About the Department

The College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services and Information Technology (CECH) is committed to the pursuit of discovery and excellence in research, teaching, and service that addresses real-world challenges and opportunities to create positive social change. We prepare students to maximize their ability to have a positive impact and to be contributing members of society. To this end, we embrace five key values: (1) Innovation: exploring, discovering, and implementing new ideas, methods, and applications; (2) Partnership: seeking out opportunities for partnership in our academic, research, and community pursuits; (3) Diversity: embracing and celebrating variation in styles, cultures, and disciplines; (4) Leadership: leading through research and by empowering individuals, communities, and organizations to evolve and facilitate change through best practices; (5) Support: providing an environment where faculty, staff, and students thrive.

Job Overview

The College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology (CECH) is looking for a Strategic Data Analytics Manager to join our growing team of data analytics experts. The manager will oversee the CECH data team and processes. This position will work closely with leaders across CECH and the University to support and implement high-quality, data-driven decisions to solve real-world problems. They will use advanced data modeling and analysis to interpret, visualize and present key findings from University and CECH data to support complex initiatives and outcomes.

The selected candidate will report directly to the Senior Business Officer in the CECH Dean’s Office. This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Essential Functions

• Lead cross-functional projects using advanced data modeling and analysis to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities.
• Communicate and present results and business impacts of insight initiatives to stakeholders within CECH and the University.
• Develop and maintain data models, automation systems, dashboards, reports and metrics that support key business decisions.
• Design and implement technical processes to address business issues (data collection, validation, modeling, etc.).
• Oversee the design and delivery of reports and insights that analyze business functions and key operations and performance metrics.
• Oversee the data/report requests process: tracking requests submitted, prioritization, approval, etc.
• Develop and implement quality controls and departmental standards to ensure quality standards, organizational expectations, and regulatory requirements.
• Anticipate future demands of initiatives related to people, technology, budget and business within the department and design/implement solutions to meet these needs.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Analytics, or related field.
• Nine (9) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.

Required Experience

Five (5) years of experience in data analytics (can include co-op, internship, etc.), including two (2) years of personnel management experience

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Working knowledge of data mining principles: predictive analytics, mapping, collecting data from multiple data systems on premises and cloud-based data sources.
• Ability to perform effective querying involving multiple tables and subqueries (SQL, Python, R, etc.).
• Understanding of and experience using analytical concepts and statistical techniques: hypothesis development, designing tests/experiments, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and developing actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Experience and knowledge of statistics and statistical packages for analyzing large data sets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc).
• Experience creating dashboards and effectively visualizing data using relevant data to inform decisions (Tableau, PowerBI, SAS, etc.).
• Strong problem solving, quantitative and analytical abilities.
• Strong ability to plan and manage numerous processes, people and projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and delegation skills.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Application Process

Interested and qualified applicants must apply online and include:

• Cover letter of interest.
• Current CV/Resume.
• All certifications and other documentation can be uploaded using the Additional Documents section in the application.

Applications without a cover letter and CV/Resume will not be considered for the position.