Data Analyst, Behavioral Health (Grant-Funded) — Chicago Onsite

SAFER Foundation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

SAFER Foundation seeks a Data Analyst to support the Healthy Chicago Mental Health Collective (HC-MHC) implementation and grant reporting for justice-impacted adults reentering the community.

The role builds and maintains data collection workflows, ensures accurate program documentation, and helps prepare reporting as the program shifts from manual tracking to EHR-based data capture. Collaboration with program and clinical staff is essential to ensure complete and accurate data capture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field.
• 1–3 years of experience in data collection, reporting, research support, or nonprofit program data preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and data tools; ability to create data collection tools and templates.
• Ability to translate data into actionable information for program leadership and grant reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidentiality handling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain program data collection tools and reporting templates.
• Collect, organize, clean, and validate client-level and service-level data from multiple sources.
• Assist with transition from manual tracking to EHR-based reporting.
• Collaborate with program and clinical staff to ensure data quality and consistency.
• Prepare recurring HC-MHC grant reports and support data extraction for grants.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Data collection & reporting

Attention to detail

Data visualization

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Behavioral Science, Healthcare Administration, Health Informatics, Statistics, Research Methods, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

REDCap

Microsoft Forms

Qualtrics

Job description

SAFER Foundation seeks a Data Analyst to support the Healthy Chicago Mental Health Collective (HC-MHC) implementation and grant reporting for justice-impacted adults reentering the community.

The role builds and maintains data collection workflows, ensures accurate program documentation, and helps prepare reporting as the program shifts from manual tracking to EHR-based data capture. Collaboration with program and clinical staff is essential to ensure complete and accurate data capture.