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SalaryReport Writer - Student Systems - 995445
Job Number: 505267
Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Categories: Admissions / Financial Aid / Enrollment Management
About Us:
We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southeastern University!
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU cares about the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and is a tobacco-free university.
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Job Title:
Report Writer - Student Systems - 995445
Location:
Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Work Type:
Full Time with Full Benefits
Job Category:
Exempt
Hiring Range:
$51,500
Pay Basis:
Annually
Subject to Grant Funding?:
No
Essential Job Functions:
1. Collaborates with end users to fulfill statistical and quality assurance report requests regarding data to ensure information is provided accurately and in a timely manner.
2. Presents report data in a way that is meaningful and readily accessible to internal and external stakeholders using a combination of query writing and SQL report services.
3. Operates spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
4. Retrieves, separates, and sorts program output as needed, and sends data to specified users.
5. Develops and implements processes and reports to audit data quality, ensure accuracy, and increase productivity.
6. Generates reports to audit data quality, ensure accuracy, and increase productivity.
7. Locates and corrects data entry errors or reports them to supervisors.
8. Maintains data integrity and confidentiality of student records.
9. Tests programs or databases, corrects errors, and makes necessary modifications.
10. Helps programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
11. Checks source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
12. Enters data into computers for use in analyses or reports.
13. Compiles reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
14. Analyzes and interprets statistical data to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.
15. Reports results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
16. Files data and related information and maintains and updates databases.
17. Participates as member of testing teams regarding Banner and other system upgrades, testing of reports, security, and updates to ensure accuracy and timeliness of data and report integrity.
18. Collaborates with end users to gather report requirements and ensure proper testing, validation, and creation/retrieval of data.
19. Analyzes data tables to establish knowledge of the data for accurate retrieval and use in report writing.
20. Monitors database to maintain data integrity, including contacting colleges and other university departments to ensure accuracy of data in a timely manner.
21. Performs special projects as assigned.
22. Performs other duties as required or needed.
2. Presents report data in a way that is meaningful and readily accessible to internal and external stakeholders using a combination of query writing and SQL report services.
3. Operates spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
4. Retrieves, separates, and sorts program output as needed, and sends data to specified users.
5. Develops and implements processes and reports to audit data quality, ensure accuracy, and increase productivity.
6. Generates reports to audit data quality, ensure accuracy, and increase productivity.
7. Locates and corrects data entry errors or reports them to supervisors.
8. Maintains data integrity and confidentiality of student records.
9. Tests programs or databases, corrects errors, and makes necessary modifications.
10. Helps programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
11. Checks source data to verify completeness and accuracy.
12. Enters data into computers for use in analyses or reports.
13. Compiles reports, charts, or graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses.
14. Analyzes and interprets statistical data to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information.
15. Reports results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
16. Files data and related information and maintains and updates databases.
17. Participates as member of testing teams regarding Banner and other system upgrades, testing of reports, security, and updates to ensure accuracy and timeliness of data and report integrity.
18. Collaborates with end users to gather report requirements and ensure proper testing, validation, and creation/retrieval of data.
19. Analyzes data tables to establish knowledge of the data for accurate retrieval and use in report writing.
20. Monitors database to maintain data integrity, including contacting colleges and other university departments to ensure accuracy of data in a timely manner.
21. Performs special projects as assigned.
22. Performs other duties as required or needed.
Marginal Job Functions:
1. May serve on various university-wide committees as assigned.
2. May travel to off-campus sites to attend meetings, conferences, and seminars.
2. May travel to off-campus sites to attend meetings, conferences, and seminars.
Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge:
1. Computers and Electronics – Working knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications, programming, and/or systems configuration.
2. English Language – General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
3. Proficient knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Skills:
1. Mathematics - Proficient skills in using mathematics to solve problems.
2. Critical Thinking - Basic skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
3. Active Listening - Basic skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
4. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
5. Complex Problem Solving - Basic skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
6. Active Learning - Basic skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Basic skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
Abilities:
1. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
2. Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
3. Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
4. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
5. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
6. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
7. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
8. Detail Oriented - The ability to pay attention to details, understand underlying cause/effect relationships, and account for those details and relationships.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4. Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
5. May be required to work nights or weekends.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.
1. Computers and Electronics – Working knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications, programming, and/or systems configuration.
2. English Language – General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
3. Proficient knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Skills:
1. Mathematics - Proficient skills in using mathematics to solve problems.
2. Critical Thinking - Basic skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
3. Active Listening - Basic skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
4. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
5. Complex Problem Solving - Basic skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
6. Active Learning - Basic skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Basic skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
Abilities:
1. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
2. Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
3. Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
4. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
5. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
6. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
7. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
8. Detail Oriented - The ability to pay attention to details, understand underlying cause/effect relationships, and account for those details and relationships.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4. Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
5. May be required to work nights or weekends.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.
Job Requirements:
Required Certifications/Licensures:
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree
Major (if required):
Required Experience:
1. Up to two (2) years of work experience with Banner or similar software systems, including terminology, methodology and tables.
2. Experience in Microsoft Access, Power Query, Power BI, or SQL.
2. Experience in Microsoft Access, Power Query, Power BI, or SQL.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’ degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
Is this a safety sensitive position?
No
Background Screening Required?
Yes
Pre-Employment Conditions:
Sensitivity Disclaimer:
Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.
Advertised: Jan 26, 2024 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: Apr 26, 2024 Eastern Daylight Time
