Planning & Research Analyst Senior

Company: Maricopa Community College District
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: November 14, 2024

Job Description:

Planning & Research Analyst Senior

Job ID: 320456
Location: South Mountain Comm College
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

Salary Range

$67,581.00 - $87,855.00/annually, DOE

Grade

118

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm; some evenings and weekends may be required
Summer Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7am-6pm

Work Calendar

12 Months

Maricopa Summary

Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year?

Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States?

Whether you're teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges!

About Us

• Many of our campuses have received grant awards through the to improve undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving institutions program (HSI Program).
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and employee groups to create an environment of shared governance
• One of the largest community college systems in the country
• 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program recipient
• Named 19th Best Employer for Women by Forbes
• 2019 No. 42 in Arizona's Best Employers
  
  Campus Statement
  
  South Mountain Community College (SMCC) reflects the diversity of the surrounding community, a rich mix of rural, urban, and suburban neighborhoods. Many of our students arrive from Phoenix, Laveen, Tempe, Guadalupe, and the surrounding area to attend classes at the main campus or our offsite facility in Guadalupe; we also offer evening courses in Laveen at Betty Fairfax High School.
  
  Of the approximately 5,000 students enrolled at SMCC nearly 70 percent were first-generation college students and 48 percent intended to transfer to a university to further their education. And, with more than 80 percent of these students identifying as a minority, SMCC has been federally designated as a Minority Serving and Hispanic Serving Institution.
  
  Our small, personalized classes are offered days, evenings, and online, led by an engaged and accomplished faculty. Career and academic counseling are also available. SMCC is also a Strengths-Based Institution, helping you determine your strengths and then strategize with you to maximize those strengths in your academic and career choices.
  
  Benefits
  
  The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is committed to providing you with a competitive, comprehensive benefits program that provides the care you and your family need to lead healthy and productive lives. Our benefits are designed to provide support for every life stage and lifestyle in our community.
  
  
  
  • 20 paid observed holidays
  • ) & 12% Employee Contribution Match (Pension, Long Term Disability, and Health Insurance)
  • Paid vacation, sick, and personal time
  • Maricopa Employee Store: Perks & Gears (exclusive discounts and offers for Maricopa Community Colleges faculty and staff)
  • Annual professional development growth funding
  • Tuition reimbursement for employees and dependents
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Maricopa Employee Health & Wellness Program:
    • Sight-On-Site Eye Care Services
    • Diabetes Empowerment Education Program
    • Mobile On-site Mammography Screenings
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Wondr online program that teaches clinically-proven, healthy habits that lead to less stress, better sleep, weight loss, and more
    • Pre-Retirement Events
    • (may forgive the remaining balance on a federal student loan made directly by the U.S. Department of Education after qualifying).
    • 10+ Maricopa Affinity Resource Employee Groups (Celebrates diversity, embraces inclusion, and supports employees, students, and community!)
      
      Job Summary
      
      Reporting to the Dean of Planning, Research and Development, the Planning and Research Analyst Sr. collects, analyzes, interprets, reports and maintains data for use in decision-making, organizational performance monitoring, and planning.
      
      This position serves as a subject matter expert in district databases, data reporting and data visualization. The position conducts complex analysis in an ethical and sustainable manner. The Planning and Research Analyst Sr. demonstrates a commitment to service excellence, innovation, integrity, and equitable student access and success in the performance of job duties.
      
      Essential Functions
      
      40% - Data Extraction and Preparation - Develops programs and queries to access, cleanses and extracts data from data warehouses and other data sources using tools such as Hyperion, Tableau, or other query tools. Creates data models that support sustainable, scalable reporting.
      
      25% - Dashboard and Report Development - Creates and updates visualizations, reports and dashboards, primarily using Tableau software, to inform decision making.
      
      25% - Data Analysis and Reporting - Routinely performs complex, highly visible and potentially sensitive research and analysis. Collects, compiles, analyzes, interprets and maintains institutional data for use in decision making. Composes, reviews and finalizes original comprehensive and complex documents, reports and visualizations utilizing tools such as Excel, SPSS and Tableau. Manages large-scale and / or complex projects, programs or studies having significant District-wide impact and effect.
      
      10% - Consulting and Decision Support - Serves as a subject-matter expert by providing professional level staff support, consultation and assistance to committees, departments and employees which may include performing research, authoring documents, making presentations and providing technical assistance. Assists with the coordination of District-wide data collaboration; other duties as assigned.
      
      Minimum Qualifications
      
      Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in business statistics, educational studies, business administration or directly related field and four years of professional-level experience in research and analysis that includes responsibility for coordinating projects and programs. Two years of senior-level or lead experience may be required for some assignments.
      
      OR
      
      An equivalent combination of the conferred degree and directly related full-time work experience as described above sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation, may be considered.
      
      Desired Qualifications
      
      A. Two (2) years of experience extracting appropriate data from large data sets utilizing tools such as tableau, SQL query development.
      
      B. One (1) or more years of experience using Tableau or Power BI to create data visualizations, reports and dashboards in a professional setting
      
      C. One (1) or more years of experience developing programs, queries, and dashboards to allow end users to manipulate, and extract data
      
      D. One (1) or more years of experience designing, developing, and administering assessment and evaluation tools
      
      E. One (1) or more years of demonstrated experience or education / certification in Tableau or Power BI
      
      F. One (1) or more years of experience providing professional level staff support to committees, advisory groups, or departments that may include performing research, authoring documents, and creating and making presentations
      
      Special Working Conditions
      
      Work is routinely performed in an indoor, office environment.
      
      Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
      
      How to Apply
      
      Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and resume showing how the applicant meets the minimum and desired qualifications. All minimum requirements must be met at the time of the application.
      
      Additional materials will not be accepted after the job posting has closed.
      
      Missing materials or incomplete employment history will not be considered.
      
      Please ensure your materials clearly provide the following information.
      
      • Clearly illustrate how prior experience, knowledge and education meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position.
      • Indicate whether former or current employment is Full-Time or;
      • Part-Time employment, to include Adjunct or Associate Professor (must include number of hours worked, contact hours or load)
      • Provide employment history in a month/year format (e.g., 09/07 to 10/11) including job title, job duties, for each position held and name of employer for each position.
      • Three professional references, preferably current and/or former supervisors. If references are not provided in the resume upon application, they will be requested at time of interview.
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        Posting Close Date
        
        Open until filled
        
        Applications were last routed on 10/22/2024
        
        Applications will be routed weekly until interview candidates are chosen.
        
        Applications received after interview candidates are chosen may not been screened
        
        EEO, Title IX, & Clery Act
        
        Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.
        
        Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
        
        The policy of the MCCCD is to provide an educational, employment, and business environment free of gender discrimination. Incidents of misconduct should be reported to the college Title IX Coordinator, as outlined in policy, contact information is available at this link Title IX Coordinators.
        
        The Clery Act is a Federal law requiring United States Colleges and Universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Crime reporting data for each of the Maricopa Community Colleges, as required under the Clery Act, is available at this link Clery Act.
        
        
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