Temporary Data Analyst Save

POSITION SUMMARY: The Literacy Lab is seeking a full-time detail-oriented and strategic Data Analyst to support data-driven decision-making and improve program outcomes. The Data Analyst will play a key role in processing, analyzing, and monitoring data metrics, developing innovative data collection methods, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data. This position will involve creating insightful dashboards and reports, promoting data literacy, and aiding in the strategic planning process. Working closely with various teams, the Data Analyst will help to maintain and enhance data systems, while ensuring that data collection and reporting center on equity. This role offers the opportunity to drive impactful, data-informed actions within a mission-focused organization. This position is a temporary position with an end date of July 31, 2025. 

ABOUT THE LITERACY LAB: The Literacy Lab is a fast-paced, national non-profit organization with a mission to provide students in communities experiencing racial and/or economic inequities with evidence-based, culturally responsive literacy instruction as preparation for academic, professional, and personal success. We partner with school districts and communities to add capacity to help close the literacy opportunity gap for children before third grade. The Literacy Lab’s flagship program, the Leading Men Fellowship, provides young men of color who are between the ages of 18 and 24 with an opportunity to launch their careers and be at the center of change by serving as early literacy tutors for a school year through a residency-style program.  This is a special time in the evolution of The Literacy Lab as it clarifies and expands its role in the educational equity landscape. 

THE LITERACY LAB’S COMMUNITY IMPACT: The education system in the United States continues to be deeply impacted by a long history of unjust policies that socio-economically disinvest in communities of color. The Literacy Lab’s mission is to address inequities by providing students of color with individualized reading instruction to improve their literacy skills. We believe that when young people of all races and from different economic brackets have equitable access to robust educational and professional development opportunities, they will be more successful as adults and their communities will be more resilient and prosperous. Since 2009, The Literacy Lab has provided evidence-based literacy interventions to more than 30,000 children from marginalized communities to develop early literacy skills

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

The Data Analyst reports to the Data and Evaluation Manager and is primarily responsible for the following: 

• Support the organization’s efforts to collect, understand, and act upon data to improve student outcomes and programmatic performance, including innovative ways to collect data. 
• Process, analyze, and monitor standard data metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly share with stakeholders.  
• Tell our data story through progress reports, dashboards, and presentations to share with stakeholders. 
• Perform original, complex cleaning and analysis on Literacy Lab data to generate insights and drive actions, including helping to craft and collect new data metrics, where necessary.  
• Promote data literacy and understanding internally by training staff and supporting data-informed decision-making.  
• Assist staff and Fellows in data systems troubleshooting and successfully using various data systems.
• Maintain and disseminate data-related messaging including quarterly updates and data dashboards. 
• Support the development and processing of annual feedback processes, such as Fellow, alumni, partner site, and staff surveys.  
• Ensure that data is collected, processed, and reported in a way that centers equity and maintains the highest level of accuracy and integrity. 
• Helps supervise the maintenance, integrity, and security of the systems used to collect and store data, including helping to build or update data systems when necessary. 
• Participate in departmental strategic planning including assisting in developing measurable goals and KPIs.
• Other duties, as assigned. 

JOB TYPE: This is a temporary position. Performance of duties may require extended hours, evening or weekend work at times. 

START & END DATE: This is a temporary position that will start on January 13, 2025 and end on July 31, 2025. This temporary position may potentially turn into a permanent position dependent on budgeting for FY’26.

WORK LOCATION: This position is remote. 

TRAVEL: This position may require out-of-town travel of approximately 3-5 nights per year for meetings, training, staff events, site visits, conferences, etc. 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: The salary for this position is $58,656. Benefits include a flexible work environment, employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance (100% for employee only, 50% for dependents), employer-paid short and long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance, a 403(b) retirement plan, and paid vacation, sick and wellness leave, and holidays.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications: 

• A deep commitment to The Literacy Lab’s mission and values, equity, and anti-racism
• Strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills 
• Excellent analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail 
• Excellent technical skills and a demonstrated willingness to learn new systems, with specific skills in data languages and software, including R, SQL, Python, and PowerBI (Python knowledge is strongly desired)
• Experience analyzing, visualizing, and presenting data in multiple formats, including data reports, data presentations, and dashboards 
• Experience working with data in multiple formats and sources, including database files, CSVs, and XLSX
• Ability to manage projects with minimal direction

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Experience designing, administering, and analyzing surveys 
• Experience centering diversity, equity, and inclusion in data analysis 
• Experience in education, nonprofits, and/or with communities that have been historically marginalized 
• Knowledge of Salesforce CRM

The Literacy Lab is an equal opportunity employer that values equity and recruits a diverse, inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage women, people of color, those who live with disabilities, and folks who identify as LGBTQIA+ to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. The Literacy Lab participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to determine employment eligibility. To learn more about the E-Verify program, please click here.