Data Strategist
- Employer
- City Colleges of Chicago
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- May 10, 2022
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The Office of Strategy and Institutional Intelligence’s mission is to generate, evaluate, and implement strategic initiatives that create sustainable long-term improvements for the colleges and the district in alignment with City Colleges’ student-centric mission, vision, and goals.
JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to an Associate Vice Chancellor, the position plays a significant role in institutionalizing a continuous improvement and performance-based culture at City Colleges of Chicago, and ensuring fact-based accountability at program, employee and system-levels. Provides strategic data analysis, monitoring strategic metrics, developing and facilitating the tracking of leading performance indicators, and supporting district and colleges in the strategic use of data. Performs related duties as required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Provide data and analytic support: Conduct strategic data
analysis, identify insights and implications from institutional
data and make strategic recommendations to executive and senior
staff. Develop data displays that clearly communicate complex
analyses to multiple audiences, including executive and senior
staff.
- Facilitate performance metric monitoring: Monitor District and
college strategic metrics through performance dialog forums. Work
with staff at different levels of the organization to create
metrics, set goals and conduct analyses; use operational data in
real time to develop and execute action plans focused on improving
institutional practices, policies, procedures and ultimately
student success. Build structures, tools and routines to
institutionalize a data-driven culture of student success.
- Work cross-functionally across the organization: Maintain
cross-functional visibility across all departments to help push
strategic initiatives forward and surface critical issues. Provide
ongoing oversight and support to management and decision making to
ensure that measures are being used to effectively manage
operations and effect institutional change.
- Develop and refine institutional data capacity through data
use: Support development of district/college-wide data collection,
analysis and dissemination of policies and practices; train
researchers and staff to make meaningful data conections.
- Develop and refine institutional data capacity through
knowledge sharing: facilitate regular reviews with district/college
team; synthesize and share key insights across projects. Develop,
maintain and train teams on infrastructure (such as Sharepoint) to
support knowledge management.
- Develop and refine institutional data capacity through capacity
building: Help staff use data in real-time, lead data capacity
building trainings on data literacy. Support development tools,
templates, and reports that address the needs of building data
capacity across CCC.
Reports to: Associate Vice Chancellor
Direct: None
QUALIFICATIONS
Education, Training and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in
a quantitative discipline such as statistics, business,
mathematics, economics public policy; or a related field of study.
A Master’s degree is highly preferred.
- Three years of relevant research experience, with demonstrated
experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods and
statistics
- A combination of education and experience may be taken into
consideration based on the applicant’s credentials
- High level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word,
Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience with statistical analysis software such as SAS
highly desirable
- Experience in quantitative statistical analysis highly
desirable
- Experience in the development of performance metrics and
continuous improvement systems and tools desirable
- Familiarity with Access and SQL data query skills a plus
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
- Knowledge of best practices in project management and strategic
planning
- Knowledge of research, assessment and planning activities in a
higher education environment
- Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research
methods
- Knowledge of critical issues in higher education and
understanding of education performance data
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong data management skills
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate data and
methodological details to non-technical audiences
- Ability to work within a culturally diverse environment
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively
- Ability to manage competing priorities and handle multiple
projects
- Ability to combine complex datasets and to manipulate large
datasets as part of data analysis
- General Office environment
- Some travel to various city colleges within District 508
- Standard office equipment
- Computers and peripheral equipment
- Ability to operate computers and related equipment and
software
- Leadership – Demonstrate willingness to lead, take charge, and
offer opinions and direction
- Attention to Detail – Requires being careful about detail and
thorough in completing work tasks
- Initiative – Demonstrates willingness to take on
responsibilities and job challenges
- Dependability – Demonstrates reliability, responsibility, and
dependability and fulfill obligations.
- Analytical Thinking – Analyzes information and use logic to
address work issues
- Technologically Informed – Capable user of technology who
understands the role of technology in the institution and who will
guide and support its efficient and effective use
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago.
TBD
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