Data Analyst

The Pennsylvania State University; University Park (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA invites applications for an experienced Data Analyst (Intermediate Professional) to retrieve and analyze data from multiple sources for college leadership. The role supports planning, assessment, and performance improvements across the Eberly College of Science.

Responsibilities include developing KPIs, designing surveys, consulting with college units, and maintaining a secure data repository in collaboration with the college IT team.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a higher education setting translating data into actionable insights
• A working knowledge of contemporary challenges in higher education and STEM disciplines is desired to include a high level of fluency in the issues for students in science and higher education
• Strong time and project management skills

Responsibilities

• Retrieve and analyze data from multiple institutional sources to provide reports for college leadership
• Collaborate with college personnel to support strategic planning and KPIs
• Design, write, and analyze survey data
• Serve as a consultant for data gathering, interpretation and use
• Provide consultation to college offices on assessment initiatives and learning outcomes
• Partner with IT to develop and maintain a secure data repository for college stakeholders
• Contribute to ad hoc analyses and projects with responsive data extraction
• Participate in college/university committees to support initiatives

Skills

Data analysis

Report generation

Stakeholder collaboration

Time management

Job description

POSITION SPECIFICS

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

The Eberly College of Science at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for an experiencedData Analyst (Intermediate Professional).In this position, the successful candidate will beresponsible for retrieving and analyzing data from a variety of data sources in order to provide information and analyses in the form of reports to college leadership for planning, assessment, and performance improvements.This position willproactively support the college administration, along with the academic departments and units of the college.

Responsibilities of the data analyst include:

• Retrieving and analyzingdatafrom a variety of institutional datasources to providereports and information to college leadership for planning, assessment, and performance improvements across the college
• Collaborate with college personnel to support strategic planning efforts, including the development of key performance indicators and the establishment of qualitative and quantitative metrics informed by available data and institutional knowledge
• Design, write, and analyzesurveydata
• Serve as a consultant to college units by providing facilitation and training in data gathering, interpretation, and utilization
• Provide consultation to college offices on assessment initiatives, assisting stakeholders in understanding and utilizing results, and enhancing the assessment of learning outcomes associated with co-curricular programs and services
• Partner with the college IT team to develop and maintain a secure data repository to support analysis for college stakeholders
• Contribute to a range of projects and ad hoc analyses, maintaining responsiveness and adaptability in data extraction and in determining the appropriate scope of data required
• Serveon college or university committees to support college initiatives

Required Qualifications:

• Experience working in a higher education setting translating data into actionable insights
• A working knowledge of contemporary challenges in higher education and STEM disciplines is desired to include a high level of fluency in the issues for students in science and higher education
• Strong time and project management skills
• Abilit