Assistant Director of Analytics
Application Procedure:
Please follow the instructions within UNCW's application posting: https://jobs.uncw.edu/postings/35546
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.
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
Job Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in analytics, computer science, or a related field, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis
- Experience conveying complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to supervise and manage professional staff.
- Experience in statistical analysis.
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, & 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).
- Proficiency in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent.
- SQL skills and experience working with large datasets.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- 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
The University of North Carolina Wilmington, the state’s coastal university, is dedicated to the integration of teaching, mentoring, research and service. Widely acknowledged for its world-class faculty and staff and continuously recognized at a national level for scholarly excellence and affordability, UNCW offers a powerful academic experience that stimulates creative inquiry and critical thinking and a community rich in diversity, inclusion and global perspectives.
A public institution with nearly 18,000 students, UNCW offers a full range of baccalaureate- and graduate-level programs, as well as doctoral degrees in educational leadership, marine biology, nursing practice and psychology; and many distance learning options, including clinical research, an accelerated RN-to-BSN program, an Executive M.B.A. program structured for working professionals, and the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program focused on coastal engineering.
A public institution with nearly 18,000 students, UNCW offers a full range of baccalaureate- and graduate-level programs, as well as doctoral degrees in educational leadership, marine biology, nursing practice and psychology; and many distance learning options, including clinical research, an accelerated RN-to-BSN program, an Executive M.B.A. program structured for working professionals, and the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program focused on coastal engineering.
Benefits
Employees of UNCW are provided a comprehensive benefits package as well as other programs, resources, policies, and practices that help to support a work/life balance. Our programs have been designed to provide a variety of choices to best fit your needs and the needs of your family. Full time employees are eligible for dental, vision and health insurance plans. Health insurance benefit plans eligibility begins on the first of the month following date of hire. Retirement plan contributions begin on the eligibility date following election and include employer contributions for either a defined contribution or a defined benefit plan. Optional disability plans are also available.
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.
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: 2025-03-30
Job Start Date: 2025-06-02
Salary: $81900 - $96500
City: Wilmington
State/Province/Region: NC
Institution: UNC-Wilmington
Reports To: Director of Analytics
Staff # Reporting to Position: 2
Reports In Office: Institutional Research & Analytics
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