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Senior Business Data Analyst

USC Marshall School of BusinessCareer Services Department

The Marshall Career Services team, comprised of more than 30 professional staff, and more than 30 undergraduate and graduate student staff, lead the charge to ensure all of Marshall’s approximately 8,200 undergraduate, specialty MS, and MBA students have the support and connections to achieve their professional goals. Our team is currently in a period of change and rallying around a new set of strategic values:

+ relationship-centered (we prioritize strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, especially students)

+ career-outcome-driven (we connect students to as many opportunities and employers as possible and actively build the networks that lead to employment),

+ innovative practice (we maintain a current, tech-forward, and competent practice)

+ team-centered (we value our people and foster a supportive, balanced, and authentic work environment).

These values are reshaping how we function as a team and deliver career services. We are thrilled to be recruiting for several roles and are excited to recruit future team members that share our enthusiasm for defining the future of career services and continuing to build Marshall’s reputation as the best business school!

Marshall Career Services is excited to be adding a Career Data Analyst to our team. This position will organize and centralize our data efforts, ultimately taking our data collection and analysis processes to the next level. The Career Data Analyst requires a unique skillset: comfort working both independently and collaboratively, fine-tuned attention to detail while also being able to see the bigger picture, and quantitative analysis mixed with qualitative presentation. The Career Data Analyst will outline data collection timelines and processes across each academic program, partner with colleagues through Marshall to ensure the data is collected, analyze and disseminate the results, and ensure all reporting requirements are fulfilled. This position reports to the Director of Assessment and Operations.

Responsibilities and Duties:

+ Outline career data collection timelines and processes for each of the academic programs, catering each timeline and process to the unique requirements and goals for each program

+ Actively partner with Marshall Career Services staff, academic program staff, faculty, and others to drive high response rates to all career surveys, recognizing partnership and influence are the only way to drive successful completion rates; provide regular updates to all staff around survey completion rates to create a culture of assessment and expectation around driving response rates

+ Conduct full data analysis, quality checks, resolution of any issues, and work to ensure final results are valid and defendable; complete all mandatory reporting to meet institutional responsibility for career data outcome reporting

+ Maintain expertise and up-to-date knowledge on relevant career standards, including CSEA, First Destination, or other appropriate benchmarks

+ Partner with Institutional Research, Admissions, External Relations, or other partners to offer data for dashboards, publications, or other marketing materials

+ Provide career outcome data to Marshall Career Services team; create career-related presentation decks for associate dean; create on-off reports at the request of the associate dean demonstrating career trends over time or other data points

+ Continually assess the effectiveness of the data collection tools being used; make recommendations on necessary updates and changes to ensure efficient and effective data collection

+ Position may supervise student employees, graduate interns, or project employees

+ Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a quantitative field

+ Three years of full-time relevant experience

+ High organizational and project management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Five years of full-time relevant experience

+ Direct experience and knowledge of career data analysis and reporting

Anticipated Hiring Range:

+ The salary range for this position is 113,939.96 - 128,939.28 - 152,210.32 (When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Required Documents and Additional Information

+ Resume and cover letter required; these may be uploaded as one file. Please do not submit your application without these documents.

+ Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended, so please apply on the same business day if interested.

+ USC has excellent benefits, including health benefits for staff and their family with access to the renowned university medical network; eligibility for retirement plans with employer contributions; tuition benefits for staff and their family; free Professional Development classes; central Los Angeles location with easy access to commuter trains, buses and free tram pick up services; discounts to sporting and other campus events.

Why join the USC Marshall School of Business?

The USC Marshall School of Business is ideally positioned to address the challenges of a rapidly changing business environment and is ranked as one of the country’s top schools for accounting, finance, marketing, consulting, entrepreneurship and international business studies.

USC Marshall builds on the unique opportunities that stem from its Los Angeles location on the Pacific Rim, its interdisciplinary and impactful research, the momentum generated by the University of Southern California, and the unparalleled engagement of the Trojan Alumni Family. With ready access to industries defining the new business frontier, including bio-technology, life sciences, media, entertainment, communications and healthcare, this vast network offers USC Marshall graduates exceptionally strong support for success in the global marketplace.

For more information on the USC Marshall School of Business, visit: www.marshall.usc.edu.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree Minimum Experience: 4 years Minimum Field of Expertise: Bachelor’s degree in counseling, higher education, human resources, or related field. Four years’ counseling and human resources experience in a corporate or higher education environment, or similar industry. Leadership and guidance skills with a proven ability to manage, balance, and prioritize different tasks and projects. In-depth knowledge of federal immigration regulations, interpreting and providing guidance as to their relevance to international students. Advanced knowledge of employer recruiting strategies, job market trends, and occupational, career, and employment information sources. Superior level of professionalism, exceptional attention to detail, and exemplary written and oral communication, presentation, and public-speaking skills. Demonstrated experience interacting with diverse individuals and groups, exercising diplomacy, good judgment, and discretion.