Business Analyst; Leadership & Economic Development; Lone Star College

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
The Business Analyst, Economic Development plays a crucial role in connecting community, business and economic development stakeholders to Lone Star College. This position is the primary resource for complex demographic, statistical, and economic data to support numerous internal and external projects and initiatives. This position collaborates with closely with business, industry and technical stakeholders across diverse teams such as workforce, marketing, curriculum development. Responsibilities include creating compelling data visualizations, acquiring and renewing data analytics tools and facilitating economic development presentations. . The position will be responsible for researching, collecting, organizing and interpreting data to help inform business strategies.  
 
 
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Performs extremely complex analysis of demographic, statistical, and economic data sets using complicated analytics tools
2. Designs and builds comprehensive, visually engaging, and interactive reports for external and internal stakeholders
3. Provides subject matter expertise for external and internal projects and acts as primary data resource for economic, demographic and industry related data
4. Provides analysis of workforce trends, occupation needs/shortages, and demographics and makes recommendations for curriculum needs to workforce council and Lone Star College leadership
5. Oversees acquisition and renewal of data licenses for analytics tools and maintains a knowledge base of their use and application
6. Partners with multiple stakeholder teams to support economic and demographic data used in marketing materials and presentations
7. Manages expenditures of economic development funds provided by annual agreements between Harris County and Lone Star College
8. Acts as Project Manager for a variety of large-scale assignments; keeps a variety of employees on task and ensures timely completion of projects
9. Presents economic development data, business and funding resource and workforce training workshops for internal and external entities
10. Serves on various economic development focused councils, committees and taskforces; attends local, regional, state and national events and markets the region at local, state, and national economic development events
11. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge and professional skills with data tools including but not limited to Chmura/JobsEQ, DataAxle, ESRI, and EMSI/Lighcast
• Knowledge of research methods and data resources regarding economics, demographics, workforce, and industry
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well with others
• Strong multi-tasking abilities
• Strong customer service skills

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience as a Business Analyst or similar role

 
 
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree
• Experience working with economic development organizations, business and community stakeholders
• Grant management experience working with local, state and federal funding opportunities for business
• Experience working in higher education