Job Description

Minimum Experience/Education
Bachelor’s degree and one year of experience related to the area of assignment; or and equivalent combination of training and experience.

All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Preferred Years Experience, Skills, Training, Education
• A master or doctorate in a discipline related to mathematics, computer science, educational assessment from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• Significant experience in the area of assessment and/or evaluation.
• Experience with outcome-based assessment strategies and methods.
• Ability to analyze and interpret assessment results.
• Proven ability to work collaborative and productively.
• Excellent communication skills, including presenting workshops and developing reports.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement.
• Significant experience in managing and leading large-scale academic assessment activities at the program-level (e.g., general education, degree programs).
• Experience with data analysis and statistical software is required
• Proficiency with assessment and student software, including Compliance Assist, Banner.
• Proficiency with data visualization software, including Tableau.
• Experience with both quantitative and qualitative methods is required.
• Demonstrated success in the use of assessment data to assist with decision-making.
• Ability to conduct peer-reviewed research is required.
Required License or Certification
Position Overview
Primary Purpose of Position
The Data Management Specialist primary responsibility is to support the College of Education and its various departments and units on assessing the effectiveness of its programs and services. The position will assist faculty and staff in implementing, analyzing, and documenting assessment processes and procedures to demonstrate the quality and viability of programs and services. This position reports to the Associate Dean for Quality Assurance and Graduate Programs and will assist the them with program reviews, annual reporting, data collection and curation, course and curriculum, accreditation, assessments, and report generation and dissemination. In addition, this position has the responsibility to collect, curate, and share data and data-based reports, research briefs, and make presentations using data visualization techniques to highlight evidences of student impact, recognize best practices, and support improvement efforts. This position represents the College of University assessment efforts and liaises with central administration on assessment and accreditation efforts. This position serves as the administrative focal point for the College’s data needs.
Primary Function of Organizational Unit
As a premier Historically Black University, the College of Education’s vision is to be a recognized national leader in equity, access, and advocacy through the advancement of culturally sustaining research, teaching, and engagement locally and globally.

The mission of the College of Education is to prepare highly skilled, culturally responsive and sustainable educators, leaders, and counselors who create, use, and share knowledge on equity, access, and advocacy in local, state, national, and global communities. Building on the N.C. A&T legacy as a historically Black university (HBCU) dedicated to exemplary teaching, scholarship and effective public service, the College of Education offer degrees at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. This mission is reflected in the College of Education conceptual framework
The College of Education comprises three departments: the Department of Counseling, the Department of Leadership Studies and Adult Education, and the Department of Educator Preparation. The Department of Educator Preparation’s programs are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). The Department of Counseling’s programs are accredited by the Council Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

Established in 1891, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) is a public, historically black, land-grant institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T and other 1890 land-grant institutions were established by the Second Morrill Act, which expanded the system of land-grant universities to include a historically Black institution in those states where segregation denied people of color access to the land grant institutions established by the First Morrill Act in 1862.

The university has a strong legacy of social justice, activism, and community engagement. In 1960, four freshman students, often called the A&T Four or the Greensboro Four, sparked the civil rights movement in the South through their “sit in” at Woolworths near campus. Demanding equal treatment and service, the “sit in” grew to include college students from across the region.
Over the years, North Carolina A&T experienced tremendous growth, and is now the nation’s largest Historically Black University. With an enrollment of over 13,000 students in 2021, N.C. A&T offers 58 baccalaureate degrees, 29 master’s degrees, and 9 doctoral degrees. The university, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), consistently graduates the largest number of African Americans in the state of North Carolina, and is nationally known as a leader in STEM, graduating the largest numbers of African Americans in engineering and agriculture.
Work Hours 8 am - 5 pm
Is this position eligible for a remote or hybrid work arrangement, consistent with university and state policies. On-site (Employees are primarily in the office and/or have a critical job requirement that requires dedicated office space on-site)
Key Responsibilities and Related Competencies
Required Competency Data Collection/Analysis
Duties
Perform Data Analysis to assess quality and meaning of data
Develops and implements web-based interactive reporting applications using dashboard tools (e.g., Tableau, Microsoft Power BI etc.) to communicate quantitative and visually displayed information to internal the College of Education and public constituents.
Provides intermediate analytic programming support (e.g., R, SPSS, or STATA, ).
Supports information requests from inception to delivery, translating requester’s requirements into appropriate reporting objects that tell a story with data including, but not limited to analytic scorecards, dashboards, and reports.
Develops and implements user-interactive reporting objects including filters, tool tips, and statistically based what if scenarios.
Supports the College of Education’s internal and public-facing, strategic and operational reporting needs.
Integrates information from a variety of campus operational and data warehouse systems and synthesizes it to create self-service resources that enable users to explore the data and answer questions independently.
Builds strong consultative relationships, establishing value for the unit as a key partner for producing high-quality, actionable information that meets the needs of decision-makers at all levels – University, College, and Departments.
Contributes to or develops business intelligence and data modelling standards and guidelines.
Works with the Associate Dean of Quality Assurance and Graduate Programs to build out Department’s data analysis services strategy and perform those services
Has background in data analysis in areas such as statistics, analytics, metrics, and other forms of analysis and presentation
Provides consultancy to faculty on data analysis requests, assist with data acquisition for research and other analysis, and inform continual improvement to data acquisition and collection processes to ensure data is available for analysis when needed
Provides support in the design and launch of analysis services in coordination with the launch of our new Ed-Fi Data Alliance project.
Reports to the Data Manager
Manage data collection, analysis, summarization and distribution of reports.
Assist the Associate Dean of Quality Assurance and Graduate Programs with generating reports for accrediting agencies and other stakeholders (College of Education, AACTE, CAEP, CACREP, NCDPI, SACSCOCs and UNC- General Administration, etc.).
Required Competency Information/Records Administration
Duties
Retrieve candidate data from Education Testing Service (ETS), Pearson, and other testing agencies, convert these data to the desired format for use at the University, and transfer them to Banner, Taskstream, and/or other University data systems, as necessary.
Present data reports to stakeholders.
Required Competency Program Management
Duties
Respond to requests for data and information from the University Registrar, Office of Institutional Research, USDOE, AACTE, NCATE, DPI, UNC, and other agencies.
Input data into Banner and other identified databases.
Manage the College’s accreditation and assessment SharePoint site.