Research Analyst & BI Developer
Application Procedure:
Please apply using our online portal, located in the link below.
Job Duties
The research Analyst and BI developer plays a pivotal role in advancing the university’s mission of supporting student success. This position is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data models, dashboards, reports, and analytics tools that provide actionable insights to campus stakeholders.
This role directly supports a wide range of student success initiatives, including data collection, transformation, analysis, reporting of student success programs, and developing platforms to track and monitor students behaviors and academic performance. To support retention, persistence, and graduation outcomes.
Job Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in data science, data analytics, computer science, computer information systems, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- A minimum of two (2) years experience in data analytics and applied research or social
- science research.
- Proficiency in Data analysis and Business Intelligence Tools such as SPSS, SAS, Python, SQL, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to transform raw data into actionable insights and create interactive data visualizations to support student success initiatives. Proficient with data structural and SQL queries.
- Demonstrated experience with data visualization and reporting tools.
Desired Qualifications
- Master’s Degree.
- Experience in higher education.
- Experience with Elluician Banner.
- Experience in predictive analytics.
Institution Description
Oakland University is a public doctoral institution serving over 15,000 students in southeast Michigan.
Benefits
Oakland University offers competitive salaries and an excellent benefit program including a comprehensive medical plan with low contribution amounts for our employees, dental and vision plans at no cost for our employees, generous paid time off plans, a generous University contribution to our 403(b) retirement plan, tuition assistance for our employees and dependents, free access to our Campus Recreation Center and workout facilities, and flexible work schedules and wellness programs. These are current benefit levels subject to future changes. Oakland University offers a strong, University-wide commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, which has garnered national recognition as a top workplace for LGBTQ+ community members; national recognition as a safe workplace, and consistent top ranking for support services to U.S. Military veteran students.
Application Due Date: 2025-12-08
Job Start Date: 2026-01-01
Salary: $75393 - $75393
City: Rochester Hills
State/Province/Region: MI
Institution: Oakland University
Reports To: AVP for Institutional Research, Assessment, and Data Analytics
Staff # Reporting to Position: 0
Reports In Office: Institutional Research, Assessment, and Data Analytics
Search for openings in IR, effectiveness, assessment, planning, and related fields at higher education institutions in the U.S. and abroad.