Data Analyst, TRQ - 27303

NYC Public Schools; New York (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Public Schools is seeking a Data Analyst within the Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality (TRQ). You will coordinate analytical products, lead cross-team collaborations, and implement data infrastructure improvements to support teacher recruitment and equity across NYC schools.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, reporting, and dashboard development to track progress toward goals. Collaboration with DOE offices and external consultants is expected.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education or related field.
• Bachelor’s degree with 1 year of relevant experience.
• High school diploma with 5 years of related experience; equivalent combinations allowed.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics needs across TRQ and across the office.
• Manage weekly reporting and ad hoc requests for TRQ workstreams.
• Develop Power BI dashboards and tools to track progress toward goals.
• Co-lead development and sustainability of TRQ’s data infrastructure.
• Identify and interpret trends in complex data sets.
• Develop secure, reproducible data management procedures.
• Understand data collection needs and create solutions for system transitions.
• Build team capacity in research questions, data thinking, and recommendations.
• Support the research agenda and related work.

Skills

Strong written communication

Strong organizational skills

Project management

Ability to work independently and in a

Attention to detail

Data interpretation

Education

Master’s degree in education, guidance, educational administration and supervision, or related field

Bachelor’s degree + 1 year of related experience

Four-year high school diploma + 5 years of related experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

STATA

R

SQL

Job description

Position Summary

The Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality (TRQ) is responsible for the recruitment of diverse and talented teachers to meet the staffing needs of New York Public Schools (NYCPS) and programs, as well as being responsible for initiatives to promote the equitable and quality distribution of teachers across all schools. Research has repeatedly shown that teacher quality is the single most important variable in raising student learning. The Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality accomplishes its work through a strategic, data driven approach that focuses on the following efforts:

• Serve as the primary marketing agent and source of information to individuals seeking to become NYCPS teachers, to recruit a large, high quality, equitable and diverse pool of candidates.
• Design and manage recruitment and preparation programs, and pipelines for individuals to become NYCPS teachers, especially to address subject and geographic shortage areas.
• Select a diverse and high-quality pool of candidates to become teachers through rigorous, research driven, screening processes.
• Design and implement high-quality field experiences for teacher candidates in both alternative certification and traditional pathways.
• Provide inclusive best practices and support to schools to help them make optimal, local hiring decisions.
• Lead pipeline and pathways to teacher certification for diverse candidates within our communities to promote an equitable distribution of teachers across all schools.
• Support new teachers with consistent onboarding experiences across the system when they are hired and throughout their first year.

Data Analyst

The Data Analyst plays a critical role in leading the coordination and implementation of analytical products that drive decision making and operations around TRQ. The Data Analyst will lead cross-team collaborations to ensure TRQ has sustainable and informative data infrastructure. Additionally, the Data Analyst will manage efforts in documenting and compiling requirements as well as lead on implementation of work related to data sources and products, a critical workstream as we continue to develop and improve data systems over the next few years. Finally, the Data Analyst will support as needed in the following areas related to teacher recruitment initiatives: Cross-team coordination lead; Project management; Operations and logistics; Strategic communications; and Strategy implementation. These areas play a key role in the scale-up and citywide implementation of an innovative and comprehensive model of supporting teacher recruitment and ensuring we improve on future efforts. Performs related work.

Reports to

Senior Data Manager

Direct Reports

N/A

Key Relationships

The Data Analyst works closely with all TRQ team members. Other key relationships will include other offices within the DHR and outside consultants.

Responsibilities

• Lead work of the Strategy, Data, Admissions and Systems Team and, across the office to identify ongoing analytics needs.
• Manage weekly recurrent reporting needs and ad hoc requests for various TRQ workstreams and priorities.
• Lead on development of Power BI dashboards and other tools to help TRQ and its partners track progress to goals.
• Play a key role, along with the Senior Data Manager, in leading the development and sustainability of TRQ’s data infrastructure across the office.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Devise and implement efficient and secure procedures for data management and reproducible analysis.
• Develop an understanding of current needs in data collection and create solutions for transitions to new systems.
• Build capacity in team members in terms of how they develop research and evaluation questions, think about data, and develop recommendations.
• Support with our research agenda and related work.

Qualification Requirements

Minimum

• A master’s degree from an accredited college in education, guidance, educational administration and supervision, or a related field; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and one of the following:
• one year of full-time satisfactory professional experience in educational program administration, career or occupational program administration; or
• one year of full-time satisfactory professional experience as a state certified or licensed teacher; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of full-time satisfactory professional experience in educational program administration, career or occupational program administration; or
• A combination of education and/or experience which is equivalent to the requirements in "1," "2," and "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least an approved four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.

Preferred

• Experience working in or with schools, especially in urban public schools.
• Experience in project management, including goal setting and tracking, planning and implementation.
• Interest in teacher recruitment and preparation.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills: the ability to manage several projects simultaneously and prioritize among them; strong relationship management skills.
• Works well independently and in teams, in a position of authority and as a collaborator.
• Ability to work with and through others in order to achieve success.
• Proficient skills with Microsoft applications and a statistical analysis package (i.e. with STATA or R).
• Skilled in generating raw reports through working with SQL queries.
• Experience with developing a systematic approach to analyzing multiple data sources.
• Experience with cleaning, organizing, and transforming messy and complicated data in rectangular data sets ready for analysis in a reproducible way.

Salary

$86,755 – $95,431

(Internal candidates who are selected for this position and who currently hold comparable or less senior positions within the DOE will not earn less than their current salary.)

NOTE: The filling of all positions is subject to budget availability and/or grant funding.

New York City Residency is NOT Required

• New York City Residency is NOT Required *

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DOE Non- Discrimination Policy

The Department of Education of the City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's actual or perceived sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or pregnancy. For more information, please refer to the DOE Non-Discrimination Policy.

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