Senior Data Analyst

at  The Commit Partnership

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst
Department/Division: Analytics and Insights
Location: Dallas
FLSA Status: Exempt
Supervisor: Director of Analytics & Insights
Full-Time Part-Time
Job Summary:
Under the general supervision of the Managing Director of Analytics & Insights, the Senior Data Analysis Manager will collaborate with other members of the Analytics & Insights team to produce analytics reports and compelling data insights using data stored in data warehouses and partner-supplied files. You will be writing clear and concise workflows primarily in Alteryx and Snowflake to connect a variety of data sources to assist the Analytics & Insights team in communicating findings to stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
This role will primarily support A&I team members who directly collaborate with members of the Commit team and statewide clients whose work ranges from Early Childhood Education to College Access & Success and Workforce. The Senior Data Analyst will also function as the analytics lead who will coach and mentor other members of the team to develop their skills in advanced analytics techniques. This position will also support the hiring, onboarding, and training of new analytics staff.

This job description is only a summary and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required by the employee. This document is subject to change at any time.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute data analysis and research projects leading to support other Analytics and Insights team members.
• Identify and improve process inefficiencies and lead team best practices and documentation.
• Research and build innovative data solutions and tools and coach members of the team to improve overall skills.
• Leverages analytical and visualization tools and techniques to create workflows and dashboards for other A&I team members who support stakeholders and leadership.
• Work extensively in Alteryx, Tableau, SQL, and potentially in ArcGIS.
• Identify and propose ways to automate/improve existing processes in assigned respective areas of work with the help of technology.
• Participate in the feedback loop between data intake and insights and work to improve the data collection process.
• Manages the Analytics & Insights team by providing coaching, counseling, training opportunities, and growth opportunities.
• Assist in managing and maintaining Analytics and Insights Snowflake database and the ability to create new instances of the database, and design new relational databases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills Required (Minimum):

• 3+ years in data analytics, and strategy consulting; public education experience is a plus.
• 1 year’s proficiency and experience in programming language and Alteryx or equivalent.
• 3 years of professional experience with advanced Microsoft Excel (macros is a plus) and Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations, and automated reports and dashboards.
• 1 year of professional experience using statistical methods for experimental design and analysis.
• 1-year experience working with relational databases and creating complex views to access and manipulate data.[DW1]
• Knowledge of SQL.
• Highly detail-oriented, accurate, and a self-starter.
• Experience developing data analysis strategies to develop insights, build improvement plans, and measure impact.
• Strong business and analytical thinking, as well as hands-on execution skills.

Education and/or Experience Required (Minimum):

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Quantitative Methods, Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related plus 3 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or position involving data analytics/coding services.
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of experience, we will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Quantitative Methods, Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field plus one(1) year of professional experience as Data Scientist, Data Analyst or a position involving data analytics/coding services.
• Certifications in Alteryx or equivalent (Tableau, MicroStrategy. Power BI, Qlik, …).

Preferred:

• Graduate degree
• SQL and Alteryx certification
• Tableau Certification

Required Licenses (if applicable): None

Language Skills:

• Ability to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate need.
• Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
• Ability to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate need.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of data collection modes, techniques, and tools; data analytics and data visualization tools and techniques; existing and upcoming digital applications and systems; technology innovation trends and industry benchmarks; data governance; data science techniques and applications.
• Ability to read and write in Standard English.
• Ability to articulate the levers that influence data.
• The ability to delineate problems leverages data to determine root causes and applies information to find solutions.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and be able to prioritize to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
• Ability to interact with people of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
• Ability to listen perceptively and convey awareness.
• Ability to interact diplomatically with the public in a continuous public contact setting.
• Ability to work as part of a team and in a team environment.
• Ability to maintain level-headedness in the face of resistance and contrary opinions.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and listen. The employee is often required to sit and use repetitive motions of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. This is a sedentary position, however, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, grasp, climb, or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and lift up to 10 lbs. Hearing, talking, and vision abilities required by this job include perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, expressing or exchanging ideas utilizing the spoken word, and close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading.
Job Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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TRUE NORTH TRAITS

Our True North Traits creates a mission-driven environment and champions us to do our best work each day.
Systemic Impact: You understand the barriers and lived experiences that our students face and are skilled at delivering systemic solutions at scale that address these needs. You achieve significant, sustainable results that increase equitable outcomes through your work (including the reallocation or improvement in public funding), and you recognize the difference between activity and impact.
Judgment: You exhibit a relentless “students first” focus by thinking strategically about what data must be collected, analyzed, visualized, and activated (and what steps must be taken, in what order) to cause resources to be reallocated and actions to be taken to systemically overcome the root causes hindering achievement of the Partnership’s mission.
Communication: By listening to understand before seeking to be understood, you’re able to build trust and facilitate collaboration across lines of difference, recognizing that both are essential to our success. You are also able to find common ground with diverse stakeholders and can tailor the organization’s message to different audiences as needed to influence meaningful change.
Innovation: You can create or meaningfully contribute to the design and execution of a systemic and transformational strategic plan to solve complex problems, often at scale, that improves organizational effectiveness and/or closes equity gaps for our students and families.
Equity and Inclusion: You intentionally create spaces where relevant stakeholders have a seat or voice at the table, ensuring that each person at the table’s thoughts and perspectives are shared, valued by all others at the table, and reflected in our work. You’re excited to help build and/or contribute to teams where everyone feels welcomed, respected, valued, and highly supported.
Joy: You recognize that people are central to our work, striking a balance between people and process, and you inspire others with your optimism and thirst for substantive change in service to the mission.
Integrity: You admit mistakes openly, share learnings widely, and elevate bad news quickly, also capable of making difficult decisions in all situations to ensure the success of the organization.
The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind.
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• Plan and execute data analysis and research projects leading to support other Analytics and Insights team members.
• Identify and improve process inefficiencies and lead team best practices and documentation.
• Research and build innovative data solutions and tools and coach members of the team to improve overall skills.
• Leverages analytical and visualization tools and techniques to create workflows and dashboards for other A&I team members who support stakeholders and leadership.
• Work extensively in Alteryx, Tableau, SQL, and potentially in ArcGIS.
• Identify and propose ways to automate/improve existing processes in assigned respective areas of work with the help of technology.
• Participate in the feedback loop between data intake and insights and work to improve the data collection process.
• Manages the Analytics & Insights team by providing coaching, counseling, training opportunities, and growth opportunities.
• Assist in managing and maintaining Analytics and Insights Snowflake database and the ability to create new instances of the database, and design new relational databases.
• Performs other duties as assigned