Western Governors University
IAR Data Analyst
Salt Lake City, UT · Full-time
Work authorization required$75k-$113kDetected 5 days ago
PythonGitSQLDatabricksData AnalysisData EngineeringData ScienceData VisualizationStatisticsResearchCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
- A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Professional 308 Pay Range: $75,200.00 - $112,700.00 Job Description Want to use your data skills to improve how thousands of students learn?
- As a Data Analyst on our Learning Program Analytics team, you'll work with large-scale, high-value datasets to help evaluate what's working and what's not, so we can help every student succeed.
Responsibilities
- Analyze large datasets to uncover trends and deliver actionable insights that inform program development and student engagement strategies
- Build, maintain, and enhance dashboards and data visualizations, including consolidating and improving existing reporting assets
- Translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements and deliver clear, data-driven solutions
- Partner with Data Engineering to support ETL and data pipeline development
- Perform ad hoc analyses and communicate findings through compelling data storytelling
- Apply descriptive statistics and analytical methods to identify patterns and support sound conclusions
- Document methodology, sources, and insight history to support transparency and reproducibility
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Program Development, Product, and Decision Intelligence to support key initiatives
- Build toward greater autonomy in driving tasks and small-scale projects, with growing independence in tracking progress and navigating dependencies
- Solid working knowledge of descriptive statistics and analytical methods, with the ability to apply them to real-world datasets to identify trends and support data-driven conclusions
Requirements
- experience and training
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline
- Experience with Tableau or Power BI for data visualization
- Proficiency in a programming language such as Python or R
Skills
- Want to use your data skills to improve how thousands of students learn?
Compensation
- $75,200.00 - $112,700.00
Benefits
- 3 years of related experience in Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics, Decision Intelligence, Research, Learning Science, or Behavioral/Cognitive Psychology
Company info
- At WGU, our mission drives everything we do, including how we hire.
- We thoughtfully review every application and invite forward the candidates whose experience and potential best align with the role and our mission.
Equal opportunity
- Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
- Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
Visa & Work Authorization
- While we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, WGU is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
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