Education Analytics & Accountability Consultant

Illinois State Board of Education; Springfield, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois State Board of Education is seeking a Principal Consultant to conceptually design, conduct, and collaborate on quantitative and qualitative analyses to annually generate school designations and reports. You will support schools and districts in data understanding and develop reports or visualizations to aid analyses.

The role requires developing methodologies to evaluate indicator scoring changes, writing business rules, and addressing policy-related issues to comply with accountability

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field or BA with significant relevant experience.
• 1 year of experience computing and cleaning data from databases.
• Experience planning research projects with clear methodological rationale.
• Experience writing reports and presenting data analysis results.
• Proficiency in SQL and Excel.
• Ability to identify data quality issues.
• Strong writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Writes SQL code and performs analysis on large data sets using data warehouse and BI tools.
• Oversees data collection design for accountability system projects.
• Applies advanced statistical methods for analysis.
• Sets standards for analysis protocols with leadership.
• Assesses data quality across indicators in accountability system.
• Leads advisory committees and coordinates with stakeholders.
• Conducts research for agency initiatives related to accountability.
• Documents research findings in reports and presentations.
• Responds to technical questions from staff without statistics expertise.
• Produces ad hoc data requests as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Data cleaning

Writing

Presentation skills

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Data visualization

Education

Master's degree in CS/Math/Data Science/Statistics/Public Policy/Education

Bachelor's degree + 1 year relevant experience

Tools

SAS

Power BI

Tableau

ArcGIS

R

Python

Job description

Illinois State Board of Education is seeking a Principal Consultant to conceptually design, conduct, and collaborate on quantitative and qualitative analyses to annually generate school designations and reports. You will support schools and districts in data understanding and develop reports or visualizations to aid analyses.

The role requires developing methodologies to evaluate indicator scoring changes, writing business rules, and addressing policy-related issues to comply with accountability