Data Analyst, EAB Seramount

About EAB

At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

Seramount, part of EAB, is a strategic business dedicated to providing employee-centric talent solutions and strategies that help forward-thinking organizations prepare for the workplace of tomorrow. We provide employers with integrated tools that provide a strategic and holistic map for setting new workplace culture standards. Over the past four decades we've built deep, data-powered intelligence on the employee experience, allowing us to address specific client workplace challenges. We excel in serving as our members' go-to partner in developing and progressing their strategies to unlock what's possible with a truly engaged workforce. Our business is in growth mode and offers the right person the opportunity to be a part of a dynamic, creative, and highly skilled team partnering with leading companies to advance more inclusive corporate cultures.

At EAB and Seramount, we serve not only our partner institutions and organizations but each other-that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

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The Role in Brief:

Data Analyst, Advanced Analytics and Benchmarking, EAB Seramount

The Data Analyst will be a key member of the Advanced Analytics and Benchmarking team within EAB Seramount, reporting to the Senior Director. This role combines extraordinary data analysis, programming, and reporting skills with the opportunity to do high-impact work for Seramount's Assess360 consulting and Best Companies research initiatives. The ideal candidate will be professional, detail-oriented, and innovative, committed to the discovery, development, and implementation of innovative solutions that increase efficiencies in our processes and improve report deliverables.

This hire may be based in Washington, DC or Richmond, VA; this position is also open to remote employment within the continental United States.

Primary Responsibilities:

Assess360 responsibilities:

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses (data analysis, lit reviews, interviews, etc.), interpret findings for team members, and decipher meaningful conclusions to larger research questions
• Support the Assess360 team's data analytics and statistical needs, including the development of data visualization dashboards
• Contribute to research studies that synthesize complex ideas into actionable advice for partners
• Assist in producing and editing internal and external deliverables, including emails, blog posts, insight pieces, white papers, benchmarking reports, interview notes, lit reviews, webinars, and presentations.
• Support with storyboarding partner-facing presentations to communicate research findings and use feedback from managers to improve final deliverables
• Ability to flex time and work outside of regular business hours when needed to meet a report deadline specified in a consulting contract.

Best Companies responsibilities:

• Program, test and maintain multiple large-scale surveys on an annual basis
• Gather and analyze data, interpreting findings and generating insights
• Develop custom benchmarking assessments and presentations to help clients understand results across hundreds of data points
• Develop, program and document processes that automate data cleaning, manipulating, analysis and reporting procedures
• Participate in ongoing client interactions and engagements to support overall client needs
• Partner with stakeholders across business units to provide data and/or perform basic data analysis as needed

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, with an excellent academic record and 1-2+ years of post-graduate, professional experience OR a Master's/PhD degree and 0+ years of post-graduate professional experience
• Proven quantitative skills, with basic knowledge of statistics and data structures to clean, manipulate, analyze, and report data
• Knowledge of statistical concepts specifically as they relate to social science research (sampling, effect size, margin of error, statistical significance, etc.)
• Experience designing and implementing surveys
• Experience creating dashboard reports using data visualization platforms
• Proficiency using analytical tools or programs, with demonstrated ability to quickly learn new analytical tools or programs
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Basic understanding of qualitative data/text analysis (interviewing/focus group/open response data, tagging, thematic analysis, etc.)
• Excellent attention to detail, time-management, and organizational skills
• Experience preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ideal Qualifications:

• A degree which emphasizes quantitative skills and research methods
• Advanced knowledge designing and programming surveys, preferably using Qualtrics
• Advanced skill in developing dynamic reports using data visualization software, preferably Qlik
• Advanced skill with a programming language, preferably Python
• Experience with MarketSight software
• Experience with project management software, such as Asana
• Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB's mission, values, and aspiration

If you've reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other's unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.

Compensation:

The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $56,000 - $76,500 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.

This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.

Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution
• Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commuter plans
• Employee assistance program with counseling services and resources available to all employees and immediate family
• Wellness programs including gym discounts, incentives to promote healthy living, and family access to the leading app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation
• Fertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Paid parental leave with phase back to work program for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Access to milk shipping service to support nursing employees during business travel
• Discounted pet health insurance coverage for dog and cat family members
• Company-provided life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Financial wellness resources and membership in a robust employee discount program
• Access to employee resource groups, merit-based advancement, and dynamic professional growth opportunities

Benefits kick in day one; learn more at eab.com/careers/benefits.

This opening is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time; EAB will thus consider candidates who possess U.S. work authorization that does not require employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.