Undergraduate Affairs Data Analyst

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Position Summary
The Undergraduate Affairs Data Analyst performs research and creates data visualizations in the areas of undergraduate student success, program assessment and effectiveness, and strategic planning. This position develops and conducts research, and analyzes data for decision making and policy implementation in areas including (but not limited to) undergraduate student retention and graduation, student goal attainment, program assessment and evaluation, access and equity, and functional benchmarking specific to higher education.

Duties & Responsibilities

Data Visualization

• Make complex datasets more accessible, understandable and usable by creating visual data models.
• Develop and maintain integrated data dashboards to display student data in support of institutional goals.
• Integrate multiple relational data sets to create data visualizations.

Research Design

• Conduct evidence-based best practice research and perform studies for strategic planning, program and policy assessment and student support services.
• Design effective research strategies and gather relevant information using primary and secondary sources and techniques (e.g., institutional data, course data, surveys, print sources, government agencies, external research organizations, etc.).
• Organize and execute research projects, identifying ways to improve research design and data validity.
• Develop and carryout research with sound methodologies to investigate undergraduate success and institutional effectiveness.
• Select and adapt quantitative methods, practices, and theories to perform analysis, interpret results, and document findings.
• Manage IRB protocols for VPUA projects.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Identify and analyze patterns in institutional data, make critical observations of policy impact, and recommend strategies and actions.
• Develop analytical models, identify trends and fluctuations, evaluate limitations of data, and specify the range of results needed for management planning, programming, and resource decisions. Generate ad-hoc reports as needed.
• Communicate with non-technical end-users to deliver reports.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum two years of experience conducting education, social science, student success related research or data analytics/visualizations.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with multiple constituents and articulate complex, multifaceted issues related to institutional effectiveness.
• Ability to collect and analyze qualitative data from a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience in a higher education setting using data analytics, research methods, and statistics including demonstrated experience using statistical software (SPSS, R, SAS, etc).
• Proven ability to work in distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in statistics, psychology, education, data analytics, computer engineering, computer science, or related field.
• Master’s or doctoral degree in these fields or other related disciplines.
• Experience in developing, maintaining, and managing data dashboards.
• Experience with software such as Python, SQL, and other database query reporting tools.

For fullest consideration, please submit your resume and cover letter at https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/19091?c=uic by Friday, March 20, 2026.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

The university provides accommodations to applicants and employees. Request an Accommodation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.