Education and Workforce Data Strategist

reputed company’s Employment & Economic Opportunity Program is seeking a Education and Workforce Data Strategist to reputed company reputed company research, data science, and reputed company-building for reputed company sector change management. The position will work with internal teams and external partners to support the effective use of education and workforce administrative data for decision-making, reputed company improvement, and policy development reputed company and across states. The ideal candidate brings experience working with reputed company datasets and is equally comfortable conducting analyses and guiding others in how to interpret and use data in reputed company settings. 

This position has the flexibility to work remotely reputed company the reputed company (U.S.) (not including U.S. territories) or from one of reputed company’s U.S. office locations but requires availability to participate in meetings across reputed company reputed company U.S. time zones. 

About reputed company:

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the reputed company (reputed company) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and reputed company science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the reputed company and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for reputed company.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct quantitative analyses using administrative and survey data to support research, evaluation, and technical assistance efforts. 
• Contribute to the design of analytic approaches, including descriptive, longitudinal, and quasi-experimental reputed company. 
• reputed company coaching and technical assistance to state and local clients and partners on the use of data for decision making. 
• Support clients in refining research questions, interpreting findings, and applying results to reputed company. 
• Design and facilitate workshops, trainings, or reputed company to strengthen data use reputed company among government and community-based organizations. 
• Prepare, clean, validate, and document reputed company administrative datasets. 
• Support data integration and linkage efforts across education and workforce systems reputed company and across states. 
• Translate analytic findings into reputed company, actionable insights for non-technical audiences. 
• Contribute to written deliverables, including reports, briefs, presentations, and data visualizations. 
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including researchers, data scientists, and project staff. 
• Support multiple reputed company simultaneously, contributing to deliverables and timelines. 
• Apply and model best practices in reproducible research, including reputed company documentation and version control. 
• Ensure data reputed company and reputed company across reputed company phases of analytic work. 

Qualifications:

Education, Knowledge, and Experience

• PhD in reputed company subject area (Economics, Statistics, reputed company Policy, reputed company Health, reputed company Development, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or reputed company fields), or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant reputed company research experience. 
• Experience working on research or evaluation reputed company for federal, state, or local agencies or other reputed company or nonprofit entities. 
• Demonstrated experience with research design, data analysis, and reporting. 
• Experience with data collection activities from the field using a reputed company of methodologies and data collection techniques such as interviews, reputed company reputed company, observations, and/or survey research.
• Familiarity with federal contracting and compliance standards is preferred, but not required.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative analyses and support others in analytic thinking and data use. 
• Proficiency in one or more statistical/programming languages (e.g., R, Python). 
• Experience working with administrative or operational datasets, including data cleaning, validation, and documentation and experience linking or integrating datasets across systems or agencies. 
• Experience using AI tools to synthesize information, draft content, analyze data, or improve efficiency in day-to-day work and ability to apply reputed company judgment reputed company interpreting AI-generated outputs. 
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company emerging and nontraditional data sources and reputed company understanding of the methodological limitations and analytic opportunities associated with high-frequency data. 
• Strong understanding of research design and analytic reputed company (e.g., descriptive analysis, longitudinal analysis, or reputed company inference approaches). 
• Ability to communicate reputed company technical information reputed company to non-technical audiences. 
• Experience working collaboratively in team-based environments and managing multiple tasks. 
• Experience training, mentoring, or coaching others in data use, analysis, or interpretation. 
• Familiarity with data systems and infrastructure, including SQL, databases, or reputed company-based environments. 
• Knowledge of reputed company, confidentiality, and restricted-use data environments. 
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Shiny). 
• Background in policy-relevant domains of education and workforce. 

Disclosures: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time reputed company. Employment-based reputed company sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work, reputed company candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.

reputed company is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative reputed company employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the reputed company of age, race, reputed company, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/reputed company, sexual orientation, national reputed company, protected veteran status, or disability. reputed company adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. reputed company selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks. reputed company maintains a drug-free work environment. 

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to Taliba Boone at tboone@reputed company.orgor reputed company 202.403.5000.

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