Workforce Analyst (Higher Education)

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:  Grade: Professional 308Pay Range: $73,000.00 - $109,400.00Job DescriptionThe Lead Skills Architect assumes broad responsibility for the creation, maintenance, and usage of the WGU Skills Library. Skills Architects are directly responsible for the development of skills collections that are aligned with applicable workforce and enduring skills and standards. The Lead Skills Architect is responsible for creating skills collections that serve as the foundation for a variety of educational program needs such as personalized pathways, career planning, industry and accreditation alignment, prior learning assessment, alternative credentialing and pathways, open loop learning, curriculum development efficiency, and student success. This individual will collaborate closely with stakeholders across a variety of roles and functions to research and incorporate tools, techniques, and best practices for implementing the WGU approach to skills architecture across the student lifecycle. The Lead Skills Architect is responsible for the success of several simultaneous projects, assessing risk, reporting progress, and communicating effectively with stakeholders to promote collaboration and accountability. Essential Functions and ResponsibilitiesManages the development and maintenance of assigned skills collections.Advises and participates in the preparation of materials for stakeholder partners.Consults on the implementation of skills for the development of relevant competencies and credentials.Communicates workforce and skill data with a variety of stakeholders.Develop and maintain relationships across the organization.Contributes to the creation or acquisition of tools to scaffold, create, organize, tag, visualize, and store skills collections.Participates in the development of processes, workflows, methodologies, and strategies for the creation, review, refinement, tracking, sharing, and use of skills collections within the assigned focus area.Performs other related duties as assigned.Knowledge, Skills and AbilitiesAt WGU, skills-based hiring is a core value of our organization because we believe that it is the most effective way to identify and hire the best candidates. By focusing on the skills and abilities that are most important for the job, we find candidates that are the best fit for the position. This helps to ensure that our employees are successful in their roles and contribute to the success of our company.CollaborationProblem solve with individuals of varying skills, expertise, and responsibilities.Initiate collaboration with inter-professional teams implementing innovative strategies that improve outcomes.Data AnalysisDiscuss data and data findings with other individuals.Determine trends and changes in the use of resources and services using data analysis.Detail OrientedComplete work tasks thoroughly and accurately.Adhere to detailed procedures.SpreadsheetsLeverage spreadsheets in organizing data.Complete spreadsheet tasks related to structured business practices and applications.Data PresentationDesign reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.Generate reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.ResearchDetermine patterns and trends based on research.Conduct primary and secondary research for decision making.CommunicationsCreate trust and rapport with others.Communicate timely, effectively, and appropriately.Listen to other opinions with intention of understanding.Critical ThinkingSynthesize findings of large data sets.Gather relevant facts to form a judgement.Data LiteracyUse data to support decision making.Use spreadsheets and databases to analyze data.InnovationCreate new ways to perform daily tasks that improve efficiency.Collaborate with other stakeholders to share innovative ideas.Identify existing connections among ideas or solutions.CompetenciesOrganizational or Student ImpactLeads program/course initiatives to improve Key Results.Contribute to initiatives at the university, college, or cluster level.Problem Solving & Decision MakingResolves problems that require broad-based consideration of variables at the program/course level.Work is situational and highly complex, and difficulties faced require detailed information gathering and analysis at the program/course.Acts as a technical advisor and may assist in completing tasks to achieve team deliverables.Communication & InfluenceCommunicates and collaborates with fellow faculty members within and across disciplines and practice.Drives feedback and continuous improvement recommendations to discipline/practice leadership.Attends professional conferences and association meetings focused on the faculty member’s discipline or practice area and engaged in discourse with fel