Iowa Department of Education is looking to ensure all students experience a world-class education by building an excellent education system that empowers all students to achieve their full potential, and they need a Management Analyst to provide key leadership and oversight for the statewide IEP/IFSP system known as ACHIEVE.
Requirements
- Experience with ACHIEVE system.
- Experience managing complex systems with multiple projects occurring simultaneously.
- Experience developing professional development and guides for end users.
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management.
- Possession of a professional certificate in data science, business analytics, or data analytics.
- A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience in business/data/statistical analytics, economic research, or data science.
- A total of one year of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management.
Responsibilities
- Provide oversight and management of General Supervision system use, including system testing, band width, user roles and their assignment, communications with users when there are system outages, manage tickets submitted by users that have escalated to bug fixes or system malfunctions.
- Collects and queries structured data from various sources, including databases, spreadsheets, surveys, external applications, and other data repositories.
- Cleans and prepares data; identifies and resolves missing values, removes duplicates and/or outliers, and formats raw data to maintain the overall quality of data and ensure accuracy and suitability for analysis.
- Conducts descriptive analysis to summarize data using simple statistical techniques.
- Creates standard reports and visualizations (e.g., charts and graphs) to present findings.
- Gather information from users and stakeholder task teams regarding implementation functions of the system.
- Provide support for general supervision tools in ACHIEVE.
Other
- Passion for accomplishing common goals in pursuit of public service
- Ability to work collaboratively on, and provide leadership for, high-performing teams
- Ability to work independently, moving projects forward with minimal supervision
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Applicants must reside in Iowa upon hire
- Applicants must provide an unofficial transcript for verification
