Institutional Analyst
About the role
The Institutional Analyst position is part of the Institutional Reporting team in University Data and Analytics (UDA). The role supports and enhances comprehensive reporting and decision support for the university community, leadership, and other stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Support the reporting and analysis needs of campus stakeholders, which may include activities such as fulfilling campus routine and ad-hoc data requests and preparation of related summaries and reports.
- Respond to federal and state reporting, national rankings and national study requirements throughout the year.
- Support reporting requirements by understanding the content, format, and data definitions of reporting entities, as well as institutional data and related products.
- Conduct data analysis and produce reports for internal and external constituencies that accurately aggregates, summarizes, and conveys NC State’s student, curriculum, employee, and other institutional data.
- Develop, streamline, and automate processes for managing, maintaining, and producing data and analytic reports.
- Routinely update standardized information resources such as reports, websites, or dashboards.
- Create documentation for all programs, processes, datasets, reports, and analytical products.
- Serve as a resource and point of contact to campus constituents regarding UDA reporting products.
- Conduct data validation and data quality reviews of reports and institutional data.
Requirements
Minimum Education and Experience: Master’s degree and at least one year of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with at least two years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Other Required Qualifications: Experience with analytics-related programming languages (such as SAS, SQL), experience with data visualizations (such as Power BI, SAS VA, Tableau), experience with querying, transforming, and analyzing data to produce usable information, ability to understand and work with complex, cross-functional data, ability to create and update analytics-related documentation, ability to ensure data accuracy, quality, and integrity, strong communication skills and ability to understand the needs of administration and the university community, ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, ability to follow security procedures and work with secure/confidential data, self-motivated, with high standards for rigorous and detailed work, and ability to collaborate with others and to work in a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications: At least one to two years of professional experience working with data to produce reports, dashboards, or perform data analysis, at least one to two years of professional experience with analytics-related languages (such as SAS, SQL), experience in higher education in a professional role utilizing or handling university data.
Qualifications
Experience with analytics-related programming languages (such as SAS, SQL)
Experience with data visualizations (such as Power BI, SAS VA, Tableau)
Experience with querying, transforming, and analyzing data to produce usable information
Ability to understand and work with complex, cross-functional data
Ability to create and update analytics-related documentation
Ability to ensure data accuracy, quality, and integrity
Strong communication skills and ability to understand the needs of administration and the university community
Ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Ability to follow security procedures and work with secure/confidential data
Self-motivated, with high standards for rigorous and detailed work
Ability to collaborate with others and to work in a team environment
Skills
Experience with analytics-related programming languages (such as SAS, SQL)
Experience with data visualizations (such as Power BI, SAS VA, Tableau)
Experience with querying, transforming, and analyzing data to produce usable information
Ability to understand and work with complex, cross-functional data
Ability to create and update analytics-related documentation
Ability to ensure data accuracy, quality, and integrity
Strong communication skills and ability to understand the needs of administration and the university community
Ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Ability to follow security procedures and work with secure/confidential data
Self-motivated, with high standards for rigorous and detailed work
Ability to collaborate with others and to work in a team environment
Benefits
Wolfpack Perks and Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Flexible Spending Account Retirement Programs Disability Plans Life Insurance Accident Plan Paid Time Off and Other Leave Programs 12 Holidays Each Year Tuition and Academic Assistance
Pay
Commensurate with education and experience
Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm (additional work outside of standard hours may be required due to business needs)