Data Support Associate

KIPP DC • Washington, DC

7d • $54,039 - $57,765 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Support Associate role is an integral part of the Data Analysis team, ensuring the Data Analysis team, Student Information team, KIPP Forward team (high school and alumni counselors), and schools have the data management, reporting, and assessments support they need to make data-driven decisions and intentionally support students and alumni. The starting salary range for this role is $54,039-$57,765. This is a full-time, occasional flexibility role based at HDQ with an anticipated start date of July 2026.

About KIPP DC
For 25 years, KIPP DC has partnered with students, families, and the community to create joyful, academically excellent schools across the nation’s capital. Today, our network of 22 schools educate more than 7,500 students in grades PreK3-12, supported by 1,500 dedicated teachers, leaders, and staff.
Our work is grounded in five pillars–Academic Excellence, Joy & Sense of Belonging, Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders, Safe, Structured, and Nurturing Learning Environments, and Commitment to College Readiness–which ensure every student is equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue success in college, careers, and beyond. Our schools combine high expectations with joyful, affirming environments that nurture academic success and personal growth for students and staff alike.
As part of the national KIPP network, we share best practices and innovations while maintaining deep roots in Washington, D.C. Together, we strive toward a future without limits for our students, alumni, and community.
About the Role
You will play an integral role in promoting data-driven decision-making at KIPP DC. You’ll be responsible for supporting the data analysis, student information, KIPP Forward, and other teams with data entry, management, and reporting projects along with assessment and event logistics. This is a unique opportunity to learn how data work is conducted at a relatively large charter school network.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Ability to travel across KIPP DC schools
• Commitment to Students and Schools: Demonstrates commitment to education reform, believing in every child's potential for success and prioritizing students, schools, and the essential role of families.
• Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving: Finds creative solutions to challenges that achieve broader goals of team and organization.
• Project Management: Sets a high bar for own work and supports others to achieve desired team outcomes.
• Communications and Influence: Demonstrates adept communication skills and influence to advance work by adjusting content and style.
• Teamwork: Contributes to a supportive team culture, fostering diverse work styles and maintaining a high performance standard.
• Trust and Collaboration: Establishes and nurtures effective relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders to support the best outcomes for our work.
• Cultural Humility: Advances KIPP DC’s commitment to anti-racism by creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all stakeholders.
• Continuous Learning: Commits to continuous learning through feedback, self reflection, humility, and action.

Nice To Haves

• Professional experience analyzing and manipulating large amounts of data
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. Salesforce, PowerSchool)
• Professional experience in K-12 and/or non-profit sector

Responsibilities

• Improve the quality and consistency of data in KIPP Forward’s data systems (Salesforce database, Google Sheets tools, and Overgrad) to help the KIPP Forward team provide targeted support to high schoolers and alumni
• Enter and upload data to KIPP Forward’s data systems, PowerSchool (KIPP DC’s student information system), and other data platforms as requested
• Execute routine quality assurance processes (ranging from 3x a week to monthly) that help ensure KIPP Forward’s data systems and PowerSchool have up to date data
• Monitor high school seniors’ college acceptance letters; ensure letters are compliant, track in data system, and report progress to 100% accepted to KIPP Forward and high school leaders weekly
• Support student information and data analysis teams with special projects related to data entry, cleaning, and management
• Create and maintain Google Sheets data collection tools for the KIPP Forward team regularly; create Google Sheets tools for other teams as needed
• Compile data from Salesforce, PowerSchool, and other data sources for data analysis requests
• Generate student progress reports and maintain a few Tableau reports to support progress monitoring
• Assist data analysts with creating data presentations for school leaders and managing the data platform used by teachers to record attendance, behavior, and family communications (DeansList)
• Support the smooth administration of PK-12 assessments, including connecting with testing companies, ordering and distributing supplies, creating user accounts for test proctors, and providing day-of support
• Support KIPP Forward team events, such as end of school year celebrations and preparation of alumni care package boxes
• Complete online trainings to rapidly grow Google Sheets skills within first two months of role
• Gradually learn about other platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Overgrad, PowerSchool, and Tableau) on the job
• Gain deep understanding of college and career counseling and PK-12 education and their data needs
• Participate in organization-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings
• Receive professional development from the associate director of data analysis in the aforementioned areas

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurances
• various voluntary benefits
• employer paid benefits such as short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, and a membership to One Medical
• 403(b) retirement account with a 3% employer contribution and a 3% match with vesting after three years

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level