Data Analyst
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TEKsystems
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$88,400 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
Description The purpose of this position is to act as an internal consultant, collaboratively developing solutions to research requests. In addition, the Data Analyst develops and oversees processes for internal and external reporting, including state and federal reporting, and is required to maintain high ethical standards regarding research practices and privacy protections by applying principles of human research subjects' protections and applicable laws such as FERPA. Duties include programming business intelligence reports; designing and deploying surveys; developing research designs to evaluate the efficacy of operational changes; acquiring data from various sources, both internal and external to the College; providing statistical analysis; creating written reports and presentations; assisting with external reporting such as IPEDS and state submissions; and serving as a research and data expert on college committees.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The list of essential functions below does not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent in this position.Data Analysis and Visualization:
- Extract, clean, and manage data from institutional systems (e.g., Student Information Systems, LMS, HR, Finance)
- Develop dashboards, reports, and visualizations to support leadership and departmental decision-making
- Analyze trends in enrollment, retention, persistence, graduation rates, and student outcomes.
- Partner with stakeholders to define KPIs and performance metrics.
- Perform exploratory data analysis, regression, modeling, and statistical inferences, entering, summarizing and analyzing data
- Design data architecture within a data warehouse to meet research requirements
- Programming ETL processes to merge data across systems and calculate measures to meet research needs
Data Integrity:
- Maintain security and confidentiality of college data records
- Ensure data integrity, governance, and compliance with FERPA and institutional policies.
- Verifying information, data, and report accuracy
- Document data definitions and report inventories
- Maintain data through its appropriate lifecycle Compliance and Reporting
- Support state and federal reporting requirements (e.g., IPEDS, MHEC or other regulatory submissions)
- Conduct ad hoc analyses for academic departments and administrative units
- Develop and execute data reports
- Participate in Institutional Research Board (IRB)
Survey Administration:
- Maintaining campus survey schedule
- Managing outgoing and incoming surveys and tracking survey completion
- Coordinating/dispatching/collating/analyzing surveys
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position does not have supervisory responsibilitiesQUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Education and Experience:
- Associate's Degree
- Minimum of one year of experience in statistical research including data extraction, analysis, and creating reports and presentations
Skills and Abilities:
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving
- Attention to detail and data accuracy
- Collaboration and stakeholder engagement
- Project management and time management
- Ethical handling of sensitive information
- Ability to extract merge and transform data from a variety of databases into formats needed for analysis and compliance reporting
- Knowledge of research design and methodologies
- Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships throughout the
College Preferred Qualifications:
- knowledge of program evaluation methods
- Knowledge of student learning assessment methods
- Knowledge of federal (IPEDS) and state (MHEC) compliance reporting
- Community college experience a plus
- Experience working in a data warehouse Skills Sql, Data, Data analysis Top Skills Details Sql,Data,Data analysis Additional Skills & Qualifications Key Work Traits
- "Accounting mentality" — people who excel tend to be: o Detail oriented o Comfortable tracking missing data o Not afraid to follow up ("chasing people down")
- Able to handle a wide variety of tasks
- Autonomous and resourceful — supports exist, but much work is self directed Preferences
- Institutional Effectiveness (IE), Institutional Research (IR), or related
- Higher education experience (Maryland preferred)
- Candidates north of Baltimore (local) could be a strong fit Other Notes
- Plenty of work + strong growth opportunities
- Spring break starts March 23rd
- Ideal start date: April
- Current schedule: 2 remote days per week
- Salary range: $62K-mid $80Ks Experience Level Entry Level Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Bel Air, MD.
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Bel Air,MD.
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.Similar remote jobs
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