Data Analyst (ONSITE) - Opportunity to Make a Difference

Job Title: Data Analyst (ONSITE)

Location: Washington, DC

Duration: 12 Months+

Job Description:

The role of the Data Analyst is to provide data analysis support for the Office of Education Through Employment Pathways, which is located within the Office of the Client. This is a highly skilled position and familiarity with educational data and policies is required. The position will require the resource to produce data analysis, with a focus on education and workforce-related data sets, and to produce public-facing write ups of the data analysis that share key data insights in accessible language for the public. The Data Analyst shall have knowledge and expertise with R and Tableau. The role will involve working closely across education and workforce agency teams. The ETEP Data Analyst should possess extremely strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to address both business and technical audiences.

Duties:

• Analyzes information and statistical data to prepare reports and studies for use by professionals.
• Creates charts and graphics to present statistical analysis in an easily digestible format for a non-technical audience.
• Create public-facing written reports to present analytic findings to the public in accessible language.
• Plans, organizes, and conducts research focused on education and workforce related topics.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

• Master's degree in data Analytics or IT related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience working in R required
• Experience of working with business stakeholders to support their data needs.
• Experience presenting technical information to non-technical audiences
• Experience working with education and workforce-related data preferred

Responsibilities:

• Provides assessments of technical and operational practices based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.
• Plans, organizes, and conducts research in a variety of areas, such as new or existing products, science, social science, law, or business in support of an IT initiative.
• Searches sources such as reference works, literature, documents, newspapers, statistical records, and other sources of information. May use Internet, Intranet, magazines, periodicals, journals, and other media to perform research.
• Analyzes information and statistical data to prepare reports and studies for use by professionals.

Skills:

Skills

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience Analyzing info and statistical data to prepare reports and studies for professional us

Required

5

Years

Data analysis using R

Required

5

Years

Experience working with education and workforce data

Required

5

Years

MS Excel

Required

6

Years

Strong communication skills - must be able to communicate (written/oral) complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders-incl. public

Required

5

Years

Experience planning, organizing, and conducting research in various areas

Required

5

Years

SME in complex enterprise level projects

Required

6

Years

Master's degree in data analysis or related field or equivalent experience

Required