Analytics Consultant
Public Impact is a national education management consulting firm based in Chapel Hill, N.C. Our mission is to improve education dramatically for all students, especially low-income students, students of color, and other students whose needs historically have not been well met.
We are a team of professionals from many backgrounds, including former teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators. We conduct research to understand what leads to better outcomes, and we develop and implement innovative solutions to create dramatic improvements for children. We apply our research and solutions by advising leading philanthropists, designing and implementing new initiatives in partnership with public schools and districts, and advising other change agents in education. We partner with teachers and other leaders to implement changes that will help the students they serve.
Major current areas of work include management and policy changes in these areas:
- Teachers and leaders: extending the reach of excellent educators and teams through Opportunity Culture, teacher leadership, career paths, pay, residencies, selection, evaluation, and system leadership.
- School turnarounds, excellent diverse schools, school success measurement, data analytics, and other topics.
- Charter school excellence, innovation, authorizing, and growth of excellent organizations.
- See all of our work at publicimpact.com and www.opportunityculture.org
Role: Work includes quantitative and qualitative analysis, learning from experienced professionals, working independently and as a collaborative teammate, and opportunities to contribute to and be named in published work. Expectations for the Analytics Consultant role include:
- Data analysis and support, approximately 75% of workload
- Gain exposure to and implement research methodologies in a fast-changing, results-oriented field
- Gather both quantitative and qualitative data using a wide variety of sources, including research journals, online publications, interviews, and published quantitative data
- Screen data and information for quality and accuracy
- Organize and analyze data into useful forms for Public Impact consultants and clients
- Create charts and tables using existing statistics to communicate accurately and compellingly
- Write clearly to explain data and information about education practices and results
- Produce PowerPoint presentations and other graphics to convey complex ideas simply
- Drupal web development and support, approximately 25% of workload
- Contribute to the continuous development of a Drupal web application
- Provide technical support and assistance for Public Impact consultants and clients using the web application
- Other activities: Participate as team member on flexible client/colleague project teams to do all of above
Qualifications
- BA or BS; outstanding undergraduate academic record
- 2-4 years of experience using data analytics in mission-driven work, and/or a graduate degree in related area
- Interest in education and/or policy and/or management and leadership
- Exceptional quantitative skills: experience analyzing data using Excel, R, SAS, SPSS, or Stata
- MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Advanced Excel a plus
- Teamwork: ability to act as supportive team member, follow through on work responsibly and in a timely manner
- Concern for Order: ability to keep track of details, check own work rigorously
- Analytical/Critical Thinking: ability to interpret data with unbiased, critical thinking
- Communication: ability to communicate clearly in writing, pleasantly in person
- Quality Focus: willingness to give and receive significant feedback to produce first-rate work
- Flexibility: ability to juggle multiple projects and do what it takes to accomplish tasks
- Initiative and Tenacity: ideal candidate will have record of starting something new, succeeding despite barriers, improving own and/or others’ work (academic, volunteer, etc.)
- Creative, flexible thinker who enjoys learning new tools to develop smart ways to address tough, persistent problems.
- Experience in web development using a framework with database (e.g. Drupal, CSS, and/or JavaScript) a plus.
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice shown through volunteering or work a plus.
Location: Work from a combination of home and Chapel Hill, N.C area office. Our team is working remotely/from home until there is a widely-distributed COVID-19 vaccine and data on infection trends significantly improve.
Pay: $52,000-$54,000 + robust benefits; approximate depending on qualifications and position readiness.
Position Classification: Full-Time, Permanent, Non-exempt