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Req #: 244766

Department: FINANCE, PLANNING, AND BUDGETING

Job Location Detail: Hybrid Available - 3 days a week in office

Posting Date: 04/16/2025

Closing Info:

Closes On 05/07/2025

Salary: $5,859 - $7,084 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes:

As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119\_a11y.pdf)

We will begin screening completed application materials upon receipt through the close date.

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state, and around the world. UW employees bring their energy, creative problem-solving skills to their work and are dedicated to building stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives, and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

Finance, Planning, and Budgeting (FPB) encompasses the major central financial, planning, and budgeting functions for the University of Washington, including:

• Finance & Budget Strategy

• Institutional Analytics & Decision Support

• Policy, Planning & State Operations

• University Business Services

The Institutional Analysis (IA) and Institutional Reporting (IR) teams within FPB are responsible for supporting the University’s federal and state reporting requirements and providing reports and research that support the decision-making of senior leadership. In addition, the teams are responsible for responding to a wide variety of internal and external information requests about students, faculty and staff, and other key areas of university activities. As a part of that responsibility, IA and IR collaborate with university partners on institutional reporting, analysis and data management needs.

**Reporting to the Director of IA, the Institutional Research Analyst** supports the university’s data-informed decision-making processes by collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to institutional assessment and effectiveness. This role is ideal for individuals with an excellent foundation in data analysis and a passion for applying statistical techniques to higher education research. This position works closely with internal stakeholders to provide data insights for institutional planning, policy development, and student success initiatives. The Institutional Research Analyst will also contribute to standard reports and develop visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, or other BI tools.

This position will require learning about data elements and sources in a complex data environment; development of consistent definitions and methodology and supporting staff in IA, IR and UW-IT to develop conceptual data models that support campus reporting and analysis needs. In many cases, the data elements available lack adequate documentation. Consequently, understanding which data elements to use and how they should be combined will involve extensive individual exploration and consultation with data custodians on all three UW campuses.

The Institutional Research Analyst will eventually require advanced knowledge of institutional data in and across the following areas: student (including admissions and financial aid); faculty/staff/finance; physical space and space utilization. The Institutional Research Analyst will help the IA and IR teams develop operational data definitions, reporting and analysis methodologies, and user-friendly business intelligence solutions for campus stakeholders. As a result, the person in this position must have patience and good interpersonal skills to translate stakeholder requirements into both technical and user-friendly language.

This position requires intensive solo work, group work, and one-on-one interviews to determine requirements. Time management is also vital, as there will always be data quality issues, but the person in this position must also keep big picture priorities in mind to avoid spending time addressing data outliers that do not negatively impact the quality of our deliverables.

Duties & Responsibilities:** **Report Building, Data Visualization & Analysis

• Assist the Institutional Analysis (IA) and Institutional Research (IR) teams in developing conceptual data models to support standardized reports and dashboards

• Work closely with the Data Quality Analyst to integrate data from multiple sources, ensuring consistency in definitions and methodological approaches

• Collaborate with IT, HR, and other university units to design and update institution-level dashboards displaying key performance metrics for campus leadership

• Respond to ad hoc data requests related to grant applications, curricular accreditation, and process improvement projects, working directly with stakeholders to understand reporting needs

• Conduct data analysis to support executive leadership, including multivariate regression modeling for student retention, graduation outcomes, enrollment, and admissions projections

Program Management

• Assist the Director of Institutional Analysis in drafting data-driven recommendations for senior leadership and supporting strategy development ahead of committee and council meetings

• Participate in Institutional Assessment initiatives and help campus stakeholders understand available data resources and formulate research questions

• Support the development of data and reporting solutions

• Work collaboratively across administrative units to triage data requests and ensure efficient data access for institutional decision-making

Administration

• Ensure training and cross training across business processes and systems

• Participate in training sessions to maintain and enhance relevant skills in data analysis, reporting, and visualization tools

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or other related fields and 3 years of experience in data analysis, visualization, institutional research, or related field is required

• An equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired may substitute for a degree

• Proficiency in Excel and at least one statistical analysis tool (SPSS, R, Python, or SAS)

• Basic understanding of statistical methods and data visualization.

• Knowledge of data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI

• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present data findings clearly

• Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy

• Demonstrated experience in working on diverse groups and teams; respects, values, and contributes to FPB and UW’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity

Desired:

Familiarity with SQL or database querying.

Experience with multivariate regression analysis and predictive modeling.

Exposure to higher education data sources and reporting practices.

We encourage applicants to apply even if they do not feel they possess all the skills listed below; we understand that it will take some time for the successful applicant to strengthen specific position skills where needed, to learn about the university systems, campuses, and vendor collaborators, to develop a deep understanding of the FPB environment itself. You will join a supportive team that will partner with you in these efforts; we are an open, ethical, highly engaged, and collaborative community based on trust, transparency, and mutual respect. We believe in the importance of quality of life, embracing diversity, making a difference, and having fun.

**Application Process:** The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.