Educational Data Analyst - College of Medicine

University of Illinois Chicago•Chicago, IL

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine is seeking an Educational Data Analyst to join its Administration team. The analyst maintains relational databases and aggregates, analyzes, and reports data from multiple internal and external sources to support longitudinal student assessment, program evaluation, continuous quality improvement, accreditation reporting, and research and scholarship. The role requires understanding College of Medicine processes—including admissions, curriculum, assessment, and residency match—to guide analysis and ensure data validity, and provides technical guidance on data processing methods and performance standards. The analyst develops reproducible data-cleaning, transformation, aggregation, analysis, and reporting workflows; builds and maintains large-scale datasets, databases, data pipelines, dashboards, and reports; and supports decision-making with statistical analysis and actionable findings. The position also safeguards data quality and confidentiality, documents data sources and methods, and supports accreditation and institutional reporting needs. Illinois residency is required within 180 days of employment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, a related information management field, or a clinical area of study.
At least one year of professional-level IT experience in Data Analytics & Integration, including demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and supporting clinical application interfaces, and developing, modifying, distributing, and testing reports, metrics, dashboards, and self-service reporting capabilities in business intelligence tools and applications.
Demonstrated experience in statistical analysis of student data in an educational setting.
Proficiency in R or another statistical programming language or software, such as Stata, SAS, SPSS, or Python, including data cleaning, manipulation, statistical analysis, and visualization.
Submit a cover letter describing interest in the role and relevant experience.
Illinois residency is required within 180 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in statistics, educational measurement, psychometrics, or a related field such as mathematics, data science, social sciences, public health, or biostatistics.
Proficiency with Microsoft systems, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI.
Experience with vended resources such as Canvas, Acuity One45, Learningspace, Oasis, and eValue, and external data from organizations such as the National Board of Medical Examiners, Association of Academic Medical Colleges, and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Knowledge of statistics and experience selecting appropriate statistical analyses for educational datasets and communicating findings.
Understanding of undergraduate medical education expectations, including LCME accreditation standards and competency-based assessment.
Strong attention to detail, particularly for data cleaning, management, and analysis.
Meticulous and efficient work habits and quick response time.
Strong written and oral presentation skills.
Collaborative approach with multidisciplinary teams, patience, and willingness to learn and teach others.
Ability to manage competing priorities, communicate timelines, and adhere to them.

Responsibilities

Analyze educational data to address complex educational and institutional questions.
Conduct statistical analyses to identify trends, predictors, and disparities in student performance and outcomes; identify additional analytical methods as needed.
Translate analysis findings into actionable insights for educational leaders and decision-makers.
Develop efficient, reproducible processes for cleaning, transforming, and aggregating educational data.
Clean and merge data from multiple internal and external educational data systems.
Build and maintain large-scale datasets, relational databases, and automated data pipelines.
Use data-cleaning, management, and query best practices to identify and aggregate data from large databases across Information Resources, College and campus registrars, Admissions, and Educational Affairs.
Create and maintain user-friendly dashboards and static reports for program, phase, and course evaluation.
Develop recurring reports on medical student academic progress, including M4 class quartile rank and M1–M4 competency achievement.
Support reporting requirements for Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation and other institutional needs.
Collect, process, and visualize data to answer business questions and enable strategic decision-making.
Gather requirements, understand business needs, perform data modeling, and develop pipelines and data architecture for analytics.
Develop reproducible reporting strategies that provide insights for decision-makers.
Establish and monitor processes for data accuracy, completeness, consistency, security, and confidentiality.
Document data sources, definitions, workflows, analytic methods, and quality assurance procedures.
Implement reproducible analytic and reporting workflows.
Perform other duties as assigned.