Data Analyst Jobs

Overview

The Data Analyst (DA) assists in the planning and implementation of systems designed to promote transparency amongst stakeholders and support the assessment and evaluation of strategic priorities, accreditation compliance, and objectives related to the School of Medicine (SOM) curriculum and medical education program as a whole. An essential component of the DA position is to provide and maintain a centralized infrastructure for data collection, analysis, and evidenced--based decision making in support of continuous quality improvement (CQI), programmatic accreditation, and educational research. The DA has the primary responsibility for coordinating and tracking of all routine reporting and ad-hoc data requests; ensuring appropriate and timely workflow in accordance with the assessment cycle of the SOM and medical education program; organizing meetings both within and across departments; and maintaining and promoting a positive culture of teamwork and innovation. As a member of the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education, the DA works closely with the team to promote a culture of assessment and assist in all aspects of project management, database management, statistical data analysis, and report preparation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate with data stewards and data managers across multiple administrative departments to manage projects, retrieve, organize and manage data, coordinate workflow in accordance with the assessment cycle of the SOM , troubleshoot/resolve issues to support student and programmatic assessment, including strategic planning, CQI, and accreditation.
• Administer surveys and other evaluation instruments to support assessment, strategic priority, and accreditation initiatives.
• Manage the processing of ad-hoc data requests.
• Participate in formal and informal training to learn new software applications, processes and procedures, as needed.
• Maintain and monitor compliance with scheduled annual metrics calendar of routine as well as ad-hoc departmental activities, reports and meetings
• Support the cultivation of a culture of assessment through collaboration with key stakeholders across committees and departments.
• Maintain up-to-date logs of all activities related to analytics and decision support.
• Perform queries and generate routine and custom reports and exports as requested from data sources including the SOM learning management system (e.g., faculty and resident teaching quality, curriculum theme reports).
• Support departmental committees, including but not limited to the Education and Curriculum Committee and relevant curriculum subcommittees, the EQUIP team, and LCME Task Force.
• Perform basic statistical data analyses and prepare dashboards and other tabular and graphic summaries of data as needed (e.g., outcomes of student performance on examinations, student survey data, curriculum, USMLE performance, AAMC Graduation Questionnaire, Course/ Clerkship metrics reports).

Qualifications

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Extensive college and/or graduate course work and/or experience in statistical data analysis, database management and project management within an educational environment required.
• Education requirement:
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Access).
• Prior experience:
• Working knowledge of data management and statistical data analysis required.
• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred, preferably in education, psychology, engineering, educational administration, public health, statistics or related field.
• Related work experience in project management, program evaluation, problem solving, and report writing is desired.
• Working knowledge of statistical analysis software (SPSS preferred), Tableau and SQL desirable.
• Excellent oral and communication skills, experience in communicating complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences desired.
• Licenses or certifications: None
• Technical/computer skills:

Physical: None

Environmental: None

Relations with Others

Required

During the course of your job, what persons in other departments and outside the organization are you required to contact and/or work with

Internal Contacts:

• Senior Director of Competency Based Assessment and Clinical Skills Education
• Departmental Data Managers
• Director of Educational Technology
• Assistant Dean for Preclinical Curriculum
• Associate Dean for Curriculum Integration
• Education Coordinators
• Departmental administrators
• Assistant Dean for CQI and Strategic Planning
• Director for Assessment and Evaluation
• Information Technology staff
• Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences

External Contacts:

• AAMC Staff

Minimum Salary

USD $56,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary

USD $70,000.00/Yr.

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Job LocationsUS-NY-Valhalla

Requisition ID 2023-9864

Position Type Full-Time

Schedule Shift 1

Hours Per Week 35

Travel 10%

Category Administration

FLSA Status Exempt