Intermediate Data Analyst, Strategic Research

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

N/A

Job Family:

Analytics and Reporting

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Strategic Services

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted:

June 12, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

June 23, 2025

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range:

$80,942.00 - $102,245.00

Position Purpose:

Reporting to the Director, Strategic Services, the incumbent compiles, analyzes, evaluates, and disseminates research information, derived from both internal and external sources, to provide timely and accurate information on the uOttawa’s research activities in support of:

• Strategic and operational planning at central administration, faculty and affiliated institute levels;

• Evaluation of progress towards strategic objectives;

• Ongoing management of the uOttawa’s research enterprise; and 

• External reporting and communication requirements.

This is a critical role for the uOttawa to advance its strategic objective for research excellence.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Analysis, Performance Indicators and Evaluation:

Provides timely and accurate evidence-based information and recommendations to senior management on the uOttawa research activities including:

• Planning, managing and undertaking complex, multi-dimensional analyses and studies to develop evidence-based advice and strategic direction for central administration, faculties and affiliated institutes.

• Defining, maintaining and updating research performance measures used in the university’s balanced scorecard and benchmarking, and provides comparable information to faculties and departments to support their planning.

• Maintaining program records, conducting program specific analysis and providing reports required to ensure that the uOttawa receives the full benefit of these programs.

• Defining data standards and developing processes and analytical tools and performance indicators to ensure integrity of data for research and ethics. 

• Providing relevant and high-quality information to support program and project evaluations.

Needs Assessment:

Assesses the uOttawa’s requirements and gaps in the management of research information keeping abreast of reporting needs, issues, and new developments. This includes:

• Developing comparative measures against other universities to support benchmarking, strategic planning and monitoring.

• Monitoring internal and external trends in research activity, anticipating future information needs, and locating and developing sources of data to meet these needs.

• Determining and defining research information needs of faculties and other uOttawa departments.

Project Management & Reporting:

Executes special projects and reports related to the business processes and the research information management needs of Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) and of the uOttawa as a whole. This includes:

• Leading all aspects of special projects and assigned initiatives, including defining objectives, conducting analyses; and report writing. 

• Preparing ad-hoc reports, often requested on short notice and with unexpected and unique requirements, and supporting these reports with strategic analysis identifying recommendations based on the results. 

Internal and External Liaison:

Oversees the sound management of the uOttawa’s research data holdings, a key institutional resource determining the needs of internal and external stakeholders. Acts as the primary point of contact between internal departments, such as the Information and Technology team, Financial Planning Service and Institutional Planning and Research, faculties, and researchers to provide expert advice and guidance on research data analysis. This includes:

• Collaborating with affiliated institutes to ensure compatibility of research information, to define standard approaches to research reporting as well as for the validation of eligibility and allocation of the Federal Research Support Fund Program.

• Working closely with the other units, anticipating their information needs to ensure that research information is clearly and consistently represented.

• Building awareness in faculties and departments of research information and how it can be used in strategic analysis and planning activities.

• Providing workshops and training on the use of the corporate awards management information system and ancillary systems and on research funding information in general, to guide the faculties in improving their own reporting and planning capabilities.

Other:

The incumbent anticipates and responds to changing needs for management information reporting and strategic analysis.  Participates in business process analyses, development of data quality assurance standards and processes.

What you will bring:

• Knowledge of quantitative and statistical techniques normally acquired through an undergraduate degree in a relevant field. Master's degree in a related field is an asset.

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience;

• Experience in using analytical software to manipulate datasets, including one or more of the following:  EXCEL; ACCESS; SQL, SAS/SPSS;

• Ability to synthesize information from numerous sources, identify the key elements and present it in a clear, consistent, and verifiable manner;

• Ability to interpret data and select what is important in order to provide high level recommendations in complex situations, under pressure and in a timely manner; 

• Strong technical and analytical skills to reliably extract, validate, integrate, and work with complex data sets and strong writing capacity,

• Excellent understanding of data management, extraction and analysis and presentation concepts and tools including an understanding of the nature, quality and limitations of the data;

• Demonstrated decision-making, problem-solving, organizational, negotiation, needs assessment and administrative skills;

• Excellent understanding of university research funding and programs and of the university structure in general;

• Bilingualism – English and French (spoken and written)

• Initiative and ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

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