The New School was founded by forward-thinking educators in 1919 to defy the intellectual constraints of a traditional college education and is now the only university with a renowned design school and premier colleges focusing on the performing and liberal arts and social sciences. Reporting to the Senior PL/SQL Developer, the PL/SQL Developer and Analyst will be a member of a cross-unit team developed to provide the foundation for a more integrated vision of institutional reporting and analytics through Institutional Research, Analytics, and Decisions Support (IRADS). The ideal candidate for this position will have a track record of collegial and supportive collaboration and be an analytical problem solver - possessing curiosity about the data, where it comes from and how it might be used. The New School is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly seeks applications from members of underrepresented groups, as well as candidates who share this commitment. RESPONSIBILITIES
- Under the direction of the Senior PL/SQL developer, supports the acquisition and analysis of data from multiple sites and sources, those of the university and external resources, including lookup tables.
- Through close collaboration with academic and operational colleagues across the university, understand the questions driving data needs, articulate data and report requirements, write queries to access the data for analysis and visualization.
- Develops and performs appropriate analyses and modeling, including those requiring an advanced skill set, such as class enrollment predictive modeling, retention modeling, institutional growth modeling, and peer analysis.
- Drafts recommendations for senior leadership, strategizes in advance of committee and council meetings, and plans and prepares key campus communications, including data presented in the best format to be used to support decisions, the IR Digest, Retention Minute, and other internal publications.
- Supports collaborative efforts with Enrollment Management, Student Success and Engagement, Finance and Business, and Human Resources, and the academic units and central Provost's Office to design and build institution-level dashboards that clearly display metrics for campus leadership.
- Supports efforts within IRADS to systematize and routinize annual external reporting such that efforts are less ad hoc, and increasingly automated.
- Pursues opportunities to enhance expertise in the intersection of data sciences, institutional research, higher education, analytics, and information technology to keep skills/expertise current.
- Special projects and other related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - A bachelor's degree in computer science or another quantitative field, and two years of experience in data analysis and reporting, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Experience with querying relational database management systems such as, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with statistical packages such as, SAS, SPSS, R or with data exploration and visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Python.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong verbal, written, and data communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience with data and reporting in an institution of higher education.
WORK MODE - Hybrid - Employees hired for this position primarily work remotely with the occasional on-campus presence required with advanced notice. Employees in this role will also be expected to use their best judgment to be on campus when necessary in order to best fulfill the responsibilities of their job descriptions. #LI-HYBRID
SALARY RANGE $75,000 - $90,000 per annum
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS Please upload your resume and a cover letter indicating how your skills and experience uniquely fit the position. Candidates selected for interviews will be asked to complete a small test project. We look forward to receiving your application!