Institutional Research Analyst

Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Institutional Research Analyst at its Detroit campus location.

Essential functions (job duties):

Performs institutional reportingfunctions of the office, ensuring accurate and timely submission of assignedreports. Coordinates and collaborates with professionals from other offices toimprove data quality, and address research questions to support universitydecision making. Reports to Director, Institutional Research and Data Analytics.

Essential Functions:

Provide support and response to federal and state mandated data requests, as well as routine or ad hoc internal and external data request.
Provide statistical analysis and visualization of data from all sectors of the university for use in reporting on strategic indicators, institutional performance, various taskforce committees, website, etc.
Conduct analytical studies and projects pertinent to all aspects of Student Success.
Coordinate with academic departments, finance, financial aid, human resources (HR), registrar and various other university offices in data audits and accuracy validation. Assist with Data Governance initiatives and add content to the University Data Cookbook.
Collaborate with team members to maintain and monitor the University official census data (applicants, enrollment, course, degree, human resources data) repository process and perform data auditing and quality control tasks.
Perform other related duties as assigned

Unique duties:

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathor a related field. A master's degreeis preferred.

Experience
Requires a minimum of one to two years' experience withinstitutional research, data management, developing reports, dashboards, datavisualizations and scorecards using business intelligence and visualizationsoftware. Familiarity with IPEDS, AAUP and union reporting is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Data management skills and theability to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to diverse audiences insupport of decision-making.

Demonstrated organizationalskills and attention to detail. Ability and willingness to reevaluate andimprove analytical, reporting and survey activities.

Experience with wrangling dataand cleansing data from multiple sources.

Proficiency with associatedcomputer applications and programs (e.g. SQL, Python, R, Excel).

Familiaritywith external reporting requirements (e.g., IPEDS, HEIDI, common data set) andfederal reporting classification systems (e.g. classification of instructionalprograms, standard occupations category).

Excellent interpersonal andwritten communication skills with the ability to effectively engage with avariety of people. Skilled in writingprocedures, guidelines and application documentation. Communicates technical and analyticalinformation verbally and in written reports.

A good understanding ofrelational databases and capable of writing queries to extract data.

Knowledge of ERP, Bannerpreferred, version control systems (e.g., git) and ticket management software(e.g., Cherwell).
Ability to design, construct,deploy, document, and maintain self-service dashboards (e.g., Power BI) andreports (e.g., Cognos) that address stakeholder needs.

Excellent organization,communication, and human relation skills.

The ability to serve and engageothers in a multicultural environment. Demonstrates an openness to change andgrow by learning from others.

Willingness to enlist the aidand support of others to accomplish a common task or goal through acollaboration of knowledge and skills.

Ability to produce consistentwork and meet established deadlines with a strong attention to detail andfollow-up skills on each task and assignment.

Demonstratessound moral and ethical principles. Ability to manage and protect confidentialinformation.

Preferred qualifications:

School/College/Division:

H7401 - Instit Res Assess & Data Resources
Primary department:

H7401
Employment type:

• Regular Employee
• Job type: Full Time
• Job category: Staff/Administrative

Funding/salary information:

• Compensation type: Annual Salary
• Hourly rate:
• Salary minimum: $68,586
• Salary hire maximum: $102,883

Working conditions:

This position must be filled pursuant to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, and as such may be filled by a qualified bargaining unit member, should one apply.
Job openings:

• Number of openings: 2
• Reposted position: No
• Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
• Prior posting/requisition number: