Institutional Research Data Specialist - College of Medicine - Administration

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- Institutional Research Data Specialist
- College of Medicine
- Administration

This Position is temporary and limited to 900 hours.

Hiring Department
:
College of Medicine
- Administration

Location
:

Chicago, IL USA

Requisition : 1042633

Hours per Week
:37.5

# of Positions
: 1

Workplace Type
:

Hybrid

Posting Close Date
:
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Salary: The rate of pay for this position is $32.37 per hour.

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 not eligible for benefits.

Under direction of the Director of Decision Support and the Associate Director of Data Analytics, the Extra Help Institutional Research Data Specialist organizes, integrates, and analyzes structured data from disparate university sources to support operational research and institutional decision making. The position develops and applies complex mathematical models and analytical methods to study College of Medicine operations, interprets data and trends, and prepares research findings, reports, and visualizations for university administrators and publication.

The specialist also supports the College of Medicine dashboard, a data visualization tool that provides concise, accessible reporting of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics aligned with the College's mission.

• Codes, tests, debugs, and documents mathematical computer programs used to develop mathematical models of university operations, including student flow, enrollment, faculty flow, and academic outcomes.
• Formulates and applies mathematical models to analyze university operations and support institutional research studies.
• Designs and implements statistical computations and analytical methods to support operational research and reporting.
• Gathers informational data from university departments, existing databases, and other institutional data sources for use in research studies and reports.
• Participates in the collection, integration, processing, and analysis of institutional data.
• Assists in interpreting data and trends, summarizing results, and preparing reports for submission to university administrators or for publication.
• Prepares tables, charts, statistical summaries, and other materials used to present institutional research findings.
• Participates in the maintenance of ETL processes and data transfers between the University Enterprise Data Warehouse and local databases.
• Develop and maintain data procedures supporting institutional reporting and dashboard projects.
• Recommends and implements improvements to methods, procedures, and techniques for institutional data collection, analysis, modeling, and reporting, and performs other related duties as assigned.
• Perform other related duties and participa