experience Survey (OCSES) process, including working with the vendor and Information Technology, compiling and validating all data files, revising communications, incentive fulfillment, in-class scheduling, survey implementation, etc. The incumbent also provides the same support function for Georgian’s incoming student survey (Thrive at Georgian) to ensure its successful implementation. In collaboration with the IRSI team, the Project Analyst will design, program and implement ad hoc surveys for constituents of the college including reporting results and building dashboards from the survey data. The Project Analyst is responsible for making updates to IRSI’s SharePoint site in terms of creating user guides for interactive dashboards, ensuring content is current, and other administrative functions as assigned, including the monitoring of IRSI’s feedback email account and providing primary support for information requests, reviews of literature, focus group scribing, ensuring quality of quantitative and qualitative data, as well supporting environmental scanning. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Develops critical paths for all constituents adhering to communicated timelines and protocols 
• Works closely with IT to develop required datasets for program and student inclusion for each term’s OCSES implementation
• Prepares data files adhering to required specifications and timelines.
• Identifies apprenticeship programs to be surveyed throughout the year including the preparation and submission of data files 
• Supports college-level analysis, drafting reports and presentations, as well as ensuring that college OCSES results are posted on IRSI’s SharePoint Site
• Creates training materials and provides direct training to all survey administrators (staff and student volunteers) to ensure consistent in-class survey implementation                                   
• Creates schedule of all classes to be surveyed to ensure that in-class implementations are conducted as planned and/or schedules alternate times as needed.           
• Handles all aspects of promoting  surveys (communications, posters, participating in Orientation, drafting social media posts, etc.)
• Extracts and maintains lists of student email lists for invites and reminders
• Oversees the documentation required for students selected to receive incentives and ensures timely distribution of prizes. 
• Assists with quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including drafting reports, presentations, etc.
• Provides primary support for ad hoc research requests and survey generation/ implementation (OCAS Datawarehouse extracts, Lightcast Analyst labour market data, programming surveys in Qualtrics, etc.)
• Provides analytical support to Research Analyst(s) by using advanced Excel, Power BI and Word functions to format reports and create summary data charts and tables
• Conducts environmental scanning/literature reviews to collect information specific to ad hoc projects and data requests 
• Collaborates with the IRSI team to support the development of the annual Georgian College Environmental Scan 
• Assists with the collection of data for new program development, program renewals, etc., as required.
• Assists with focus groups by scribing, preparing data including the coding of qualitative responses, and preparation of data files, formatting tables and charts, assisting with reporting and implementing telephone surveys.    
• Supports the IRSI department staff as requested for various projects including data cleaning and validation, development of survey-based or single-source dashboards as well as quantitative and qualitative data analysis as needed.
• Maintains and updates content on IRSITeam/SharePoint site, web pages etc.
• Oversees the college’s feedback email account by responding to questions and escalating issues to the team as necessary

• Successfully completed a 4-year degree in Statistics or Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Psychology)
• Completion of a post-grad Research Analyst certificate would be an asset
• A minimum of three years’ experience in Research and Project Management. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced skills in Excel
• Highly developed organizational and time-management skills
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis and working on large research projects
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Experience training individuals (staff and students)
• Familiarity with College programs and academic statistics
• Proven multi-tasking skills and able to work with minimal supervision with high attention to detail.  
• Expertise using survey development software tools (i.e. MS  Forms, Qualtrics, etc.)
• Experience with SharePoint, Cognos, Power BI, Finance PeopleSoft would be an asset

Georgian College supports diversity, equity and a workplace free from harassment and discrimination and is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free environment. We invite applications from all qualified candidates and actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including, but not limited to persons of Indigenous ancestry, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. If you are contacted to participate in the interview, please advise the coordinator of any accommodations needed with respect to any materials or processes used to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process.

Alternate formats will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process.

Georgian College has introduced FLEX Work for some positions. This position is currently eligible for Hybrid Work.  FLEX Work agreements will be determined between the employee and manager when employment commences and may change in accordance with the FLEX Work guidelines.  All employees are required to permanently reside in the province of Ontario.

Applications for this position must be received by 11:59 p.m. on October 20, 2026.   While we thank all applicants, only those contacted for an interview will be acknowledged.