Data Analyst
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Minimum 3 years of experience analyzing data and / or supporting policy implementation.
- Experience with quantitative research methods / statistics and related statistical packages is required.
Any candidate wishing to be considered must supply a cover letter in addition to their resume showing that they meet the required basic qualifications.
Additional Qualifications and Skills
- Masters in education or learning assessment preferred.
- Excellent analytical and research skills; ability to gather, evaluate, and to develop well-reasoned conclusions and recommendations.
- Ability to effectively communicate information in a clear and understandable manner, both verbally and in writing.
- Strong attention to detail, ability to consistently demonstrate diplomacy, sound judgment, and flexibility as well as strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to independently plan, organize, and implement team-based projects with minimal oversight.
- Ability to initiate, establish, and foster communication and teamwork by maintaining a positive, cooperative, productive work atmosphere.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and consistently apply a wide variety of complex policies and procedures where specific guidelines may not always exist.
- Ability to proactively assess work operations and anticipate potential problems.
Position Description
Reporting to the Director of Program Development, the Data Analyst for Learning Impact will drive efforts to leverage data and systems-thinking to help ensure that PPE programs provide a transformative learning experience.
This role will assemble, clean, and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data to help us evaluate our 140+ program offerings for quality and learning impact, as well as researching and recommending additional learning metrics.
This role will also manage PPE-wide processes to maintain, scale-up, and continuously improve our practices to maintain alignment with the IACET accreditation standards for continuing education units (CEUs) which are granted to participants upon completion of select Professional Education courses and series.
Position Description :
Impact Measurement and Evaluation (50%)
This role will lead and implement analysis of a variety of learning data to inform continuous improvement to help ensure that PPE programs provide a transformative learning experience.
- Improve and standardize program evaluation surveys.
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative feedback stemming from program evaluation forms and visualize results.
- Propose mechanisms for sharing impact and evaluation data across PPE to facilitate data-driven decision-making from design through delivery and debrief.
- Analyze additional data related to learning such as attendance, completion, participation in discussion boards, level of interactivity, etc.
- Conduct targeted programs audits using rubrics to evaluate teaching practices.
- Research and recommend additional learning metrics stemming from HGSE research, teaching and learning centers, and published sources.
- Support data migration across platforms as appropriate (Canvas, Qualtrics, SalesForce, Excel, etc.).
Manage and Scale-up IACET accreditation practices (50%)
This role will manage a PPE-wide process to maintain and improve our policies and practices to ensure continued alignment with the IACET accreditation standards.
- Serve as in-house lead on the evolving IACET accreditation standards. Drive efforts to keep our policies and practices compliant and up-to-date.
- Ensure continued documentation of IACET-driven practices and steward the repository of routine documentation for each program that offers CEUs.
- Collect and / or create necessary documentation whenever a program will offer CEUs for the first time, by collaborating closely with program’s Portfolio Director and members of the Admissions, Marketing, and Program Delivery teams.
- Coordinate a comprehensive review of relevant PPE policies to ensure consistency, coherence, and alignment with overarching HGSE policies and IACET requirements.
- Align policies across platforms, such as learner-facing policies (withdrawals, extensions, etc.), faculty-facing policies (use of smart goals, facilitator training standards, feedback practices, etc.
and staff-facing policies (course evaluations, debriefs, etc.).
- Conduct periodic gap analysis between IACET standards and PPE policies and practices to identify any areas for improvement.
- Keep abreast of any new or updated IACET standards, educate PPE stakeholders, and update PPE policies and workflows as appropriate
- Draft the annual report per IACET standards.
- Collaborate with Program Delivery Team to ensure CEUs are distributed to participants efficiently and effectively.
- Analyze data on the share of participants who opt into CEUs and support strategic analysis related to role of CEUs in the broader professional education field.
This is an 18 month term position with possibility of renewal.
Benefits
We invite you to visit to learn more about our outstanding benefits package, which may include :
Paid Time Off : 3-4 weeks of accrued vacation time per year (3 weeks for support staff and 4 weeks for administrative / professional staff), 12 accrued sick days per year, 12.
5 holidays plus a Winter Recess in December / January, 3 personal days per year (prorated based on date of hire), and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents who are primary care givers.
Health and Welfare : Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and life insurance programs, along with voluntary benefits.
Most coverage begins as of your start date.
- Work / Life and Wellness : Child and elder / adult care resources including on campus childcare centers, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs related to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more.
- Retirement : University-funded retirement plan with contributions from 5% to 15% of eligible compensation, based on age and earnings with full vesting after 3 years of service.
- Tuition Assistance Program : Competitive program including $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and reduced tuition through other participating Harvard graduate schools.
- Tuition Reimbursement : Program that provides 75% to 90% reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for eligible courses taken at other accredited institutions.
- Professional Development : Programs and classes at little or no cost, including through the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and LinkedIn Learning.
- Commuting and Transportation : Various commuter options handled through the Parking Office, including discounted parking, half-priced public transportation passes and pre-tax transit passes, biking benefits, and more.
- Harvard Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks : Access to Harvard athletic and fitness facilities, libraries, campus events, credit union, and more, as well as discounts to various types of services (legal, financial, etc.
and cultural and leisure activities throughout metro-Boston.
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