Analyst, Data Management

Department

ARD Data Governance & Project Management 1

About the Department

Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) engages alumni (~220k), current students, parents and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. ARD raises $600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute.

The Analytics and Technology Solutions (ATS) team provides technology and system solutions to enable ARD to meet aggressive fundraising goals and measure, analyze and predict growth in constituency giving and participation. Using an enterprise approach to data and systems, ATS creates a data and user environment that is consistent yet agile. Collaborating with stakeholders to understand program strategies, ATS develops data, reporting, and analytics solutions that lead to actionable outcomes and actualized goals.

Job Summary

This role performs a range of database administration activities for the University. Administers database utilities, interprets the relationships between the database users and applications, and maintains the University's databases across multiple platforms and computing environments. Provides instructional support to end users.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and manipulates data from source systems to maintain data consistency and accuracy.
• Designs and implements data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and transforming data within our CRM.
• Maintains data confidentiality and integrity to protect confidential alumni, donor, and institutional data in accordance with federal, state, and University guidelines.
• Creates and maintains documentation for internal process support.
• Develops and enforces rules to ensure data meets quality standards.
• Works closely with various business groups to improve data collection, processing, and sharing.
• Plans and executes requirements analysis, translating requirements into a scope document and developing data deliverables based on the design.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance, including building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions and with an eye towards broadly diversifying the advancement profession.
• With moderate direction from others, analyzes the users' requirements and solves routine database problems that ensures users and related applications can access necessary data sets.
• Defines and interprets existing data and populates the database with new data from external sources. Plans own resources such as documentation on data models, data dictionaries, physical database configuration, and daily database maintenance functions.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Major in computer science, statistics, business, or similar subject.

Experience:

• Minimum two years of professional work experience in data analysis, records management, or similar field.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of, or ability to learn quickly, the internal workings of the University as well as the technology tools available to the Office of Alumni Relations and Development, including the University's donor relationship management system and the Microsoft Office Suite. 
• Proficient at working with data and Microsoft Excel.
• Proficient working with Salesforce CRM. 

Preferred Competencies

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences. 
• Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write effectively.
• Work across various teams and projects simultaneously, advancing unified strategy.
• Strong project management skills, with an aptitude for leading end-to-end project delivery. 
• Knowledge and understanding of higher education advancement industry. 
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Work collegially and collaboratively in a team setting.
• Self-motivated, take initiative, and think strategically.
• Prioritize multiple projects and independently follow through with detail.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.

Working Conditions

• This position has a hybrid work schedule which includes weekly in-office presence.
• Standard office environment.
• Travel to campus and/or non-campus locations for University business.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed.
• This position is located in Hyde Park at 5235 South Harper Court.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter, addressed to Hiring Committee (preferred)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family

Information Technology

Role Impact

Individual Contributor

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

Pay Rate Type

Salary

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FLSA Status

Exempt

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Pay Range

$72,250.00 - $85,000.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

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