Data and Insights Analyst

Ready to start your next chapter with NAIT?

At NAIT, we’re passionate about building a team of talented, dedicated professionals who share our commitment to excellence and innovation. Your skills and experience can shape the future of education and make a real impact in our community.

If this opportunity feels like the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply and join us in creating a brighter future – together.

Important Application Deadline Notice

Applications must be submitted by 11:59pm MST on the day before the posting end date shown above, as Workday automatically closes postings at that time.

Internal NAIT Employees

Current NAIT employees are welcome to apply for this opportunity. To be considered, please submit your application through the NAIT Jobs Hub rather than the external career site.

About the Opportunity

Student Progression is comprised of two main areas: Education Insights, Data and Research (EI) and the Office of the Registrar.

Education Insights, Data and Research (EI) - performs research, analyses, and reporting to provide critical insights and recommendations to support decision makers across campus. The team is comprised of Data & Insight Specialists, Data & Insight Analysts, Research Specialists and Research Analysts.

The role of a Data & Insight Analyst will support and report to the Manager, Data & Insights. The Data & Insight Analyst works with other members of the team to provide business intelligence for decision makers across campus. The Data & Insight Analyst builds and maintains the data models, pipelines, and reports that leaders across NAIT rely on.

Key Responsibilities:

• Owns assigned data analysis and reporting requests from programs, schools, and central administrative departments, from requirements through to tested, deployed output.

• Leads the design, construction, testing, and deployment of business intelligence and reporting solutions that inform decisions made by stakeholders across the institute. This includes standardized reports, dashboards, exploratory views, and data exports

• Sources, cleanses, and models large data sets in the Microsoft Fabric lake house and data warehouse for projects

• Uses data visualization tools and techniques to explore trends and communicate findings to stakeholders

• Accesses, compiles, organizes data for distribution to stakeholders

• Responsible for maintaining confidentiality of data and information when supporting leaders through decision making processes

• Performs and supports data reporting that inform admissions and student financial support policies, program efficacy assessment, program renewal, curriculum assessment, institutional enrolment planning, and budgets

• Develops an understanding of stakeholder’s needs by participation in meetings and other requirement gathering activities with individuals and groups

• Works in an iterative, agile manner with stakeholders to validate and incorporate requirements into projects, managing own work in Azure DevOps and delivering accurate work to committed dates.

• Maintains knowledge of business source systems and processes by maintaining contact with subject matter experts in the registrar’s office and program areas

• Collaborates with other members of Education Insights in delivering needed support to stakeholders

• Ensure that projects follow best practice for data visualization, modelling, and data governance, including access security, documentation, data quality, and privacy requirements.

Skills & Abilities:

• Advanced skills with business intelligence tools such as PowerBI/DAX, SQL Server and Excel

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to learn quickly and independently when facing new problems or situations

• Knowledge of post-secondary Institution programs, policy, procedures, and reporting environments

• Understanding of software development lifecycles, data modelling, and business intelligence approaches such as Kimball data warehouse

• Knowledge of data visualization best practices

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to interpret and explain data insights to a non-technical audience using business language

• Ability to elicit requirements from business users and work with IT teams to translate requirements into useable data structures

• Ability to work independently with minimal direction, manage own priorities, and work as part of cross-functional teams

• Excellent time management and organizational skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree relevant to position

• Minimum 4 years of experience working with institutional data, preferably in a post-secondary institution

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or a similar lakehouse platform, Python, Campus Solutions, and a current Microsoft Fabric or Power BI certification is an asset.

Remuneration: Refer to salary range noted on posting, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

The compensation range for this job posting is : $78,885.85 - $104,506.92

Applicants with education credentials earned outside of Canada should have their credentials evaluated by a recognized agency in Canada - Foreign Credential Validation against Canadian Standards - Canada.ca.

NAIT is committed to a transparent, fair, and human-centered hiring experience. All candidates are assessed directly by our recruitment and hiring teams.

Please submit a resume and cover letter to be considered for this opportunity.

About NAIT

We are known as one of Alberta’s top employers. Being part of a community that makes a difference in the lives of students, staff, industry clients and partners, NAIT’s culture reflects our shared values of respect, collaboration, celebration, creativity, and accountability.

People are what make NAIT great, and we prioritize the employee experience. For eligible positions, we offer benefits and unique perks focusing on health and wellness, work-life balance, recognition, and professional and personal growth. In addition to excellent vacation time, eligible employees receive paid time off between Christmas and New Year’s.

NAIT supports a flexible work environment, enabling staff to request approval for on-campus, off-site, or hybrid work arrangements based on the nature of the role. Please note that remote positions require employees to reside within Canada.