Graduate Assistant – Career Programs & Data

Dominican University; River Forest (IL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Dominican University is seeking a detail-oriented Graduate Assistant to support career readiness assessment, data analysis, and reporting. You will handle data from surveys and instruments to evaluate student engagement, career readiness, and program effectiveness.

You will create reports and visualizations, assist with survey administration and data cleaning, and help translate findings into actionable insights for curriculum and program improvements.

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret and communicate data accurately.
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently and with others.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, interpret, and report career and vocation survey data.
• Review career readiness and outcomes data from students and alumni.
• Examine data related to career readiness competencies and program learning outcomes.
• Identify trends and key findings across data sources.
• Create reports, tables, charts, and visualizations to communicate findings.
• Assist with survey administration, data collection, cleaning, and documentation.
• Maintain data dictionaries and variable documentation for reproducibility.
• Translate findings into actionable insights for curriculum and programming.
• Support assessment projects within the Career Programs Office.
• Maintain confidentiality of student and alumni information.

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Excel/Sheets

Communication

Teamwork

Education

MS in Information Management / MBA / MA in Educational Leadership

Tools

Qualtrics

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Pay: $16/hour Hours: 15 hours/week

Position Summary

The Career Programs Office seeks a detail-oriented Graduate Assistant to support career readiness assessment, data analysis, and reporting. The Graduate Assistant will work with data from career and vocation courses, student and alumni surveys, and career outcomes instruments to help the office evaluate student engagement, career readiness and development, program effectiveness, and post-graduation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, interpret, and report career and vocation survey data.
• Review and analyze career readiness and career outcomes data from students and alumni.
• Examine data related to career readiness competencies and program learning outcomes.
• Identify trends, patterns, and key findings across available data sources.
• Create reports, tables, charts, and other visualizations to communicate findings clearly.
• Assist with survey administration, data collection, data cleaning, and documentation.
• Maintain data dictionaries, variable documentation, and other records to support consistent and reproducible analysis.
• Help translate assessment findings into actionable insights that can inform curriculum, programming, and continuous improvement.
• Support assessment and special projects within the Career Programs Office.
• Maintain confidentiality of student and alumni information.

Qualifications

• Ability to work with, interpret, and communicate data.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Preferred Majors/Education

Graduate students pursuing an M.S. in Information Management, M.B.A., or M.A. in Educational Leadership, particularly students with coursework or experience in data analytics, assessment, research, program evaluation, or data visualization

Preferred

Experience with survey data, research, assessment, basic statistical analysis, higher education, career development, Qualtrics, Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools.

Professional Development

This position provides hands-on experience in data analysis, career readiness and outcomes assessment, program evaluation, survey research, data visualization, and higher education career programming. The Graduate Assistant will gain experience translating data into meaningful findings that can support program improvement and institutional decision-making.