Planning Analyst

Planning Analyst

Job Profile: Business and Data Analyst 1

Job Family: Business and Data Analytics

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Qualifications: Associate's degree and one (1) year of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary: Supports implementation of system requirements and performs routine data analysis to ensure data management objectives within a work unit are met.

Job Description:

Position

Salary

Range: $54,600 - $70,000 per year; offer dependent on experience

The primary responsibility of this role is to manage, analyze, integrate, quality-check, and communicate data on institutional quality, under direction of a senior analyst or supervisor. The data includes measures of reputation, student success, enrollment, financial aid, citations, and awards used for benchmarking, and comes from various ASU data sources as well as external data sources. The role will participate in preparing statistical and written reports, presentations, and data visualizations.

Essential Duties:

• Manages and analyzes data on student success, enrollment, financial aid, and other measures of quality for higher education.
• Identifies gaps between current realities and benchmarks and identifies opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Assists in convening meetings and sharing information with staff in other units to share best practices and interpretation of data.
• Compiles and manages data.
• Analyzes and interprets quantitative and qualitative data; reviews and validates results with senior analyst or designee.
• Communicates with internal and external constituencies to obtain necessary information.
• Prepares drafts of technical reports, presentations, and visualizations for review; incorporates suggestions to write and prepare final versions.
• Utilizes a variety of data programs and software to perform data computation, statistical analysis, and visualization of critical and/or key metrics.
• As requested, explains analyses, plans, or analytical reports to senior administrators.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of: data extraction, management, and visualization methods and practices, and relational database, spreadsheet, statistical, and presentation software packages (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau).
• An understanding of the landscape of higher education in the U.S.
• Experience in building, managing, and analyzing datasets that integrate disparate statistical and financial information, analyzing complex data/problems.
• Experience in using analytical skills including but not limited to: quantitative and qualitative data analysis, policy analysis, and effective and efficient problem solving.
• Experience in discerning trends and patterns in data and in identifying relationships between interconnected metrics.
• Experience in strategic planning, project management, team management, partnership building. Evidence of (or experience in) effective communication skills to include graphic presentation of data.
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Ability to be open-minded about receiving feedback.
• Ability to be curious in exploring and discovering insights in data.
• Experience in working effectively in an environment subject to quickly changing and potentially conflicting priorities.
• Experience in identifying appropriate data sources, extracting and manipulating data from multiple and varied database sources by designing, refining and running complex data queries.
• Experience with, and aptitude for learning, technology and software.

Working Environment:

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of staying in a stationary position, manipulating a computer.
• Required to occasionally travel moderate distances to perform work across campus locations.
• Frequent moving, transporting, and positioning up to 25 pounds.

This position is expected to be on-site at ASU’s campus in Tempe, Arizona. Hybrid opportunities may be available. Out-of-area candidates are invited to apply but relocation expenses are not covered.

Department Statement: The Office of the University Provost leads the Academic Enterprise at ASU, encompassing all academic efforts that empower degree-seeking students and support faculty engaged in teaching and research at the university.

The mission of the Institutional Quality data team within The Office of the University Provost is to manage, analyze, and communicate data and to recommend actions that enable ASU to benchmark, improve, and demonstrate its quality nationally and globally.

Driving Requirement: Driving is not required for this position.

Location

Campus: Tempe

Funding: No Federal Funding

Notes: ASU’s comprehensive benefits package is a key part of your total compensation. Visit the ASU Compensation Estimator

Employment Verification Statement: ASU conducts pre-employment screening which may include verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.

Background Check Statement: ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Fingerprint Check Statement: This position is considered safety/security sensitive and will include a fingerprint check. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the fingerprint check.