Academic Placement and Analytics Specialist (Business Analyst)
Indiana University

Department

ARTS & SCIENCES; DEAN (BL-ARSD-IUBLA)

Department Information

The College of Arts + Sciences has aligned Academic Advising, Undergraduate Recruiting, the Walter Center for Career Achievement, Operations and Strategy, and International Programs to make up a unified, student-serving team, Academic Engagement and Student Experience (AESE). The AESE empowers Arts and Sciences students to thrive within the College community and to prepare for meaningful and successful lives. We facilitate learning, academic success, career development, and global understanding for all students from application to graduation.

The Academic Placement and Analytics Specialist sits on the AESE¿s Operations and Strategy team and manages the day-to-day operations of the online placement exam program. Additionally, the role manages career outcome data collection and reporting for students and graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences

Job Summary

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Manages online placement examination program for IU Bloomington campus.
• Directly coordinates with academic units, Office of Enrollment Management, Accessible Educational Services, and IT professionals related to the online placement exam program.
• Develops reports to track trends in online placement engagement among admitted IUB student population.
• Manges multiple software applications related to collecting and reporting placement exam data.
• Manages career outcome data collection process for the College of Arts and Sciences.
• Maintains multiple overlapping cycles of data collection for current and graduated students
• Ensures accurate collection and reporting of experiential learning, first destination, and alumni employment data to IU system and national consortiums
• Supervises part-time staff in outreach and collection of student and alumni data, providing training, feedback and development
• Validates the accuracy of data prior to reporting
• Consistently documents data retrieval, cleaning, analytical, and reporting processes.
• Contributes to the development of annual action items that align with the AESE and university strategic plans.
• Assess projects and initiatives to prioritize work based on competing needs.
• Tracks and proactively communicates timelines.

General Responsibilities

• Conducts experienced assessments to understand client business needs and strategic direction and identifies technology solutions to achieve goals; consults with IT staff and business users to identify, analyze, refine and document business requirements and processes and develop associated solutions.
• Facilitates and leads interviews, focus groups, and workshops to establish current and future business requirements; coordinates the communication between stakeholders and service owners in order to effectively implement solutions.
• Performs experienced business analyses, including construction of data models, business use cases, process flows and technical specifications for transition to IT solutions; establishes system requirements through functional and technical assessments of existing software.
• Provides stakeholders with necessary analysis documentation for buy-in, leadership decision, and implementation; conducts walk-throughs of recommended system functionality and prototypes with business users in small group or large group settings.
• Ensures uniform documentation presentation and content structure including, but not limited to, online documentation.
• Develops test plans and conducts system/integration testing; can test changes, enhancements, and new programs or functions to ensure they meet business needs.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in analytic or computer science related field)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years of business analysis experience working on complex problems and producing concrete, actionable solutions

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Demonstrates analytical skills
• Service-oriented and skilled in providing positive, friendly customer service

Preferred

• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
• Demonstrates project management skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Highly thorough and dependable

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

Advertised Salary

$60,000-$63,000 Annually

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: General Administration

Job Family: Business Analysis

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This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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