ABOUT ALU

ALU provides higher education for a higher purpose. Our students declare missions, not majors.

They develop the real-world skills to take on the world’s most pressing challenges. And they take ownership of their learning from day one through our peer and student-led approach – because ALU believes in the power and agency of young people to start shaping the future right now.

Together with a world-class faculty and staff, our students are igniting a ripple of positive impact across Africa and the world.

Our mission is not going unnoticed. CNN described ALU — which has campuses in Mauritius and Rwanda —  as “The Harvard of Africa;” Fast Company ranked ALU one of the 50 most innovative organizations in the world and the most innovative endeavor in Africa; and The New York Times recognized ALU as one of the eight places in the world “where history is being made.” Join us.

HOW WE WORK

As a high-growth start-up, the ALU Team works in starkly different ways to traditional academic bureaucracies. We approach education from first principles, empower individuals to design, test, and implement creative new ideas, and work closely together to craft transformative learning experiences. We are deeply passionate about our students and excited by the challenge of building something entirely new.

ABOUT THE ROLE

ALU is scaling quickly and data will be critical in driving our growth and determining what key variables impact our ability and speed to scale. Our Marketing and Admissions work is on the forefront of our growth as we expand in new markets and gain footholds across Africa and the world. ALU is searching for a data analyst to join our Marketing, Admissions and Financial aid team. In this role, you will analyze and report on data throughout the journey of a student -- from potential student to committed student. You will determine the key drivers and trends within and across application cycles. You will help us determine how we can scale and identify the changes we need to make to scale more effectively. This role will report directly to the CMO and work collaboratively within the admissions and marketing teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee all reporting in marketing and admissions and ensure accuracy of data reported.
• Analyze and interpret marketing and admissions data to develop insights.
• In collaboration with the CMO, develop key questions to explore and determine the best way to leverage data to solve for them.
• Build dashboards and reports in Salesforce and other reporting tools.
• Establish and maintain standard reporting formats across intakes.
• Prepare reports and presentations on data analysis.
• Measure and report on KPIs in marketing and admissions for the Executive Committee.
• Assist with market research projects.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data reported.
• Work closely with marketing, admissions and technology to support their data requests.
• Support other data requests as requested.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. in Management and Information Systems or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 3-5 years data analysis experience
• Strong organizational, computer, and communication skills.
• High proficiency in Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong data visualization skills.
• Experience with Salesforce as a data source.
• Located in a timezone with at least 4 working hours overlap with Central African Time Zone.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in higher ed and digital marketing
• Experience in SQL, R, Tableau, AWS Glue
• Experience in one or more Python data science libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, TensorFlow)