Develop and maintain a multi-year database and reporting strategy, including creating a systematic methodology to gather, organize, and maintain data on WSCUC-accredited institutions from public, private, and institutional data sources.

Responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining, and enhancing Power BI dashboards to present data insights clearly and effectively.
• Downloading, analyzing, and interpreting data from the College Scorecard, IPEDS, the Federal Student Aid Data Center and other sources as needed.
• Managing data collection while ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Restructuring data files, merging data files from multiple sources, and data cleaning.
• Utilizing Excel for data manipulation, reporting, and data management.
• Gathering and providing comparable benchmarks (national, state, and institutional peers) for metrics of interest.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver actionable insights.
• Fulfilling data requests from senior staff.
• Interpreting findings and effectively communicating and displaying results through preparation of reports, narratives, and graphics for research and reporting.
• Maintaining comprehensive and accurate documentation of data sources and methodological decisions, including clear explanation of data limitations.
• Staying updated on emerging data analytics techniques, tools, and best practices.
• Creating surveys to collect information as needed.
• Ability to shift priorities quickly, while maintaining track of projects.
• Ability to work in a remote and/or hybrid environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing in a professional manner with multiple audiences, including internal colleagues, campus officials at many levels, students, policy makers, and researchers.

Skillset

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, data science, quantitative social science or related field and at least four years professional experience in higher education data collection and research.
• Experience creating Power BI dashboards and visualizations.
• Experience downloading, analyzing, and managing data from the College Scorecard, IPEDS, and Federal Student Aid Data Center.
• Proficiency in Excel: pivot tables, formulas, v-lookups, Power Query and other advanced skills.
• Experience working with data warehouses and large data sets.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of topics in higher education.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with and problem solve for WSCUC member institution representatives needing assistance with data issues.

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