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Assistant Director of Analytics

Application Procedure:

The direct link for this posting is: https://jobs.uncw.edu/postings/31789 

Required Application Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter
  3. List of 3 Professional References
For additional information please visit UNC-Wilmington's Human Resources website: https://uncw.edu/about/university-administration/administrative-units/human-resources/

Job Duties

The Assistant Director of Analytics reports primarily to the Director of Institutional Research. The Assistant Director assumes responsibility for developing a roadmap of Tableau visualization dashboards in consultation with cross-functional groups of stakeholders across the institution. This key role also includes coordination with an external vendor who provides technical consultation to UNCW, including database modeling, and architectural relationships.

This is a supervisory role focused on synthesizing modeled data to inform institutional strategic decision making and planning. The selected candidate will be joining an enthusiastic, supportive team that is committed to serving students and the university community by delivering timely and relevant analysis and insight. Institutional Research and Analytics extracts, analyzes, visualizes, and describes a range of institutional and external data for a wide array of uses.

Job Qualifications

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Design, develop, and deploy business intelligence dashboards
  • Coordinate data analytics initiatives through data management and prescriptive data modeling
  • Collaborate with campus partners to improve data quality and in the development of an Enterprise Data Warehouse comprising various campus data sources
  • Conduct robust statistical analysis to inform institutional decision and strategic activities
  • Manage UNCW data glossary with the integration of data fields and definitions to be used in data visualizations
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
  • Baccalaureate Degree with focus on analytics, computer science, or related field.
  • Proficiency in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent.
  • SQL skills and experience working with large datasets.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience conveying complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.
  • ​Ability to supervise and manage professional staff.
  • Experience in statistical analysis
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
  • Master’s degree with focus on analytics, computer science, or related field.
  • Experience in management and analysis of data in higher education (institutional analysis, assessment, quality improvement, and student success).
  • Advanced skills in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent
  • ​2 or more years of experience in statistical analysis, including but not limited to predictive modeling in higher education.
  • Experience building Tableau dashboard visualizations that support data-informed decision making.

Institution Description

UNCW is a large public institution with a private feel – and the view’s pretty great, too. The learning, the service, the research, the camaraderie, the campus…come be a part of it all!

Here at the state’s coastal university, you’ll enjoy a powerful academic experience that stimulates creative inquiry, critical thinking and thoughtful expression in a beautiful campus setting.

Located just minutes from the beach, Wilmington, North Carolina has a vibrant culture that celebrates the arts, film and music, and a host of campus/community connections to ensure you find where you belong both on and off campus.

  • UNCW is dedicated to the integration of teaching, mentoring, research and service.
  • A public institution with approximately 18,000 students, UNCW offers a full range of baccalaureate- and graduate-level programs, as well as doctoral degrees in areas of expertise that serve state needs.
  • In 2019, UNCW became the first university in the nation to offer a B.S. in coastal engineering.
  • UNCW offers family-friendly arts activities, summer camps and lifelong learning opportunities to Seahawks of all ages.
  • Trask Coliseum serves as the home floor for UNCW men’s and women’s basketball teams. The versatile space seats more than 5,000 and is used for commencement ceremonies and other events. The venue has hosted visits from Maya Angelou, Magic Johnson and former President Barack Obama, among others.
  • The 10-acre Herbert Bluethenthal Memorial Wildflower Preserve offers multiple trails lined with cypress, pine, red maple and sweetgum trees. The natural area provides opportunities for scientific study and quiet reflection.

Benefits

Full time employees are also eligible for the tuition waiver program which covers the cost of tuition and fees for up to three (3) undergraduate or graduate courses per academic year at UNCW or any other university within the UNC System. In addition, UNCW covers the cost of tuition and fees for one UNCW course each summer session.

As a full time employee, UNCW also offers a free membership to the Campus Recreation Center, free vaccine and booster shots offered on campus, meditation and yoga sessions, voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, pretax flexible spending accounts, 12 paid holidays, 24 hours of paid community service leave time, paid vacation and sick leave accrual and family medical leave after 12 months of continuous service.
Application Due Date: 2024-05-06
Job Start Date: 2024-06-24
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
City: Wilmington
State/Province/Region: NC
Institution: UNC-Wilmington
Reports To: Director of Institutional Research and Analytics
Staff # Reporting to Position: 2
Reports In Office: Institutional Research and Analytics

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