Date Posted: 07/24/2024
Req ID: 38873
Faculty/Division: Vice-Provost, Students
Department: Office of Vice-Provost, Students
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00056890

Description:

About us:

The Office of the Vice-Provost, Students (OVPS) manages policies and procedures for students and student organizations across the three campuses, with a mandate to support and enhance the student experience. The Student Data and Analytics team supports OVPS in the development of structures, tools, and practices to institutionalize a data-driven culture of student success. In particular, it manages a variety of analytical projects drawing on the university’s Student Equity Census and other associated datasets.

Your opportunity:

As a member of the Student Data & Analytics team, and under the general direction of the Manager, Student Data & Analytics, the incumbent will support a range of analytical activities primarily related to Student Equity Census and other student data sources. This includes the production of ad-hoc statistical reports, creation of dashboards in Tableau, along with other analytical products (e.g., static reports).

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing charter, scope, resources and schedule for project(s)
• Analyzing complex statistical reports and/or financial information for management decision-making
• Conducting complex analysis and evaluative techniques to determine trends/patterns and make recommendations to senior university officials
• Interpreting and applying policies and procedures when making independent decisions
• Conducting detailed data analysis to inform management decision making
• Analyzing statistical information to inform admissions projections and planning activities
• Identifying and resolving systemic data integrity issues
• Assessing and determining methodologies for data retrieval and manipulation

Essential Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in a business, analytical, quantitative, information management, or research-related discipline; or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years experience producing polished dashboards using Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing post-secondary student administrative data.
• Demonstrated experience working with relational databases using Azure Data Studio/SQL.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing a variety of data visualization tools and methods to create graphs, charts, timelines, maps, dashboards, infographics, etc. is required.
• Demonstrated experience in quantitative and qualitative data.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience in accessing and utilizing data for decision making.
• Effective interpersonal skills, strong communicator, a collaborative style and the ability to work effectively across functional areas to achieve established goals.
• Proven understanding of Tableau (or similar visualization platform) and the ability to leverage the tool to craft stories, graphics, reports, and complex analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to share data and research results in ways that are easily understood.
• Familiarity statistical software like Stata, SAS, SPSS or R.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Approachable
• Cooperative
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Responsible

Closing Date: 08/08/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 15 -- $95,627. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $122,290. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Fiona Chan

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.