Academic Data Analyst (NY)

Who We Are

Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT.

Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue-Ribbon School.

Our Mission and Vision

Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development.

We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation.

To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students.

Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.

Who We Need

We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.

The successful candidate will be proactive, forward thinking and have the ability to turn data into information that can be used by network and school leaders to best serve our students.

Candidate Profile

• Very curious and enjoys solving-problems
• Nimble with reporting software
• Detail oriented and pays attention to the little things
• Good at math, and likes math
• Extracts insights from data that others miss
• Connects high and low-level data
• Spots trends
• Communicates to be understood by others
• Has worked with students in some educational capacity
• Experience with item analysis for assessments
• Experience labeling / identifying question types

Priority Responsibilities

• Collect, compile, analyze, and manage data from our Student Information System.
• Support data compilation and analysis for building, school and network
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Perform statistical analyses to inform and support leader decision-making.
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases / data systems.
• Maintain network records
• Prepare customized reports for local school needs.
• Develop and execute professional development to ensure teachers are able to utilize database and software applications.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher with concentration in IT, Information Management, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, or another relevant field
• 1-2 years professional experience
• Basic coding and statistical knowledge
• Candidates without the requirements above will be considered if they have :
• Minimum 5 years of successful experience in an educational setting
• Demonstrable expertise in reporting software and data analysis

Note : This is a 12-month position.

Benefits

Compensation :

• Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range ($50,000-$70,000)
• Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403b Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off / Paid Sick Leave / Parental Leave / FMLA
• Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits and Life Insurance
19 days ago