Resource and Policy Analyst - Hybrid

University of Illinois System Offices • Urbana, IL

258d • $70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Analyst is responsible for institutional research support and analyses; interacts with academic and administrative officers of the University and external bodies to determine what information is required and report the results of studies as appropriate; and evaluates programs or policies related to Planning and Budgeting responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or a field related to the position.
• Two (2) years of professional business, financial, and/or managerial work experience.
• A Master's Degree in an area consistent with the duties of the position may be substituted for one (1) year (12 months) of work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in a discipline that includes quantitative analysis.
• One year of experience in data analytics and reporting, data source construction data collection and assessment, statistical analysis, information management, and/or institutional research.
• One year of experience writing standardized data queries.
• One year of experience in areas related to the duties described above.
• Experience in SAS, R, Python, or similar programming language.
• Familiarity with public higher education in Illinois.
• Familiarity with Ellucian Banner.
• Experience with MS Office suite.
• Experience using visual analytics tools such as Tableau.
• Professional experience in a higher education setting, preferably in institutional research.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analytical studies in the areas of admissions, enrollment, degrees awarded, STEM degrees awarded, residency, graduation and retention, and student financial aid in response to internal and external data requests.
• Disseminate the results of the research studies to decision makers at the University of Illinois.
• Collect, coordinate, assist, or review institutional research data for annual research studies/projects.
• Prepare annual analytical reports for certain financial aid programs that include students' demographic characteristics, scholarship eligibility, enrollment, low-sending counties, graduation and retention, degrees awarded, academic performance, and award paid amount per academic year.
• Maintain and upkeep of PAP database.
• Prepare reports and dashboards based on existing post-secondary earnings data.
• Pursue new employment outcome related data sources at the state and/or national level and develop new reports and dashboards based on that data.
• Conduct peer comparison studies of enrollment, degrees awarded, student demographics, six year graduation rate, one year retention rate, race/ethnicity, student default rates, faculty and staff demographics by institution type.
• Complete various benchmarking data and survey requests by various educational associations.
• Other duties as assigned appropriate for a Resource and Policy Analyst.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree