Assistant Director of Data Analytics and Reporting

Assistant Director of Data Analytics and Reporting

Department:
Institutional Planning, Assessment and Research

Locations:
Syracuse, NY

Posted:
Jun 4, 2026

Closes:
Open Until Filled

Type:
Full Time - 12 Months

Position

ID: 201177

Onondaga Community College, located in Syracuse, NY, is a college of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and one of 30 locally sponsored community colleges throughout New York State. Onondaga County is our sponsor. We offer two-year degree programs that serve as transfer opportunities to baccalaureate degree programs at four-year campuses or for direct entry to the workforce. We also offer certificate programs that can generally be completed in one year.

Onondaga is a diverse educational learning community. We are committed to creating and maintaining an atmosphere where individuality is not only recognized - but encouraged - to contribute to the fabric of the campus environment. We continue to serve the educational and economic development needs of the region and proudly boast more than 40,000 alumni.

BROAD FUNCTION

The Assistant Director of Data Analytics and Reporting contributes to the design and maintenance of modern, repeatable analytics solutions that support student success, institutional effectiveness, and strategic decision-making.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepares statistical reports and data visualizations; documents data-related processes and procedures.
• Assists in the development and utilization of enrollment forecasting, budget planning, revenue calculations and other operational models of higher education.
• Collects and analyzes data used in support of institutional planning and budgeting activities.
• Queries data from the College's student information system.
• Monitors and reports trends related to institutional indices and benchmarks.
• Prepares written reports and studies pertaining to enrollment and other higher education operating parameters.
• Provides advice, guidance and support to management level administrators, faculty and others on access, report generation, and interpretation of data.
• Designs and generates regular and ad hoc management reports to support operations, tactical planning and strategic planning of the College.
• Analyzes data and provides recommendations.
• Assists in responding to mandatory SUNY, State and Federal reports (IPEDS, NYSED, etc) by utilizing currently available internal and external data sources.
• Models institutional information flow and recommends policies, procedures, and systems for data collection and management.
• Recognizes data integrity problems; research causes and recommends solutions.
• Administers, maintains and manages data elements dictionaries for data sets the department uses and makes it available to others.
• Develops, maintains, and documents repeatable scripts (Python, R, SQL) for data extraction, transformation, and loading.
• Assists with Shared Institutional Research (IR) activities to support other campuses with data analytics and reporting.
• Serves as liaison with the Information Technology department and SUNY systems administrators on data issues.
• Understands and supports the ongoing process of creating, maintaining and accessing the college's data warehouse.
• Understands, promotes and enforces institutional data standards and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, college or foreign equivalency and3-5 years professional experience in data analytics, institutional research, or related fields

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree from an accredited university, college or foreign equivalency
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
  
  English and other languages will be considered.

KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Experience with Power BI (or similar BI tools) including data modeling, DAX, Power Query, and publishing interactive dashboards.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the areas of research design and statistical analysis and quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Ability to query complex database systems to collect and organize data for research and reporting purposes
• Capacity to…