Data and Reporting Specialist

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Closing Date: 01/16/2026

Type of Position:
Data Analysis and Insights

Workstudy Position:
No

Job Type: Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Sponsorship Available:
No

Institution Name:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas is a land‑grant institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation’s top 2 percent of universities with the highest level of research activity. The University of Arkansas works to advance the state and build a better world through education, research, and outreach by providing transformational opportunities and skills, fostering a welcoming climate, and nurturing creativity, discovery, and the spread of new ideas and innovations.

The campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S., and the surrounding region is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation’s strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life. As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work‑life balance.

The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

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The Data and Reporting Specialist supports Global Campus in the effective management, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data. The role accesses information held in databases to respond to scheduled and ad‑hoc requests for statistical and analytical data and reports. The specialist identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets, thinks strategically to support data collection regarding data handling, structure, and reporting procedures, consults with clients to identify project scope, needs, and requirements, creates and maintains various monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and dashboards, and provides proactive technical assistance and guidance in relation to report and data requests.

The specialist supports teams in continuous improvement of the use of data to drive operational decision‑making, creates and maintains data visualization tools, and identifies appropriate data repositories and information sources/systems to formulate data inquiry questions and answers, recommending new data architecture for existing and new UA datasets for the collection of online degree, credit and professional learning courses, and student information.

Regular, reliable, and non‑disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• At least two years of experience with data analysis and visualization using large data sets to drive operational decision‑making
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as evidenced by application materials

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• At least two years of experience working with student data in a higher education setting
• Experience or formal training in project management
• Experience with data mining, analytics, and visualization in a higher education setting
• Background in…