Senior Specialist, Insights and Analytics
About StriveTogether
StriveTogether is a national movement with a clear purpose: helping every child succeed in school and in life from cradle to career, regardless of race, ethnicity, zip code or circumstance. We work to break down barriers, change systems and improve outcomes with the Cradle to Career Network, made up of nearly 70 communities across the country. StriveTogether provides resources, best practices and processes to give every child every chance for success.
The StriveTogether team is passionate, talented and dedicated to achieving our mission. We seek and value all kinds of diversity and work hard to eliminate inequities in ourselves, our organization and our communities. Our goals are bold, so we support each other to try new things, have tough conversations and push for change. As we work, we share learning and progress, use data to make decisions and celebrate our wins.
About you
You are a champion of race equity, committed to ensuring all children succeed regardless of race, socioeconomic status or zip code. You are dedicated to telling stories through data and are known to prefer influencing through others and using data to inform decision makers. You enjoy collaborating but are highly successful working independently. You thrive solving complicated problems using technology and analysis. You have a strong eye for detail and are adept at setting up systems and processes to run efficient analysis.
At StriveTogether, we’re dedicated to creating equitable pathways to economic mobility. To be successful in this role, you must understand the challenges faced by marginalized communities — including but not limited to barriers of race, ethnicity, class, ability, immigration status, gender and their intersections.
About the position
Reporting to the Vice President, Insights and Analytics, the Specialist, Insights and Analytics will work with team members across departments to understand needs, independently deliver impactful solutions, and extract insights from data. The Insights and Analytics team works to conduct analyses and develop strategies that move initiatives to action, facilitate conversations around moving communities and making progress forward, and build technological solutions that solve access and dissemination hurdles.
Responsibilities and Duties
Making Meaning of Data
- 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
- Use analytical tools and create data visualizations to support network and national partners. Conduct analyses to advance strategies on key education priorities using large datasets, both quantitative and qualitative, to extract findings
- Engage in new, complex challenges with team and various stakeholders such as connecting local partnership education data with national education data
- Work extensively in analysis tools, e.g., R, Python, and/or SQL etc. Work in Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and/or GIS software.
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
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years developing tools and processes to streamline analyses and extracting insights from data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and R or Python
- High attention to detail and strong project management skills
- Ability to incorporate feedback from a team, share feedback and collaborate to improve work products (individual and team)
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional experiences in public education
- Experience with Power BI
Location and Work Demands
- Ability to effectively use remote work technology, including Slack, Zoom and others.
- This role has the opportunity to be fully remote, or based out of StriveTogether’s downtown Cincinnati headquarters.
- Cincinnati candidates have a hybrid work schedule, which requires coming into the office 3x per week based on the needs of the role and their preferences. The dog-friendly office features paid parking, a rooftop deck, and snacks and beverages.
- Fully remote team members have access to DeskPass for community desk and meeting room options
- Team typically works 45 – 50 hours per week, and that may flex up depending on deliverables
- Up to 15%travel required
Compensation and Benefits
The anticipated salary range for this role is $87,000 – $90,000. The salary range accounts for Cincinnati-similar geographic regions and may be adjusted based on geographic market.
StriveTogether also provides competitive benefits and professional development opportunities including:
- Fifteen days paid time off with four personal days, eleven holidays and a five-day break at the end of the year. PTO increases to twenty days after five years and staff members are able to apply for sabbatical in their seventh year of employment
- Competitive health and dental with up to $2,500 contribution from company for an HSA for HDHP participants
- Automatic 3% employer contribution to retirement plan and up to another 1% based on a total of 5% employee contribution
- Options for professional development internally and externally including webinars, conferences and trainings
- Paid parental leave
- 100% paid vision, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance and access to Employee Assistance Program
- Cell phone, internet and $250 yearly home office stipend
Application and Interview Process
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a target start date in January 2025. The process below is reflective of the typical process but may adjust slightly based on need.
- Phone Screen and 15-minute timed Excel assessment
- Performance Task (compensated with a gift card)
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Panel Interview(s)
- Reference Checks
We encourage candidates to apply by November 12, 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
If you need any accommodations during the application process, please contact us at px@strivetogether.org.
Commitment to Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
StriveTogether seeks to disrupt inequitable practices that impact historically marginalized individuals and communities. We recognize that you may not have an exact match with every qualification for this role, and that's okay — we encourage you to apply. Research indicates that individuals from marginalized groups, particularly women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community, often hesitate to apply unless they meet all criteria. We value diverse experiences and perspectives, and we welcome your application.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
