Specialist, Insights and Analytics

• Plan and execute data analysis and research leading to actionable insights for Executive Team, internal departments, external partners, and national audience for more informed decision-making.  For typical engagements: 
  • Develop and present content for internal team members, investors, network partners, national education and adjacent sector leaders to highlight needs, opportunities, and progress toward social outcome goals. Functions include extracting, cleaning, maintaining quality, aggregating, and visualizing data and then documenting processes 
  • Prepare high-impact materials, PowerPoint presentations, and memos to communicate key findings 
• Develop analytical tools and data visualizations to support network and national partners and conduct analyses to advance strategies on key education priorities 
• Engage in new, complex challenges with team and various stakeholders such as connecting local partnership education data with national education data or understanding the return on investment of various initiatives 
• Work extensively in analysis tools, e.g., STATA, SQL, SAS, R, Python, etc. Work in Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, AMCharts, Alteryx, and/or ArcGIS. 

Field learning support 

• Support the Cradle to Career Network in identifying key population variables and data sources to understand local community needs and progress over time 
• Provide consultation and strategic assistance to partners on matters of data analytics, building their capability to use data for continuous improvement 
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications and skills  

• 4 years developing tools and processes to streamline analyses and extracting insights from data; public education experience is a plus 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI, is required; Experience with Alteryx, ArcGIS, Tableau, Salesforce, and coding languages (Python, SQL, SAS, and/or R) is preferred 
• High attention to detail and strong project management skills 
• Ability to incorporate feedback from a team, share feedback with a team, and collaborate to improve a team’s work product 
• Demonstrated history of meeting deadlines while balancing competing priorities across multiple projects 
• Strong data communication, report writing and presentation skills, including the ability to present complex information to a wide variety of audiences 
• Applicants must have gone through the PK-12 years in the U.S. education system or have extensive experience working in a school district  
• Insatiable desire to transform student achievement across the United States and the belief that education can be an equalizer 
• Up to 15% travel required 

Position details

This is an exempt position with a salary range of $55,000 - $82,000 (min-max). StriveTogether offers competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience and skills. This role is preferred as a hybrid role based in Cincinnati, OH: however, open to remote within the US for the right candidate.

Benefits, perks and flexibility

Time Away

• Sick, vacation, personal, floating holiday/wellness day, bereavement, jury duty

• 11 paid company holidays and a paid winter break the last week of December

• Paid parental leave

• Paid sabbatical after seven years of employment

• Paid time off to vote 

• Caregiver time off

Benefits

• Medical and dental plans

• 100% paid vision, short-term and long-term disability and basic life insurance.

• $2,500 annual HSA contribution for users of high-deductible health care plans

• Cellphone and internet stipend

• Competitive retirement plan with automatic employer contribution and match

• Professional development

• Employee Assistance Program 

Perks

• Remote work opportunities available

• Birthday gift card

• DeskPass access (community desk and meeting room options for remote team members)

• Company credit card for internal expenses

• Home office stipend (up to $250 per year).

Perks at our Cincinnati headquarters

• Employer paid parking

• Hybrid work model with two work-from-home days each week

• Rooftop deck

• Snacks and beverages

• Dog-friendly office

Applications and cover letters are due by Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Apply here. 

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StriveTogether provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, domestic partnership status, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

StriveTogether provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, domestic partnership status, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.