Title III Grant Data Analyst

Lakeland University•Plymouth, WI

About The Position

Lakeland University seeks a Data Analyst to support Title III-funded initiatives focused on improving student persistence and degree completion, expanding career readiness and workforce preparation opportunities, strengthening financial literacy programming, and enhancing institutional effectiveness and student support services. The position supports institutional data, reporting, and analytics needs using data from enterprise systems such as Jenzabar, PowerFAIDS, Slate, Handshake, and Vault Campus. The Data Analyst partners with academic and administrative departments to clarify reporting needs, improve access to information, and support informed decision-making. The role develops and maintains SQL queries, data extracts, recurring reports, dashboards, key performance indicators, visualizations, and self-service reporting resources. It also supports scheduled and ad hoc reporting across enrollment, financial aid, student success, career services, finance, academic operations, compliance, and institutional planning.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in data analytics, computer science, information systems, statistics, business analytics, institutional research, or a closely related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Experience writing SQL queries and working with relational databases.
Experience developing reports, data extracts, dashboards, or visualizations.
Ability to translate business questions into clear data and reporting requirements.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work collaboratively, and handle institutional data with discretion.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting data analysis, reporting, or institutional research in higher education.
Experience with one or more of Jenzabar, PowerFAIDS, Slate, Handshake, or Vault Campus.
Experience with Power BI, Alteryx, InfoMaker, Python, R, APIs, Microsoft 365, or related data and reporting tools.
Familiarity with data governance, metric definitions, report validation, and role-based access to institutional data.
Experience automating recurring data preparation or reporting processes.

Responsibilities

Gather and clarify data, reporting, and analytical requirements in partnership with academic and administrative departments.
Write, maintain, validate, and document SQL queries, data extracts, and recurring reports using data from Jenzabar, PowerFAIDS, Slate, Handshake, Vault Campus, and other instructional systems.
Develop and maintain dashboards, key performance indicators, visualizations, and self-service reporting resources using tools such as Power BI and Alteryx.
Analyze data for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and relevance before distributing reports or extracts.
Reconcile information across systems and work with functional offices to investigate and resolve data discrepancies.
Support scheduled and ad hoc reporting for enrollment, financial aid, student success, career services, finance, academic operations, compliance, and institutional planning.
Assist with institutional, state, federal, accreditation, and other required reporting as assigned.
Document report definitions, business rules, data sources, query logic, schedules, and validation procedures.
Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, standardize common metrics, and automate repeatable reporting tasks.
Follow institutional requirements for data privacy, security, access control, and appropriate use of sensitive information.
Communicate analytical findings clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences and provide basic guidance on interpreting and using reports.
Perform other related duties as assigned.