Diligent Recruitment Data Advisor

National Adoption Association

13d • $90,000 - $95,000

About The Position

Join a team that makes a difference in the lives of children and teens in the US foster care system!
NAA is seeking passionate and collaborative diligent recruitment data experts to play a critical role in the National Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids.
Overview:
The National Center for Diligent Recruitment ("Center") operates within AdoptUSKids (AUSK), a five-year federally funded collaborative project of the Children's Bureau. The National Center for Diligent Recruitment has the following objectives:
Increase the capacity of states, tribes, and territories to effectively collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to guide their focused recruitment efforts.
Provide on-site, intensive technical assistance to support the work of states, tribes, and territories in constructing their robust diligent recruitment plans that have significant and strategic outcomes.
Identify, document, and disseminate methods and approaches to diligent recruitment that are informed by evidence, include system change work, and can be replicated. This may include furthering the evidence-base of family finding, relative outreach, reunion support, and intensive recruitment and retention services within the communities of origin of the children and youth in the foster care system.
The National Center for Diligent Recruitment will work with child welfare leaders to promote evidence-informed, best, and promising diligent recruitment approaches to improve the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth and families who are involved with the U.S. foster care system. This Center will provide intensive on-site technical assistance (TA) and capacity building support to states, territories, and tribes (STTs) to develop and actualize data-informed diligent recruitment plans that result in concrete outcomes for children, youth and families who are being served by the system. The Center's website will be a repository of knowledge, best practice, and accomplishments of all on-site work in STTs and its dissemination strategy will promote best practices.
Position Overview:
The DR Data Advisor will provide technical expertise grounded in previous, relevant experience and demonstrated understanding of data architecture, data analytics and data trends and patterns in Child Welfare and Diligent Recruitment. The DR Data Advisor will partner with and support the DR Advisors and Consultants in the delivery of Intensive Technical Assistance related to Diligent Recruitment in the States, Tribes and Territories.

Requirements

• A master's degree in computer science, statistics, or a closely related field is preferred; (will consider a bachelor's degree with extensive professional experience)
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in public child welfare
• Demonstrated experience of relational database systems and the types of data architecture used in child welfare systems
• Demonstrated experience conducting, interpreting, and communicating data analytics
• Demonstrated experience in identifying significant differences in data; data patterns and trends; and assessing data quality
• Demonstrated experience in interpreting and implementing data standards such as data quality measures and analyzing data quality results for the purposes of program and data quality improvement
• Knowledge and understanding of approaches to calculating and assessing data trends related to disproportionality and disparate outcomes
• Knowledge of and experience with various databases/platforms/software, such as Airtable, data dashboards, and SQL queries, that demonstrate the skills to adapt and learn new databases/platforms/software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in presenting data concepts and issues to program staff as well as STT data and IT partners
• Ability to travel onsite to deliver capacity-building services up to 40% or 3 trips per month, on average
• Public Child Welfare Knowledge. Possesses knowledge, skills, and abilities gained from public child welfare agency experience. Expert in data architecture and data analytics in relation to diligent recruitment.
• Data Informed. Values data, ability to understand data, supports the department in how they use data, and uses data to inform decision making.
• Holds self-accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results.
• Understands and communicates the shared vision of the project; influences others to translate vision into action. Ability to recognize and address systemic challenges and service gaps affecting children in foster care. Demonstrates commitment to DEI and youth voice.
• Relationship Management. Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect; possesses a good sense of humor. Honors different priorities, perspectives, and points of view in all situations.
• Effective Communication. Professional communication style (verbal and written) with the ability to communicate project needs and concerns to the Director of Tailored Technical Assistance. Practices active listening; keeps others well informed; openness to others who express contrary views; adheres to the communication model as outlined in our collaboration agreement.
• Project Management. Possesses exceptional project management skills. Determines the necessary sequence needed to achieve goals, handles multiple demands and competing priorities, meets high performance expectations and objectives. Flexibility with the ability to adapt as needed.
• Strategic Thinking. Proactive in anticipating workload fluctuations and increases. Ability to make reliable independent decisions that are consistent with The Center's goals and objectives.
• Team Building. Participates in team building activities and meetings to contribute to the accomplishment of group goals and goals of our funder.
• Integrity/Honesty. Possesses high ethical standards; consistently demonstrates ethical standards in words and actions.

Responsibilities

• Technical Assistance. Provide technical assistance to the STTs receiving services from the NCDR on utilizing data to develop, implement and assess the outcomes related to the DR plans. Provide technical assistance to the STTs receiving services from the NCDR on understanding the data available in their systems and identifying gaps in the available data. Provide recommendations on the use of various databases, platforms, and software, as needed. Serves as project co-lead with Diligent Recruitment Advisors as appropriate.
• Data Collection & Analysis. Analyze, manipulate, and process the compilation of the National Center for Diligent Recruitment data as needed for the Data Dashboard, agency audits, response to requests from the Children's Bureau, and other data shared externally. Partner with the DR Advisors to explore needs of STTs and prepare outreach to STTs that includes data specific to each STT. Identify relationships and trends that could affect the results of research related to disproportionality and disparate outcomes.
• Database Management. Maintain databases, ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security. Optimize database structures for efficient data retrieval and storage. Provide recommendations on the use of various databases, platforms, and software. Stays up to date on latest technology to improve diligent recruitment plans.
• Insights & Reporting. Develop reports, dashboards, and visualizations to communicate findings effectively to partners. Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on data analysis. Support the DR Advisors by synthesizing and interpreting data and promoting data-driven best practices. Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on data analysis.
• Quality Assurance. Gather, review, and provide quality assurance regarding data collection throughout the project. Oversee data pulls from programming partners' systems as well as validation of data collected and entered by program partners.
• Present data concepts and issues to program staff, STT data, and IT partners. Maintain cross-collaborative communication and partnerships within the National Center for Diligent Recruitment including collaborating with the Evaluation Team on data-related issues, data tracking, and interpretation of evaluation findings. Provide clear understanding and insight to others of data analytics and findings. Coordinates with other Data Advisor on data tool development.

Benefits

• As a member of our team, you will receive a competitive salary of $90,000 to $95,000 (commensurate with experience) and a generous benefits package including a gold health plan, dental & vision insurance (100% employer paid for employees!); employer retirement plan contribution; and professional development opportunities, among others.

What This Job Offers

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