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Data Analyst, Education 🔥


Project Evident exists to help organizations harness the power of evidence to achieve greater impact. We do this by offering a comprehensive platform of tools, resources, and services to help state education agencies, local education agencies, nonprofits and funders improve how they measure, evaluate, and report results, while strengthening their ability to act using this evidence.

Project Evident strives to be a trusted partner – to practitioners, funders, and other stakeholders committed to stronger, meaningful, and equitable outcomes for communities and individuals so that all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.1 We believe in the power of data and evidence to address social and racial justice, and seek to advance a next generation ecosystem for actionable evidence building and use. We live into our mission through our values, specifically:

Practitioner Focused - We center on practitioners, and ground our work in their needs and

contexts. We help practitioners strengthen meaningful and equitable outcomes for the

communities and individuals they serve, and lift up their work so it can be better

understood and supported by funders and policy makers.

● Committed to Learning, Inclusion, and Transparency - We are frank, honest, and

compassionate with our colleagues, clients, funders, and stakeholders. We seek input

and feedback from a wide range of voices and share our learnings openly with others.

We recognize that evidence is not immune from the racism and inequities that exist in

our society, and strive to understand the context in which we operate and to uphold the

principles of belonging, dignity, and justice through our work.

● Smart, Warm, Approachable and Productive -

  • ○  Smart - we strive to find practical, implementable solutions
  • ○  Warm - we bring heart and positivity to our work and work through discomfort
  • ○  Approachable - we keep open and curious minds, welcoming differing viewpoints
  • and valuing the ideas and experiences of our partners. 1 Language drawn from PolicyLink’s definition of equity with their permission.

○ Productive - we hold ourselves accountable to the goals and timelines we set with our colleagues and partners, and course correct as needed

● Oriented to Actionable Evidence - We build and use relevant and timely data and evidence with our partners and ourselves to continuously learn, improve, and make meaningful, equitable, and cost effective decisions.

Position Summary – Data Analyst

The data analyst reports to Director, Education Practice and is responsible for data collection, cleaning, analyses, visualization, and presentation. The majority of the data analyst’s work will focus on education; however, as a member of the Project Evident team, the analyst will also work in other content areas as needed.

Essential Duties

Data Analysis & Programming

  • Assemble, clean, manage, and analyze large longitudinal data sets derived from multiple sources.
  • Evaluate data quality. Identify data outliers and anomalies that require resolution prior to analysis.
  • Identify coding challenges and resolve or elevate them with the data team.
  • Create robust, maintainable, well-documented scripts to automate common tasks.
  • Appropriately structures data files depending on use, e.g., analysis, visualization, etc.
  • Execute standard analyses and help develop customized analyses that address
  • questions of core interest to partner organizations.
  • Perform complex analytic tasks with supervision.
  • Partner Support & Communications
  • Participate in presenting key research findings and recommendations to internal and external audiences.
  • Contribute to drafting memos, reports, case studies, and presentations for partner leadership, including school boards, superintendents, and principals, as well as other stakeholders (e.g., advisors and funders).
  • With guidance, provide training to external clients on specific tools and methods (e.g., data visualization in Tableau, formulas and pivot tables in Excel).

Other Duties

  • Perform literature and web searches, summaries, and reviews in support of Project Evident projects.
  • Collaborate with members of the Project Evident team, with a focus on the Education Practice, and partner organizations staff to continually refine analytic work products.
  • Coordinate internal data collection and reporting efforts.
  • Contribute to the development of new projects and proposals.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education and/or Experience

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, e.g., statistics, economics, econometrics, math, public policy or other related fields.
  •  Three years of related experience processing and analyzing data. Relevant coursework may count towards this experience.
  • Basic statistical knowledge, including linear regression and hypothesis testing.
  • Ability to complete tasks on tight deadlines without compromising quality.
  • Preferred:
  • Master’s degree in a relevant field, e.g., statistics, economics, econometrics, math, public policy or other related fields.
  • Two years of related work experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in cleaning, managing, and analyzing large social-sector data
  • sets, with a preference for working with student-level education data
  • Experience working with a data warehouse system and a clear understanding of
  • common data warehousing best practices, key terms, and concepts.
  • Survey design and analyses a plus.
  • Familiarity with R, STATA, Tableau, or SQL.
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Minimum Requirements:
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a proven ability to write clear and concise memos and explain technical concepts or data findings to a general audience.
  • Ability to work with stakeholders to develop actionable metrics and data-driven insights.
  • Experience working in a collaborative, team-based environment.
  • Experience working effectively with multiple stakeholders who may have evolving
  • priorities.
  • Ability to interface with diverse staff and partners in various sectors.
  • Experience and comfort working virtually.
  • Experience using common cloud-based productivity tools, e.g.Google Drive, Office 365,
  • Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack. Preferred:
  • Experience working in the education sector. Education or non-profit consulting experience is a plus.
  • Ability and experience working amongst a geographically distributed team/client base

Organizational Demands

The Data Analyst reports to the Director, Education Practice and works collaboratively with staff, clients, contractors and vendors on a weekly basis to meet goals in line with organizational values.

Physical Demands

N/A

Work Environment

  • Ability to work with a virtual team.
  • Expected to work 40-50 hours per week.
  • Up to 40% travel (In times when travel is standard practice and generally safe.)
  • Submission and Interview Process
  • Candidates wishing to be considered for this position, must submit a cover letter and resume.
  • Reasonable accommodation will be made so that applicants with qualifying disabilities may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application.
  • Candidates invited for a phone interview will be asked to complete a case study
  • memo. Candidates invited for a full interview will be asked to complete a presentation and present their findings in a virtual interview using Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
  • Project Evident, a project of Tides Center, is an “at-will” and equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy and gender expression) identity, color, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.

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