Data Analyst

Department ​
 
ESA Deputy Director - Finance, Administration, and Student Employment

About the Department

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Career Advancement serves a student population of approximately 7,000 arts and sciences undergraduate students, in addition to alumni who have graduated within the last five years. Career Advancement plays a vital role in ensuring our students’ success after graduation. Career Advancement offers innovative and comprehensive career development services with a focus on pre-professional preparation, experiential education, and opportunities. Through career advising, programs, and comprehensive resources, Career Advancement supports undergraduate students and alumni as they develop the skills necessary to manage their career development, while working with alumni and employers to provide students with meaningful opportunities. For more information, please visit the Career Advancement website at careeradvancement.uchicago.edu.

Job Information ​
 

Job Summary:

The Data Analyst will collaborate with team members across the Office of Career Advancement and campus partners to monitor data and reporting of key outcomes. The Data Analyst will strategically collect and analyze program and student data and report externally and internally on program progress. Additionally, this position will provide technical infrastructure support web-based data platforms, including Salesforce.

Responsibilities:

• Track student data, quantify student engagement, and report on student outcomes. Reports will include both qualitative and quantitative data.
• Use data to support the evaluation and monitor success of career programs and initiatives designed to support students throughout their College experience.
• Execute evaluation and data collection plans.
• Utilize technical tools, including Excel and CRM technology such as Salesforce, to conduct analysis and visualization of data to generate data reports on both a recurring and ad hoc basis, as requested by internal and external stakeholders.
• Solve routine database problems that ensures users and related applications can access necessary data sets.

Competencies:

• Confidentiality with student information and other sensitive data.
• Provide high quality customer service in a fast-paced environment.
• Current or previous experience communicating and interacting with clients and/or senior level employees or constituents.

Additional Requirements ​​
 

Education, Experience or Certifications:

Technical Knowledge or Skills:

• Experience with data cleaning/ETL processes.
• Experience with data project management, including requirement gathering and user interfacing strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in Excel, including use of Excel formulas and pivot tables to process and analyze data.
• Prior experience with CRM technology, Salesforce preferred.
• Familiarity with a visual analytics tool such as Tableau, SAP Business Objects, or Microsoft Power BI

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• References Contact Information (3)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Benefit Eligibility ​
 
No

Requires Compliance with University Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
 

Yes

Pay Frequency ​
 
Hourly

Pay Range
 
Depends on Qualifications

Scheduled Weekly Hours ​
 
37.5

Union ​
 
Non-Union

Job is Exempt
 
No

Drug Test Required
 
No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 
No

Health Screen Required
No

Posting Date ​
 
2022-05-12-07:00

Remove from Posting On or Before ​
 
2022-11-12-08:00

Posting Statement: ​​
 

Employees must comply with the University’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements. More information about the requirements can be found on the University of Chicago Vaccination GoForward .
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