Education Analyst II

Higher Education Analyst II

Duke University is a leading research university located in Durham, North Carolina. As a Higher Education Analyst II, you will play a pivotal role in shaping data-driven decisions that impact faculty affairs across the university.

• Design and deliver reporting solutions and visualizations using platforms like SAP/Duke@Work, Symplectic Elements, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with university standards and policies.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from senior leadership with accurate, well-documented, and reproducible analyses.
• Aggregate and analyze transactional data to identify trends, support compliance, and inform project prioritization.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of transactional data to support efforts in data integrity, trend analysis, and compliance. Provide impact analyses to help prioritize upcoming projects.
• Help institutionalize and maintain a reporting environment and support model that evolves as new data systems, technologies, and business needs arise. Periodically work with internal and external stakeholders, as well as engagement metrics to evaluate the usefulness of existing reports.
• Utilize APIs, curated data sources, and controlled vocabularies to enrich data quality and usability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and participate in university-wide analytics groups to evaluate and enhance reporting environments.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field with advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and interpretation.
• Proficiency in SQL, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and data modeling.
• Four years of experience in higher education.
• Strong skills in creating interactive dashboards and working with live data connections and multiple data sources.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

• Programming and scripting skills (Python, R, PL-SQL, Oracle, Postgres, Microsoft SQL Server).
• Familiarity with HR analytics and employee life cycle.
• Experience with controlled vocabularies, benchmarking, bibliometrics, and scholarly impact metrics.
• Knowledge of code repository management (Git Hub or Git Lab).

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

To apply, please include a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position.