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Data Analyst (District Performance Office)

Employer
The School District of Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, PA, US
Salary
Competitive

Job Details

Data Analyst (District Performance Office)
DISTRICT PERFORMANCE

Central Office

Job Number: 4600172465

Start Date:

Open Date: 03/21/2019

Closing Date:

Job Summary
Provides administrative and analytic support to internal and external constituents. Designs, modifies, develops, maintains and implements data software and tracking systems. Creates reports/dashboards, develops automated metrics dashboards of key business metrics at requested frequencies and provides ad-hoc data analysis. Troubleshoots, maintains databases and serves as a resource to District personnel and representatives of external organizations.
Essential Functions
All Specialties
  • Fulfills data requests from upper District management, media sources, outside benchmarking organizations, government agencies, and other internal and external customers; refines requests for information to provide management with improved decision-making capabilities.
  • Designs, implements, maintains, validates and analyzes data maintained in databases to ensure accuracy; identifies areas where data quality requires improvement and collaborates with team members to resolve issues.
  • Prepares analytical data reports for multifunctional purposes on a regular and ad hoc basis; identifies maps and integrates new data sources.
  • Troubleshoots and provides end-user support for databases in the assigned division.
  • Creates reports utilizing the District's data warehouse.
  • Serves as a resource for development projects.
  • Provides data and technical support to various administrative offices and schools to enable them to make data driven decisions.
  • Furnishes data to external constituents to inform and foster positive relationships.
  • Develops reporting tools that capture pertinent academic and climate indicators such as school-wide and student-level performance data.
  • Develops clear, simple, visual displays of data that inform high-stake decisions.
District Performance Office Specialty
  • Serves to focus District leadership and school staff to the appropriate data in a timely fashion, in order to make immediate improvements in student and school outcomes.
  • Supports and validates systems for monitoring patterns in school data and elevating them monthly and quarterly around the District's anchor and outcome goals.
  • Focuses on attendance, reading levels, benchmarks, credit accumulation, and grades.
  • Supports production of performance frameworks and strategic analytic products using statistical (e.g., Stata, R, Python, and/or SPSS) and data visualization (e.g., Qlik and Tableau) software.
  • Recommends and implements (using Google Drive, Qualtrics, and other applications) process improvements for district data sharing (Open Data, Data Requests) to facilitate ongoing transition from manual to automated workflows.
  • Supports the development and maintenance of training and documentation material for the district's business intelligence (BI) platform Qlik.
  • Obtains and reviews data from database and information systems to verify information and/or check for inconsistencies.
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university.
  • Three years of full-time, paid, professional experience with database technology, educational data reporting and analysis and/or educational performance data.

OR

  • Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent in collaboration with the assigned office.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated knowledge of:
  • statistical software packages, such as Stata, R, and/or SPSS, required.
  • Google Drive system and product suite.
  • applied statistics and using information to change behaviors and outcomes.
  • electronic data processing methodology and software for the collection, cleaning and manipulation of data, statistical analysis and report generation
  • best practices in data management, including storage, security, documentation and database design and management.
  • measurement theory and practice.
  • administrative policies and practices.
  • relational database management systems (RDBMS)
Demonstrated ability to :
  • create and generate reports through District reporting tools, analyzing data from the District's data warehouse.
  • manage and manipulate data using various spreadsheet applications such as MS Excel or Google sheets.
  • clean and analyze large data sets and prepare reports using statistical software such as Stata, R, Python, and/or SPSS, and data visualization software such as Qlik and/or Tableau.
  • and/or SPSS, and data visualization software such as Qlik and/or Tableau.
  • meet multiple deadlines in a fast paced and demanding work environment.
  • work independently in a fluid environment as part of a team to accomplish goals.
  • think analytically and logically.
  • support administrators in the attainment of District goals and objectives.
  • operate a personal computer.
  • support administrators in the attainment of District goals and objectives.
  • operate a personal computer.
  • maintain electronic document management systems.
  • present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
  • establish and maintain effective working relationships with both internal staff and external partners.
  • give attention to detail.
  • apply problem solving skills in the maintenance of databases/ tracking systems.
  • coordinate the work of clerical and paraprofessional office staff.
  • be passionate about educational equity.
  • be passionate about using quantitative analysis to drive policy and practice.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Additional Job Information: This is a 12-month, non-represented position. The salary grade for this role is 4024.

Interviews may be conducted to determine how well a candidate meets the established criteria. Note that not all qualified candidates may be selected for an interview. Additional factors including the ability to follow directions, punctuality and professional conduct will be considered in part of the evaluation process. The selected candidate must have no anecdotal record on file and have not been subject to any disciplinary action within the past eighteen (18) months, and have an excellent record of attendance and punctuality during the last three (3) years (defined as no more than eighteen (18) occasions of lateness or absence for personal illness in the last three years (3) years with the exception of one extended long-term absence.

Company

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Website
Telephone
2154004600
Location
440 N. Broad St.
Suite 222
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19130
US

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