Academic Reporting and Assessment Analyst

Harford Community College • Bel Air, MD

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About The Position

The Academic Data & Reporting Analyst plays a pivotal role in transforming data into meaningful insights that strengthen student success, support program quality, and enhance institutional effectiveness. Serving as a data partner for Academic Affairs, this position leads internal and external reporting, supports academic assessment processes, and delivers high-quality analysis to faculty, staff, and leadership.

The individual in this role will work across teams, tools, and systems to ensure the accuracy, clarity, and usability of academic data. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, building effective data workflows, and helping others make data-informed decisions.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree
• A minimum of 1 year of related professional experience in a higher education setting is required, including statistical research, data extraction and analysis, and report creation.
• Experience analyzing higher education data and working with complex institutional datasets
• Skill in extracting, merging, cleaning, and transforming data from multiple databases for analysis and reporting
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods and their appropriate applications
• Experience designing, administering, and analyzing online surveys
• Proficiency with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Argos)
• Ability to write, understand, and troubleshoot SQL queries
• Ability to collaborate with non-researchers to clarify data needs and define research questions
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate complex analyses into clear, accessible summaries for diverse audiences
• Ability to build and maintain effective, collaborative relationships across the College
• Understanding of data governance, data hygiene best practices, and protocols for working with sensitive or confidential data
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines
• Proficiency in descriptive and inferential statistics using tools such as SPSS, SAS, R, or Excel
• Employees of Harford Community College, including instructors for online and virtual courses, must be residents of Maryland or the contiguous states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or the District of Columbia; non-residents are expected to relocate to meet this requirement.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States, as the College does not offer Visa sponsorship for this position

Nice To Haves

• Experience collecting data in a Learning Management System
• Experience with Ellucian Banner or a similar ERP/SIS system
• Experience with assessment, including program review, in an educational setting
• Bachelor's degree or above in Data Analysis, Information Science, Data Science, Program Evaluation or related field of study.

Responsibilities

• Extracting, compiling, analyzing, and presenting data for internal and external reporting needs
• Maintaining organized documentation and ensuring secure storage and transmission of all records
• Serving on the Assessment Team and supporting academic assessment activities, including program and unit review
• Overseeing survey administration, analysis, and coordination with Institutional Effectiveness.
• Collecting and reporting data within the Learning Management System (LMS)
• Tracking and reporting operational and Workforce & Continuing Education (WCE) budget and revenue data
• Conducting exploratory data analysis, regression modeling, and statistical inference using relevant software tools

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package, including 2 weeks paid college break, 15 days of sick leave, and 15 days paid of vacation leave.
• Eligible for health, vision and dental benefits, flexible spending accounts, identity theft plan, and legal benefit plan.
• Receive paid basic life & long-term disability insurance; employee paid supplemental life insurance available.
• Participation is required the mandatory retirement plan & two optional retirement plans are available (403b with match after 1 year & 457b).
• Receive paid basic life & long-term disability insurance.
• Tuition waiver for HCC classes and tuition reimbursement are also available!

What This Job Offers

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