Research & Data Analyst

Title : Research & Data Analyst

Employee Classification : Professional F / T 52 Wks Unit

Department : Institutional Research

Salary Range : 67569

Who we are :

We are not-for-profit : St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students expanding minds and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.

We are a respected employer : For 60 years STLCC has served the St. Louis community expanding to 4 main campuses 2 education centers 2 workforce training centers and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.

We make an impact in the community : Through credit courses continuing education and workforce development programs STLCC annually serves nearly 69000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouris four-year colleges / universities than anyone else.

What you get :

Benefits package for full-time employees : STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement two health insurance plans options - including an HSA option low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit and other low-cost benefits including dental vision AD&D Short-term & Long-term disability insurance.

Opportunity to grow : Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.

Education & training opportunities : STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees full-time and part-time their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service and an annual professional development allotment.

Work / life balance : Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package including holidays vacation personal days medical leave and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.

Commitment to wellness : STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors employees are educated motivated and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.

The basics of this position :

Position provides technical expertise within the research department to produce specifications documentation and training in development and structure of the data warehouse the business intelligence decision support system and other technical solutions. Serves as the lead department liaison with information technology in implementing and maintaining department technology. Position extracts transforms analyzes and reports institutional data using various software tools and processes to meet reporting needs of the institution. Responsible for the validation of department reports and developing / maintaining reporting standards to ensure data accuracy and report functionality. Collaborates with functional units of the college to improve efficiency effectiveness and integrity with regards to data gathering reporting systems and analysis.

The Research & Data Analyst supports the Colleges mission by transforming institutional data into meaningful insights for planning decision-making and continuous improvement. This position helps maintain and enhance the Colleges reporting tools develops user-friendly reports ensures data accuracy and collaborates with departments across the College to improve how data is gathered managed and used.

What youll do :

Serves as department technical expert by maintaining expertise on current database business intelligence tools and other software used within the department.

Provides analysis solutions and training for the department on use of software and other technology.

Provides department leadership in identifying technical solutions to address current needs and to increase department efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsible for the extraction and transformation of data using programming techniques from multiple data sources for use as research data sets.

Creates designs modifies and presents dynamic reports to support college and department level planning enrollment management compliance accreditation and decision making.

Provides leadership in projects that support the comprehensive online reporting systems and web-based communication tools.

Validates department reports before they are published to maintain and improve access to the reporting system and availability of accurate reports.

Develops and maintains standard operating guides for department report development and validation.

Develops manages coordinates and completes research and data analysis with regard to academic and institutional policy analysis.

Works collaboratively with college stakeholders to analyze specifications and design reports using report writing tools and other data reporting methods.

Collaborates with Information Technology to develop and maintain the technical architecture necessary for report writing.

Provides leadership in the evaluation and preparation of solutions to address data quality based on requirements for data accuracy and completeness.

Explores additional uses for data that allow College departments to work more effectively and to support the Colleges commitment to data-informed decision making.

Develops maintains and updates queries and reports to fulfill recurring data needs for internal and external reporting requirements. Responsible for monitoring maintaining and updating historical analytical reports. When necessary converting historical static analytical reports into dynamic web-based reports using report writing tools.

Provides technical expertise to develop and provide training to faculty and staff with regard to the Colleges business intelligence system.

Collaborates with functional area experts to automate current data gathering and reporting systems.

Responsible for maintaining confidentiality and professionalism when dealing with sensitive employee data.

Conducts research and analysis of external conditions that impact the College.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education experience and other requirements :

Bachelors degree and five (5) years of relevant full-time experience

or

Masters degree and two (2) years of relevant full-time experience.

Any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities.

Preferred Qualifications :

Ideal Candidate Traits

Experience in higher education and a strong commitment to data-informed decision making are highly preferred.

• Enjoys solving problems and answering questions with data.
• Comfortable learning new tools and systems.
• Able to translate data into meaningful information for non-technical audiences.
• Values accuracy documentation and continuous improvement.
• Committed to supporting student success through data-informed practices.
• Detail-oriented curious and comfortable working with data but does not need to be a programmer.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Data Analytics,Microsoft Access,SQL,Power BI,R,Data Visualization,Tableau,Data Management,Data Mining,SAS,Data Analysis Skills,Analytics

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1