Research & Evaluation Analyst

IMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW•Sacramento, CA

53d•$70,304 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Research & Evaluation Analyst provides data analysis, reporting, and research support to strengthen program outcomes, compliance, and organizational learning. This role ensures timely, accurate, and audit-ready deliverables while supporting survey administration, grant reporting, and district analyses. Operating as part of the R&E Shared Services team, the Analyst helps IYT maintain a strong data-use culture, build partner trust, and enable continuous improvement.

Requirements

Believe in the mission, vision, and values of IYT
Ability to self-motivate to achieve results.
A multi-tasker with a solid ability to work under pressure.
Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and produce quality results.
Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
Knowledge of program evaluation methods, survey tools, and education datasets.
Strong organizational, project management, and professional communication skills.
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Bachelor's degree (in a related field) from an accredited university
Minimum 3 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting.
Experience with survey design, administration, and quality control procedures.
High proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive), and Zoom for virtual collaboration.
Strong proficiency emphasis in Microsoft Excel, Salesforce, and statistical software (SPSS/Stata/R).

Nice To Haves

Formal program evaluation training preferred.

Responsibilities

Support survey campaigns (staff, student, partner, alumni) by updating surveys and administration guides, monitoring survey launch and administration, conduction of preliminary analysis, and sharing lessons learned through reports/presentations.
Conduct descriptive and statistical analyses of program and academic data; data visualizations, and narratives.
Contribute to Quarterly, Mid-Year, End-of-Year, internal and external reports, ensuring at least 98% accuracy (accuracy based upon data provided).
Collect and analyze comparative data from non-IYT students and districts for benchmarking.
Assist with focus groups, pilot evaluations, and district presentations.
Support FY 25/26 R&E strategic projects (eNPS tool, focus groups, pilot and auxiliary program evaluations, suspension/attendance analyses expansion study, enhanced reporting tools).
Document lessons learned from campaigns and analyses to improve workflows.
Contribute to continuous improvement of dashboards, templates, and survey tools.
Participate in workshops/conferences in conjunction with partners.
Uphold service line agreements: at least 95% of deadlines met; requests acknowledged within 1 business day, ETAs in 2 days.
Maintain visible intake/status tracking for analyses and data requests.
Collaborate with Data & IT, College Access & Completion, and Development to align analyses and data requests.
Maintain and update datasets used to generate R&E reports.
Support data audits to verify data validity and accuracy.
Ensure compliance with privacy/security standards in all data collection and reporting.
Support regional teams in tracking and achieving FY 25/26 goals: dosage, attendance, retention, SEL, D/F reduction, graduation, college-going, persistence, and transfer.
Provide site-level data and insights that enable program improvements.
Deliver training support (e.g., data literacy, survey administration) in collaboration with the Director.
Additional duties as assigned.