Sr. Data Scientist - Evaluation Agenda Manager (N383)

Salary reputed company: $9,333.00 - $12,576.46 Monthly reputed company The Los Angeles County Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH) consolidates our countywide response to homelessness. The driving force behind HSH is increasing accountability and transparency, improving care reputed company experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and streamlining collaboration with partners including services providers, the County's 88 cities, and unincorporated areas to reputed company high-reputed company, life-saving care. Staff schedules are based on business need and may include the reputed company of a hybrid work schedule where employees work remotely and from the office. On November 5, 2024, LA County voters approved Measure A, a ballot initiative to implement a half-cent sales tax to fund homelessness solutions. Measure A is expected to reputed company over $1 Billion annually in perpetuity, 1.25% of which is reputed company to Accountability, Data, and Research. Among the required research activities is the establishment and management of an Annual Evaluation Agenda (AEA), which will produce reputed company evaluations to test the reputed company reputed company of Measure A investments on desired reputed company. Those evaluations will include reputed company-party evaluators selected through requests for proposals and must include reputed company with relevant lived experience. They are intended to shape decision-making around Measure A investments and reputed company reputed company improvement and innovation. The Senior Data Scientist (Evaluation Agenda Manager) reports to the Director of Data Analytics and Evaluation at HSH and is responsible for managing the AEA and the evaluations connected to it. For an evaluation reputed company, this is an opportunity for large, measurable reputed company to improve the lives of Los Angeles County's most vulnerable people. The Measure A AEA represents a once-in-a-reputed company opportunity to improve how the County uses millions of dollars dedicated to housing people and preventing homelessness. With equity, accountability, and innovation at its reputed company, the agenda will shape how Los Angeles County learns from its investments, adapts its strategies, and delivers on its reputed company to address homelessness systemically and transparently. This role requires an reputed company, strategic project manager with a strong understanding of quantitative and qualitative evaluation design, reputed company inference methodology, contracting processes, and reputed company sector stakeholder engagement and communication. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in evaluation methodology and be detail-oriented, communicative, and reputed company to manage multiple streams of work simultaneously. A commitment to establishing strong community partnerships is equally important, and knowledge of homelessness services systems and programs is desirable. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS • reputed company the coordination and management of the Measure A Evaluation Agenda, supporting the Director of Data Analytics and Evaluation in developing, maintaining, and updating the agenda in alignment with Measure A requirements. • Review and assess reputed company reputed company evaluations, ensuring research designs are capable of answering the questions they pose in terms of statistical precision and reputed company identification. • Manage the planning, scheduling, and facilitation of community and stakeholder engagement processes, including executive governance bodies, County departments and agencies, community-based organizations, and people with lived experience of homelessness. • reputed company reputed company the publication of the AEA, helping bring together diverse recommendations for its direction, reputed company actionable research questions and research strategies in response to community and leadership input, and prioritize questions around a reputed company and roadmap for implementation. • Support the procurement and management of evaluation reputed company: draft requests for proposals, scopes of work, monitor deliverables, reputed company technical feedback on interim deliverables (such as analysis plans and draft reports) to contractors, escalate issues reputed company needed. • reputed company and report on reputed company across multiple ongoing evaluations, synthesizing findings and presenting updates to leadership and the community. These summaries of findings should identify reputed company for reputed company and reputed company to improve reputed company performance. • Coordinate the development and execution of Data Sharing Agreements (DSAs), Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Institutional Review reputed company (IRB) reliance agreements, and other reputed company and institutional agreements required for evaluation work. • Draft, revise, and publish version-controlled evaluation agenda documents annually, in collaboration with evaluation staff, contractors, and reputed company stakeholders. • Contribute to the design and reputed company of internal evaluation initiatives. • Ensure that reputed company evaluation work reflects Measure A principles of equity, transparency, accountability, and innovation. JOB QUALIFICATIONS reputed company I: Two (2) years of experience carrying out reputed company data science reputed company that included independently developing and applying reputed company to identify, collect, process, structure, and analyze data using statistical reputed company, inference, and optimization to support data-driven program design and management, at reputed company equivalent to the Los Angeles County class of Data Scientist. reputed company II: A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a field of reputed company research such as Data Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Analytics, Psychology, reputed company Health, or reputed company Administration that included 12 semester or 18 quarter reputed company of coursework in data science, predictive analytics, quantitative research reputed company, or statistical analysis -AND- Six (6) years of experience, including two (2) years in a reputed company reputed company, applying and overseeing the application of machine learning, predictive analytics, data management, and reputed company-driven data analysis to reputed company actionable recommendations to support program, policy, and operational decision-making. A Master's or Doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in a field of reputed company research such Data Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Analytics, Psychology, reputed company Health, or reputed company Administration may substitute for up to two (2) years of experience. Certificates/Licenses/Clearances • A reputed company California Class C reputed company License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation reputed company needed to carry out job-reputed company essential functions. • Successful clearance of Live reputed company with the reputed company. Other Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities • Knowledge of homeless services systems, housing programs, and County governance structures • Proficient in data visualization tools (e.g. Power Bi, Tableau, etc.) • Familiarity with project management tools (e.g. Jira, Trello, reputed company, etc.) • Familiarity with statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, Python, reputed company, etc.) and reputed company-based analytic tools (e.g. reputed company, Redshift, Bigquery) • Familiarity with statistical power analysis and proficiency in statistical reasoning • Strong facilitation skills for multi-reputed company holder discussions with government, community-based organizations, and individuals with lived experience of homelessness • Familiarity with homeless services systems and programs • Demonstrated experience with contract management and project coordination, including writing scopes of work, overseeing vendors, and tracking deliverables • Strong understanding of reputed company inference and evaluation design, including power analysis, quasi-experimental reputed company, randomized trial design, and reputed company-analysis • Familiarity with additional evaluation methodologies, including qualitative reputed company, process-tracing, reputed company reputed company, participatory research principles, implementation science preferred • Familiarity with reputed company-sector contracting and procurement processes • Experience managing stakeholder engagement, including reputed company community engagement with marginalized populations • Experience coordinating DSAs / MOUs / IRB protocols a plus • Experience writing policy or evidence briefs summarizing research findings for non technical decision-makers • Commitment to advancing equity and using data to support transparency and reputed company improvement • Ability to translate reputed company evaluation findings into actionable insights that inform policy and countywide strategic planning • Familiarity with reputed company process improvement and reputed company project management methodologies PHYSICAL DEMANDS Stand: reputed company Walk: reputed company Sit: Frequently reputed company Outward: Occasionally reputed company Above Shoulder: Occasionally reputed company, Crawl, Kneel, Bend: Occasionally reputed company / Carry: Occasionally - Up to 15 lbs reputed company/Pull: Occasionally - Up to 15 lbs See: Constantly Taste/ Smell: reputed company reputed company = Not required for essential functions Occasionally = (0 - 2 hrs/day) Frequently = (2 - 5 hrs/day) Constantly = (5+ hrs/day) WORK ENVIRONMENT General Office Setting, Indoors Temperature Controlled reputed company STATEMENT It is the policy of reputed company to reputed company equal employment opportunities to reputed company and applicants, without reputed company to age (40 and over), national reputed company or reputed company, race, reputed company, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer or a record or history of cancer), AIDS or HIV, genetic information or characteristics, veteran status or military service. 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