Strategic Data & Decision Analyst

Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University; Saint Davids (PA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University is seeking a Data and Decision Analyst to perform quantitative analytics, dashboard development, and reporting to inform institutional strategy. The role reports to the Associate Director of Strategic and Data Analysis and supports decision-making across academic and administrative units.

Responsibilities include data extraction, visualization, predictive analytics, automation of workflows, and ensuring data integrity under FERPA guidelines.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of hands-on data analysis, institutional research, BI, or decision support.
• Experience with higher education data sources (IPEDS, SIS, LMS) is preferred.
• Ability to translate analytics into actionable recommendations for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to define metrics and data requirements.
• Extract, clean, integrate, and analyze datasets across enterprise systems.
• Build, deploy, and maintain interactive dashboards and data visualizations.
• Conduct trend, cohort, and predictive analyses to inform strategic decisions.
• Assist in automating data workflows and reporting processes.

Skills

Tableau

SQL

Python

Excel / Power Query

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, business analytics or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Google Apps Script

Job description

Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University is seeking a Data and Decision Analyst to perform quantitative analytics, dashboard development, and reporting to inform institutional strategy. The role reports to the Associate Director of Strategic and Data Analysis and supports decision-making across academic and administrative units.

Responsibilities include data extraction, visualization, predictive analytics, automation of workflows, and ensuring data integrity under FERPA guidelines.