Date Posted: 08/04/2026
Req ID:49692
Faculty/Division: UofT Scarborough
Department: UTSC:Ctr-Teaching & Learning
Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

Your opportunity:

The Data Specialist will report to the Manager, Finance and Administration, Centre for Teaching and Learning. This role presents an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented and analytical professional to support data management, reporting, and business intelligence activities that inform strategic decision-making across the Centre. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing a comprehensive data framework and integrated data systems for the Centre, including the development and implementation of processes for data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting across multiple data sources; ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and accessibility; creating meaningful reports and dashboards; analyzing trends and performance metrics; and delivering actionable insights that enhance operational effectiveness that support the Centre's academic and administrative objectives.

Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders, the Data Specialist will play a key role in leveraging data to drive continuous improvement, evidence-based planning, and organizational success.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Updating and maintaining database records
• Generating regular downloads from the database
• Running queries to gather data
• Producing complex statistical information
• Interpreting policies in decision-making and providing significant input into localpolicies, procedures and practices that are referred to in future interpretation questions
• Generating reports

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Business Administration, Social Sciences with a strong quantitative focus, Computer Science, Informatics or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum five years of relevant and related experience in data management, reporting, analytics, business intelligence, program evaluation, or a related field
• Experience working with a variety of data sources, including program participation data, survey data, institutional data, learning management system data (LMS), and operational data
• Experience within a post-secondary educational environment
• Strong collaboration skills with experience working with faculty, staff, administrators, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, pedagogical researchers, and other institutional stakeholders
• Minimum two years' experience extracting, cleaning, validating, and analyzing data using advanced Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, and manipulating data in Python, or other analytics tools
• Minimum two years' experience maintaining databases and ensuring data accuracy, integrity, consistency, and compliance with data governance standards
• Demonstrated ability to interpret policies, procedures, and business requirements and apply them appropriately in data collection, reporting, and analysis activities
• Experience identifying trends, patterns, and opportunities through quantitative and qualitative data analysis and developing dashboards, reports, performance metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and data visualizations that support decision-making.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills with a high degree of accuracy and attendtion to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present data findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience and understanding of current best practices regarding data security and authentication mechanisms (e.g., OAuth 2.0 and OTPs)

Assets (Nonessential):

• Knowledge of privacy, confidentiality, and information management requirements related to institutional data is an asset
• Knowledge of Python's SciKit Learn isan asset
• Basic knowledge of SQL (PostGres) is an asset
• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS is an asset
• Experience with AWS tools (DynamoDB, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)) is an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Communicator
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Resourceful
• Team player

Notes:

• This is a TERM position ending in April 2027.
• This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 08/12/2026,11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Personnel Subarea:USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 13 -- $86,340. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $110,415. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial