Student Success Analyst

Job Summary: Are you curious and willing to engage in conversations? Does understanding and impacting the experience of UW students interest you? Can you demonstrate you are a resourceful team player? Would you like the opportunity to be part of a new partnership, piloting a different way of providing analytic support? This position will be a member of the Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research (DAPIR) office and a part of its Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS) team.
DAPIR manages the structures needed to ensure the availability of accessible, usable, high-quality data.
Along with campus partners, DAPIR promotes an institution-wide data strategy and the use of data to inform strategic initiatives and planning.
The IRDS team applies their knowledge of the institution and the broader higher education landscape to analyze information about students, faculty, staff, and administrative operations to support UW-Madison's strategic efforts.
This position's analytical work will focus on supporting just one office, The Office of Academic and Career Success (OACS).
OACS coordinates training, communication, assessment, and technology services for advising, career services, and learning support units across campus.
OACS also advocates on behalf of these three communities to campus leadership to ensure staff and student success.
With a strong commitment to equity, inclusion, and innovation, OACS wants to improve the academic and career success of UW-Madison students.
Because of this position's focus on the needs of OACS, it is uniquely positioned to enhance student experience and positively impact student outcomes and achievements.
A sample of potential projects include: - Analyzing staffing and caseloads in service units so that OACS can maximize impact.
- Evaluating the impact of career services programming.
- Determining the effectiveness of learning support programs.
- Assisting with developing and implementing campus-wide experiential learning data through data collection and analysis.
Learn more about DAPIR at https://data.
wisc.
edu/ Learn more about OACs at https://oacs.
wisc.
edu/ Responsibilities: Investigates, researches, gathers, analyzes, and summarizes institutional data in support of information and research needs for planning and policy-making decisions.
Provides management information, data analyses, and policy reports to inform strategic planning, decision-making, and resource allocation at the institutional level.
Provides advice to, and performance management support for executive leadership.
35% Provides analysis and consultation on a variety of administrative-related matters 20% Designs, collects, analyzes, and researches institutional data according to established procedures and regulations 20% Prepares and disseminates institutional statistical reports to institutional programs, working units, and leadership 20% Serves as liaison and primary contact to internal and external stakeholders for institutional reporting and compliance, external surveys, and institutional statistics and data 5% Participates in establishing guidelines and procedures to ensure adequacy, quality, and reliability of information sources to ensure information systems and databases manage, store, and retrieve institutional data according to established policies, procedures, and reporting regulations Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison.
We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community.
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Education: Required Master's Degree or other graduate or professional degree.
Qualifications: REQUIRED: Please ensure your cover letter and resume show how you meet the required qualifications.
- Experience working with large data sets from operational data systems.
- Experience demonstrating data accuracy and addressing data quality issues.
- Able to communicate complex data analysis results to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand way, including reports, interactive visualizations, and presentations.
- Proficient with general inferential statistical and predictive modeling concepts and techniques.
- Able to manage varied projects, priorities, and duties with attention to detail.
- Experience using data and analytic approaches to evaluate the effects of policy decisions and inform policy development.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning around diversity, equity, and inclusion and applying that knowledge to your work.
PREFERRED: We recognize that qualified applicants come from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't match all of the qualifications listed under preferred.
- Proficient with a relational database query tool and SQL or similar database programming languages.
- Proficient with statistical software such as SAS, R, SPSS, or STATA.
- Able to build and sustain relationships.
- Experience responding to requests that are sensitive or political in nature.
- Experience guiding stakeholders to accurately define their questions.
- Familiarity with relational database design and dimensional modeling.
- Knowledge of higher education issues, including student services-related areas such as academic advising, career services, learning support, the student experience, student academic success, and post-graduate success and metrics.
- Experience constructing data sets from multiple data sources - Able to investigate operational processes and sources of data to construct meaning and draw conclusions while understanding the limitations of the data.
Work Type: Full Time: 100% This position requires most work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.
If desired, some work may be performed remotely at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration: Terminal, 24 month appointment.
This position has the possibility to be extended or converted to an ongoing appointment based on need and/or funding Salary: Minimum $85,000 Maximum $95,000 ANNUAL (12 months) Depending on Qualifications This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced insurance plans, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund.
Learn more at https://hr.
wisc.
edu/benefits/.
Additional Information: Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.
e.
a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the first day of employment.
University sponsorship is not available for this position.
How to Apply: Click the Apply Now button to begin.
You will be asked to upload a cover letter and resume, which should highlight your experience, knowledge, and skills as they relate to the qualifications listed in this posting.
Contact: Kory Breuer kory.
breuer@wisc.
edu Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1.
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Official Title: Inst Policy Analyst I (Inst)(AD038) Department(s): A01-GENL EDUCATIONAL ADMIN/A0124/INST RESRCH&SUPPORT Employment Class: Academic Staff-Terminal Job Number: 295202-AS The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies.
We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
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