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Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Policy and Planning Analyst I
Job Summary:
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education is one of the nation's leading schools of education, recognized for excellence across the arts, education, and health. Guided by the Wisconsin Idea, the School advances teaching, research, and public service through 10 academic departments and a broad network of research, outreach, and administrative units that support students, faculty, staff, and communities across Wisconsin and beyond.
Reporting to the Director of the Office of Data and Analytics (ODA), the Data Analyst supports strategic planning and decision-making across the School through analysis of academic, budget and finance, human resources, research, and student data. Using institutional data and information from a variety of campus sources, the analyst develops and maintains reports, dashboards, and analytical tools that provide actionable insights for School leadership, academic departments, and administrative units. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented and analytical professional who is a critical thinker, self-starter, and collaborative partner with a passion for using data to support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
Examples of areas of responsibility include:
- Develop, maintain, and enhance dashboards and reports that support School of Education leadership, academic departments, and administrative units’ decision-making.
- Analyze trends and patterns across academic, student, research, financial, and other operational data.
- Support reporting and analysis related to enrollment, retention, scholarships, post-graduation outcomes, course access, graduate education, research activity, and departmental and budget metrics.
- Prepare analysis and reporting for program review, accreditation, rankings submissions, and strategic planning initiatives.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Tracks sources of information relevant to policy development affecting the higher education sector
- Works with business intelligence/analyst function in computing services to develop data visualization and business intelligence capability
- Designs and develops policy analyses and briefing pape