S04734P

Data Literacy Coordinator

EITS Institutional Research

The University of Georgia (UGA), a land-grant and sea-grant university with statewide commitments and responsibilities is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (http://www.uga.edu/). UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA was founded in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly as the first state-chartered University in the country. UGA employs approximately 1,800 full-time instructional faculty and more than 7,600 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 36,000 students including over 27,500 undergraduates and over 8,500 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 17 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

External

TRS or ORP

Employee

Benefits Eligible

Full Time

Monday – Friday; 8am-5pm

Commensurate with Experience

02/24/2020

Yes

04/01/2020

Athens Area

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

IT (Information Technology) Professional

Exempt

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Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

Master’s degree or 5+ year experience of working in higher education
- Prior experience with common higher education ERPs such as PeopleSoft or Banner.
- Experience with reporting tools and reporting concepts commonly used in higher education.

The Data Literacy Coordinator will be part of a high-performance business institutional research and focused on providing education, training and resources to the UGA campus community to increase the understanding about institutional data, appropriate use of data, and data quality. The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of how data generated about the University enterprise is created, curated, presented, and consumed. The candidate will be detail-oriented, have excellent communication skills, and be able to create a data literacy focused curriculum for campus users of data resources. The successful candidate will collaborate with others within the Office of Institutional Research and technical and functional resources in other units to create and maintain trainings and educational resources designed to increase UGA’s data literacy and use of data as a decision-informing tool.

-Working knowledge of how data is created, curated, presented, and consumed in higher education.
-Ability to create curricula, trainings, and educational resources that are focused on improving the University’s understanding and use of data.
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
-Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships across campus
-Attention to detail.
-Ability to understand the training and educational needs of a variety of users
-Excellent problem-solving skills.
-Ability to learn concepts quickly and understand how data can and should be presented.
-Ability to understand business processes
-Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
-Ability to respond to changes in the campus climate.

Normal office environment

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.

Develop content and learning opportunities for institutional users to better understand how the data generated by UGA
- Work with technical and functional resources across the University to develop trainings and education resources that improve UGA’s use of data.
- Create, curate, and present educational content to users of institutional data.

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Develop processes to improve data quality and best practices around the use of data.
- Establish best practices for the consumption of data and reports
- Provide feedback to data stewards, data custodians, data trustees, and report creators about end-user needs.
- Work with technical and functional resources to understand the business processes of a higher education organization that generate institutional data.
- Manage and maintain data definitions for variables used in institutional reporting.
- Create opportunities for feedback that improve the quality of data in the institutional data set.
- Maintain technical support documentation as necessary.

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Other related duties as assigned.

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