CED Research and Data Manager

Ready to drive real impact across Alaska and beyond? Join us to lead innovative economic development projects, connect with dynamic partners—from entrepreneurs to elected officials—and shape strategies that fuel community growth. You'll advise clients, build custom solutions, and collaborate with organizations statewide and nationally. If you're energetic, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, this is your chance to make a difference. Travel, variety, and big ideas await!

As the Center for Economic Development (CED) Research and Data Manager, this position leads and manages data-driven components of the CED technical assistance projects, supporting Alaska’s tribes, nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies. Responsibilities include developing client scopes of work, conducting complex quantitative and qualitative analyses, producing financial projections, and delivering actionable insights through reports, tools, and visualizations. The role advances statewide economic development efforts through research, stakeholder engagement, and outreach, while also improving data literacy and accessibility. Additional duties include program development, client outreach, financial planning, internal process improvement, and oversight of student employees or interns. The position collaborates closely with internal teams and external partners to support the University’s mission in community and economic development across Alaska.

To thrive in this position, the successful candidate is responsible for developing and maintaining databases, providing consultation services in areas of expertise, identifying areas for additional funding and process improvements, conducting research, ensuring data and research integrity, analyzing data for decision-making, managing the research process across team members, using data to advise project staff on a variety of topic areas, creating reports and presentations for dissemination, and communicating research findings to a broad cross-section of stakeholders. This position has increasingly supported BEI and CED team members in remaining compliant with IT, Travel, and other UAA/UA policies and procedures, including making recommendations to internal policies and practices. In carrying out this responsibility, the CED economic analyst works closely with the CED director and other staff, the University of Alaska Anchorage Business Enterprise Institute suite of programs, and other contract personnel retained to support CED programs and services. This position is likewise expected to collaborate closely with Alaska’s economic development districts, regional development organizations, private sector partners, elected officials, NGOs, and the other EDA University Centers nationwide.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and five years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Position Details:

This position is located on the Anchorage campus. This is a term-funded, full-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 80, based on education and experience.

Review of applicants will begin immediately, to ensure full consideration you must apply by 05/12/2025 before 11:55 PM AKST.

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☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Heather Paulsen at hpaulsen@alaska.edu

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

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This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution.  The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

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All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.