Analyst (Data Analytics and Reporting Team)

Overview:
**Term: 2 Years**

The Analyst in Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) is responsible for delivering high-quality data analysis and reporting to a variety of internal and external stakeholders. Those stakeholders include, but are not limited to, Co-operative Education, Centre for Career Action, the Work-Learn Institute, and researchers within the University of Waterloo.

The incumbent will be responsible for developing reporting and dashboards to measure key business outcomes for CEE at the individual and team levels, as well as providing data analysis using best-practice methodologies to support evidence-based decision making.

The incumbent will have experience presenting data to a wide variety of audiences and users, using various reporting formats and data visualization platforms. The role will also support business units in identifying data analytics and research project opportunities, and support methodology documentation.

**Responsibilities**:
Support business units in identifying project opportunities, develop and business cases and execute projects to support business objectives:

- Develop strong relationships with business stakeholders and technical services teams.
- Liaise among stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and information technology systems
- Provide guidance to the various stakeholders to devise effective and efficient approaches to achieve project objectives
- Provide consultative and analytical support including facilitating requirements gathering sessions, risk assessments and testing
- Provide expertise in business analysis and requirements gathering, project management, process design and improvement, data analysis, performance metrics, technical documentation and SQA as required
- Act as a change agent. Train business teams on system changes, process improvements, and change management activities and project management tools
- Ensure business requirements are clearly understood and prioritized and communicated effectively
- Ensure that process and information technology solutions delivered/supported are aligned with the needs of the various business units
- Ensure performance metrics support the strategic initiatives in Co-operative and Experiential Education

Develop deep knowledge of specific area(s) of specialization and a broad knowledge of all areas of skill. (See Analyst Advancement Guidelines and Criteria).

Qualifications:

- University undergraduate degree
- 2 years’ experience in at least one area of expertise (business analysis, software quality assurance, continuous process improvement, project management, performance metrics, data analysis.)
- Working towards certification in an area of expertise (business analysis, software quality assurance, continuous process improvement, project management.)
- Technical: Advanced MS Word, advanced Excel, advanced PowerPoint, Other: Power BI, Python, R

Vaccination Requirement Statement:
Failure to comply with the Vaccination Requirement if it is reinstated, including failure to comply with any future amendments to the Vaccination Requirement, or failure to comply with new health and safety policies/requirements implemented by the University, including those related to new mandatory employee vaccination, shall result in discipline up to and including termination of employment.

Equity Statement:
The University of Waterloo is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.

519-888-4567, ext. 45935
.