Senior Data Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Data Analyst works in the Information And Infrastructure Systems department and reports to the Director of Information Systems. The role turns complex education and operating data into trusted measures, clear analysis, and decisions that improve student success. It provides work direction, technical review, coaching, and quality assurance for the Junior Data Analyst and other assigned analytical support. The position leads data governance, validation, integration, reporting, and analysis across student, learning, assessment, finance, HR, and engagement systems. It supports evidence-based decisions about student progress, equity, engagement, well-being, programs, and resource allocation while documenting data limitations and protecting confidentiality. The position is full-time and exempt, based on campus in Washington, DC.
Requirements
- Advanced spreadsheet skills.
- Working proficiency in SQL and at least one business-intelligence or statistical tool.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
- At least three years of relevant professional experience.
- Strong judgment, written and verbal communication, and attention to detail.
- Ability to protect confidential information.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced experience with BI and dashboard tools, SQL or comparable data-transformation methods, and education systems such as LMS, SIS, case-management, authorizer, or state-reporting platforms; Qlik or Looker Studio experience is preferred.
- Experience in adult education, workforce development, public charter education, or a mission-driven nonprofit.
- Relevant professional certification or advanced technical training.
- Experience improving processes through data, technology, and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Develop governed datasets, definitions, dashboards, recurring reports, and decision-focused analyses.
- Validate, reconcile, and document data from student, learning, assessment, finance, HR, and engagement systems.
- Lead analysis of enrollment, attendance, persistence, completion, credentials, transitions, and equity patterns.
- Translate questions into sound analytical methods and clearly explain findings, limitations, and uncertainty.
- Support required reporting, quality assurance, and reproducible workflows.
- Coach colleagues on data literacy and supervise or review junior analytical work.
- Integrate assessment results, learner feedback, instructional information, and support data to inform decisions about engagement, growth, and well-being.
- Design reproducible analyses of individual academic growth using valid, reliable, comparable measures; report missing data, population differences, and limits on interpretation.
- Analyze access, intervention response, learner goals, and program conditions with appropriate group comparisons and privacy protections; identify actionable patterns without unsupported causal claims.
- Support staff action research and program evaluation by defining questions, baselines, measures, and comparison methods, and help staff interpret evidence and determine next steps.
- Examine data for disparities, access barriers, and potential bias, combining quantitative evidence with learner, staff, and stakeholder input to inform well-being and improvement decisions.
- Build collaborative data routines and leadership capacity to help teams improve structures, professional practice, and equitable resource allocation.
- Lead data integration, definitions, validation, access, and reporting across Canvas, EAB Navigate, enrollment and student-information systems, Qlik, Looker Studio, SLED, PCSB systems, SurveyMonkey, and other approved sources.
- Maintain reproducible pipelines, data dictionaries, reconciliation controls, and privacy protections.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
