Faculty Affairs Data & Operations Analyst

About the role

The University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine is seeking a Faculty Affairs Data & Operations Analyst to support and lead faculty affairs operations across clinical departments. This position is responsible for faculty data management, reporting, recruitment coordination, onboarding, and promotion and tenure processes, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance across institutional systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain comprehensive faculty databases
• Generate reports to support leadership, accreditation, and strategic planning
• Track promotion and tenure timelines
• Aid in academic promotion and tenure review
• Analyze faculty data trends to support curriculum planning and institutional decision making
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and ensure compliance with academic policies and standards
• Assess promotion readiness, support faculty development, and strengthen the faculty pipeline
• Provide oversight and leadership of departmental administrative staff
• Ensure consistent implementation of faculty processes, standardize workflows, and improve operational efficiency across units
• Strengthen communication and coordination across departments, support staff development and performance management, and partner with leadership to maintain high-quality, consistent administrative support for faculty activities

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing data systems, including maintaining databases, ensuring data accuracy, and generating reports for leadership; strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret trends, identify data inconsistencies, and support strategic planning; excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with faculty, administrators, clinical partners, and staff; high attention to detail, particularly when reviewing faculty dossiers, tracking promotion timelines, or preparing official records; demonstrated organizational and time-management skills, including managing multiple concurrent processes such as recruitment cycles, promotions, and reporting deadlines; experience supervising staff, including training, performance evaluation, and process improvement; experience developing or revising policies, workflows, or administrative procedures; experience working with clinical partners, healthcare organizations, or distributed faculty networks.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

This position offers state health insurance and benefits, which includes a retirement plan with 6% matching, 10 hours of annual leave each month, 9.34 hours of sick leave each month, and 11 paid holidays.

Pay

$26.00 - $29.00 depending on qualifications and experience

Schedule

M-F 8AM-5PM

Contact Information

Jason Kemnitz, EdD Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Jason.Kemnitz@usd.edu