Data Analyst

Role Summary

The Data team is expanding and evolving to meet the growing needs of an ever increasingly data driven organization. The Data team sits at the intersection of our academics, operations, and the foundation teams which all have data needs to drive their goals. The Data team also serves the need to progress monitor True North’s key performance indicators that measure our impact across the network. In addition, we seek to expand the role of the Data team to build the capacity of our schools through data literacy and training around accessible data tools such as Google Sheets and Looker Studio. The team is made up of three core functions: data products, systems management, and research and innovation. The Data Analyst role will bridge the gap between data engineering (working with our external providers) and data analysis.

As a Data Analyst, you'll help drive effective reporting and analysis across True North. We are looking for a Data Analyst to join our team that will help build, maintain, and scale our processes to deliver well-defined, transformed, tested, documented, and code-reviewed data and reporting to help drive organizational strategy where trust in data is critical.

This role will report to the Director of Educational Technology and Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Develop data dashboards, reports, and analyses using SQL, Google Sheets, and Looker Studio
• Perform user testing and be responsive to feedback to ensure data products effectively meet the needs of the users and of the organization, and model data in a way that empowers end users to answer their own questions
• Analyze data to provide reports and summaries for key stakeholders such as school leaders, teachers, Support Team leaders, students, families, and external stakeholders
• Liaise across our academics, operations, and foundation teams to support and prioritize critical data needs
• Train end users and build capacity to ensure high data literacy across the organization
• Create documentation and testing to ensure that our data sources are accurate and easily understandable
• Perform in-depth QA by diving in to various data sources to identify and resolve issues

Qualifications

All successful candidates must be a steadfast believer that all students can achieve academic excellence, regardless of background. In addition, strong candidates will have:

• Proven track record of using SQL and Google Sheets to transform raw data into actionable insights
• Experience building data visualizations, preferably in Looker Studio
• Understanding of data warehouse architecture and modern data modeling techniques
• Strong project management skills
• Strong and effective communication skills