Data Strategist - Grant Funded

DATA STRATEGIST – GRANT FUNDED

INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS DEPARTMENT

MALCOLM X COLLEGE

Malcolm X College is seeking a Data strategist for the Institutional Effectiveness Department. 

The mission of Malcolm X College is to provide accessible liberal arts and health-focused education that fosters personal and professional achievement. To fulfill this mission, we focus on the following core values: accountability, community, diversity, empowerment, learning, and respect.

The Office of Strategy and Institutional Intelligence’s mission is to generate, evaluate, and implement strategic initiatives that create sustainable long-term improvements for the colleges and the district in alignment with City Colleges’ student-centric mission, vision, and goals.

Reporting to the Director of Grants Administration the position plays a significant role in institutionalizing a continuous improvement and performance-based culture at City Colleges of Chicago, and ensuring fact-based accountability at program, employee and system-levels. Provides strategic data analysis, monitoring strategic metrics, developing and facilitating the tracking of leading performance indicators, and supporting district and colleges in the strategic use of data. Performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Data and Analytic Support

• Conducts strategic data analyses, identify insights and implications from institutional data, and makes recommendations for action to executive and senior staff to improve student achievement. Analyses range from basic summary descriptive tables to more complex modelling,
  including regression. 
• Develops data dashboards and visualizations in PowerPoint, Excel and Tableau that clearly communicate complex analyses to multiple audiences, including executive and senior staff to inform institutional improvement efforts related to the strategic plan.
• Provides reports to and facilitates conversations with departments across the District to monitor progress towards key performance indicators, such as reporting and analysis of admissions trends.
• Responds to ad hoc data request from CCC staff and external stakeholders regarding student and college performance using CCC’s data warehouse (Open Book); requests range from student -level  data for outreach to evaluations of new programs launched at CCC.
• Provides data validation for external compliance reporting and external research projects as needed. Confirms enrollment numbers reporting to the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) align with enrollment in CCC’s data warehouse.

Institutional Data Capacity

• Assists college and District staff across departments to access timely and accurate data by creating reports in PowerPoint, Excel, Tableau or CCC’s data warehouse.
• Leads training to improve data literacy and the use of CCC data tools and/or reports to inform practice and strategy. Training may range from how to use the data warehouse to using Excel to manipulate student-level data.
• Supports the implementation, maintenance, and adoption of CCC business intelligence tools (e.g. data warehouse, Tableau) in collaboration with the Office of Information Technology (OIT).
• Performs related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, business, mathematics, economics, public policy, social sciences; or a related field of study. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Three years of relevant experience in research or data analysis, with demonstrated experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods and statistics.
• A combination of education and experience may be taken into consideration based on the applicant’s credentials provided the minimum degree requirement is met.
• High level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with SQL programming or data querying preferred
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools preferred
• Experience with statistical analysis software (e.g., SAS, R, STATA) highly preferred
• Experience in quantitative statistical analysis highly desirable
• Excellent project planning and management skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse environment.
• Ability to cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships with key stakeholders. 

This is a grant funded position. 

Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire. 

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago!

Malcolm X College has been recognized as a Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges award winner! The award is given by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a membership organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching and leadership at community and technical colleges, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a leading academic publication.

MXC was recognized for its best-in-class student and staff recruitment and retention practices, inclusive learning and working environments, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities.

WE OFFER: Excellent health benefits at a low cost; Investment plans 403(b) & 457(b); SURS Retirement Plan; Generous vacation, holidays, personal and sick days; Tuition Reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. For a more detailed overview of benefits, please visit our benefits page.

GRANT FUNDED – END DATE 9/30/2026