The School District of Philadelphia is looking to improve its educational opportunities for over 200,000 students by becoming the fastest improving District in the country, and is seeking a Data Analyst to provide administrative and analytic support to internal and external constituents.
Requirements
- Various databases such as Filemaker Pro, MS Excel and MS Access.
- Reporting applications such as Crystal Reports and District mainframe Disystems.
- Google docs.
- Applied statistics and using information to change behaviors and outcomes.
- Create and generate reports through Crystal Reports or other District reporting tools, analyzing data from the District’s mainframe system.
- Manipulate data using various spreadsheet applications such as MS Excel.
- Prepare statistical reports using statistical software such as STTA, SPSS.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree 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.
- 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.
- Express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
