Research Analyst

Austin Community College•Austin, TX

About The Position

Job Overview E3 Alliance is looking for a Research Analyst to conduct statistical analysis of state, regional, and local education data sets spanning pre-K to workforce — with a focus on educator research and education pathways — under the guidance of E3’s Senior Director of Research. The Research Analyst will work with a collaborative team to execute our research and analysis agenda to leverage data and drive action to address disparities and help every child reach their potential. This is a dynamic position with responsibility for contributing to longitudinal research projects, as well as hands-on programming, data analysis, research, visual representations, and communication of complex information related to student educational outcomes to influence stakeholder decision-making and policy.

Requirements

Either: Master’s or Ph.D. in education or the social sciences Or Bachelor’s and five years of experience in research or data analytics.
Programming experience in R or Python with up-to-date applied technical skills, including creating visualizations
Strong statistical background in addition to experience in managing and conducting research projects using mixed methodologies
Experience working with large-scale education datasets, specifically in educator and/or education related fields
Experience in Microsoft Office 365 (especially Excel), Outlook/Exchange, project management tools, team data sharing, and web presentation tools
Demonstrated ability to leverage data and research to help address racial and income disparities in community outcomes
Experience with maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials
Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a small team environment, manage multiple projects, and adhere to and support timelines and deliverables deadlines
Exhibit attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality, tested analytic results
Strong written & verbal communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with the use of data from the Texas Education Agency (or district data reported to TEA through Student Information Systems), Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)
Experience with data and research focused on educators and education pathways
Demonstrated experience working with multicultural stakeholders in the education community (e.g., school district personnel; community-based organizations)
Knowledge of and connectivity to the Central Texas education ecosystem
Familiarity with SQL and relational databases (data upload and extraction)
Experience with data sharing agreements in an educational research context

Responsibilities

Research Design Provide analytic support and act as a thought partner for other research staff in the execution of large- and small-scale research studies, data queries, and grant deliverables with a specific focus on educator and education pathway research
Manage estimates, timelines, and deliverables for large- and small-scale research projects.
Contribute to the drafting of research and analytics project definitions, including needs analysis, research questions, literature reviews, and analytical methods for both quantitative and qualitative studies.
Collaborate with the Sr. Director of Research and others in drafting grant proposals.
Propose and implement data collection strategies where data is not available from other sources.
Contribute to drafting, implementation, and review of data sharing agreements for the purpose of accessing data to answer research questions.
Data Analysis Conduct statistical programming, data analysis, and data manipulation in R or Python (Pandas), and potentially in SAS.
Conduct data analysis, aggregation, and tracking for ongoing educator and education pathway research projects and initiatives
Serve as first-line reviewer for data analysis completed by other research and data analysts on the research team.
Develop expertise in relevant datasets available at the University of Texas Education Research Center, other state and federal data sources, and those sourced directly from local school districts and institutes of higher education.
Data Storytelling Provide analytic support and collaborate with stakeholders, including E3 leadership, staff, and partners to ensure that actionable data and information are available to support the work of E3 Alliance.
Collaborate with the Communications team and other staff to develop charts, graphs, infographics, tables, maps and interactive data displays that communicate information clearly for a variety of external audiences, effectively telling a story to drive decision-making and behavior change with an emphasis on student success.
Collaborate with community-based partners on research projects, provide data, data presentations, visualizations, specific data aggregations, etc.
Present research findings to multicultural audiences including school districts, partners, and other stakeholders.