Senior Data Analytics & Accountability Consultant

Illinois State Board of Education; Illinois; On-site; USD 64,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois State Board of Education in Springfield or Chicago seeks a Principal Consultant to design and conduct complex analyses and generate school summative designations and reports. You will support districts in data understanding and develop reports and visualizations to aid data-driven decisions.

The role requires advanced degrees in a relevant field (or a bachelor’s with experience), strong SQL/Excel skills, and proficiency with SAS/Power BI/Tableau.

Qualifications

• Requires advanced degree in CS, Math, Data Science, Research Methodologies, Statistics, Economics, Public Policy, Public Administration, Psychology or Education (with substantial CS/DS/Math stats coursework) or a Bachelor's with relevant experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience cleaning data from databases.
• Experience developing research project plans with methodological rationale.
• Experience writing reports and presenting data analyses.

Responsibilities

• Writes SQL code and performs statistical analysis of large data sets using data warehouse and software tools (SAS, Power BI, Tableau).
• Oversees selection and design of quantitative and qualitative data collections for the accountability system.
• Applies complex statistical methods for analysis.
• Sets standards for analysis protocols in collaboration with leadership and stakeholders.
• Contributes to data quality assessment for accountability indicators.
• Leads accountability advisory committees as needed.
• Researches policy or technical questions and recommends methodologies for studies.
• Produces ad hoc data requests and supports agency initiatives.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data analysis

Critical thinking

Education

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

Bachelor's degree + 1 year experience

Tools

SAS Enterprise

Power BI

Tableau

ArcGIS

R

Job description

Illinois State Board of Education in Springfield or Chicago seeks a Principal Consultant to design and conduct complex analyses and generate school summative designations and reports. You will support districts in data understanding and develop reports and visualizations to aid data-driven decisions.

The role requires advanced degrees in a relevant field (or a bachelor’s with experience), strong SQL/Excel skills, and proficiency with SAS/Power BI/Tableau.