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Information Systems Specialist, Lead

Employer: Georgia State University
Location: Atlanta, GA

Administrative Jobs: Institutional & Business Affairs, Registrar & Student Accounts, Technology, Analysts & Programming, IT Support & Training
Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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DescriptionThe Office of the Registrar, Systems, Data Integrity & Reporting is recruiting the Information Systems Specialist, Lead. The primary responsibility of the Information Systems Specialist, Lead position is for retrieving data from various student record systems for required reporting to the University via programming through SQL language directly against database tables or using reporting tools such as Argos. This position is also responsible for creating reports that would allow the Registrar's Office to measure the quantity and the quality of work produced, to create and support reports and dashboards to analyze trends for enrollment and retention purposes. The person in this position handles all internal and external reporting requirements concerning student biographical and academic data, including third party requests permissible via FERPA and tracks such requests. The person assists with data for the ADC submission twice a semester for the Board of Regents and University of Georgia system reporting on all enrollment, student and course data, ensuring timely and accurate submissions. Also, additional ad hoc reporting will be required.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and generate reports for all areas of the Registrar's Office: Academic Records, Registration, Graduation, Cross Registration, Veteran, Residency, and Enrollment Services. Conduct ad hoc queries to troubleshoot policy and business practice issues. Work closely with data specialist in Financial Aid, Student Accounts, and Admissions and other departments within the division to build and accurately produce quantitative and qualitative reports that assess production and performance as for retention initiatives. Tests, documents, and performs quality assurance on data as requested. Converts data into a variety of useable formats and mediums.

Work with Salesforce team and Database team to develop Enrollment Services dashboards that will represent the university's performance in targeted areas for retention initiatives.

Generate targeted email lists in response to requests received from the university community; coordinate delivery with Help Desk if deemed necessary.

Assist with error-free submission of enrollment, student and course data, ADC reporting to the University System of Georgia, ensuring timely and accurate submissions that are required twice a semester.

Respond to all open records, Solomon amendment, FERPA permissible requests for GSU student data and track such requests.

Work on other data analysis and data integrity projects as needed, and attend standing meetings concerning data integrity.

QualificationsBachelor's degree and three years of related experience; or a combination of education and related experience.

College/Business Unit04/14/19, 11:59:00 PM

College/Business Unit: Provost & VP Academic Affairs
Location: Atlanta Campus
Job Posting: 04/15/19, 11:25:36 AM

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Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.

Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.

More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.

The University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.

Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.

The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.

The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.

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