Academic Affairs Data Analyst, Academic and Faculty Affairs: SC Johnson College of Business

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Academic Affairs Data Analyst role is within the Academic and Faculty Affairs (AFA) team at the SC Johnson College of Business. This team manages significant data related to faculty activities and academic planning. The Faculty Data Team's mission is to provide decision-quality data and analysis for college leadership, while the Academic Planning Team ensures efficient course scheduling and staffing. Both teams supply essential metrics for accreditation, reviews, rankings, course planning, and more. The AFA team operates on an annual cycle, with periods of intense data entry, analysis, and reporting to meet college data requirements for faculty pay increases, teaching adjustments, visiting faculty recruitment, accreditation reports, rankings surveys, and promotion and tenure processes. The core of every product and process is reliable, high-quality data. The Academic Affairs Data Analyst is responsible for understanding the college's needs and use of AFA data, making decisions on data categorization, and accurately entering, validating, and reporting on it. This role involves maintaining database systems, running data validations, and ensuring the annual cycle is followed. The analyst works with the Faculty Activity Data Analyst and Activity Insight Team Lead to ensure the accuracy of faculty data in the Faculty Success system, which is sourced from faculty CVs, emails, and self-review reports. Additionally, the analyst collaborates with the Academic Project Planning Manager to manage data in the Academic Planning Database. The role requires sound judgment to identify and correct data quality issues and may involve suggesting updates to business rules or data structures. The Academic Affairs Data Analyst will have direct contact with faculty to fulfill data requests, particularly for academic course planning, and will contribute to changes in team processes and policies.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree and 4 to 6 years relevant experience or equivalent combination
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Exceptionally well-organized and process-oriented
• Comfortable in a digital environment
• Very familiar with MS Office
• Familiar with data management concepts
• Experience modeling values that support inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced user of MS Excel and familiarity with MS Access and SQL
• Familiar with Cornell processes and organization
• Previous Faculty Success and/or Salesforce experience

Responsibilities

• Understand the college’s needs and use of faculty data and the course planning process.
• Maintain the database systems required to track faculty and academic planning data.
• Report on data as necessary to support the team’s mission.
• Run regular data validations.
• Work with the Data Team Leads to ensure the annual cycle is followed.
• Ensure the consistency and accuracy of the faculty data in the Faculty Success system.
• Enter, validate, and maintain data in the Academic Planning Database.
• Exercise sound judgment and experience to identify and correct data quality issues.
• Suggest updates to business rules and/or data structure to clarify data entry tasks and better support reporting.
• Have regular direct contact with faculty to fill specific data requests, especially in support of academic course planning.
• Provide input on changes to team processes and policies.

Benefits

• Health Care – Several plan options for medical, dental, prescription drug, and vision care coverage.
• Generous Paid Time Off & Leave Provisions with flexible work options – This includes vacation time, health and personal time, holidays, and parental leave.
• Retirement Plans – Employees are eligible for the 403(b) College and University Retirement Plan
• Education – Options include the Employee Degree Program, taking classes to enrich your career skills, New York’s 529 College Savings Program, and Cornell Children’s Tuition Scholarship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree