The Natick Public Schools Seek 

Data Systems Administrator

Immediate Opening 

We invite you to explore a career with Natick Public Schools.

The Natick Public Schools educate approximately 5,300 students from Pre-K through age 22. We are an innovative, supportive, and high-performing district whose outstanding staff provides high quality services for our diverse students and their families from Natick and Boston. Natick Public Schools is a community dedicated to all students achieving high standards in a safe, trusting, respectful environment where learning is exciting, dynamic, and engaging, and where connectedness and belonging are valued and actively cultivated. We are home to families that speak almost 60 different languages and our student population is approximately 29% Students of Color and 71% White students. With a graduation rate of 97% and 90% of our students attending post-secondary schools, we are proud of our commitment to excellence in educating students to be informed and successful citizens of a global world. 

We enthusiastically welcome educators to our district who seek and thrive in a diverse environment that focuses on the whole child in a strengths-based approach. Please partner with us in our mission to support the diversity of our school community, promote and deliver equitable practices for all of our staff, students, and families, and create meaningful connections that enable everyone to feel included and thrive.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years progressive experience within an information systems environment.
• Experience with relational database administration, design, system analysis, various third party reporting packages and query languages are desired.
• Experience with Google productivity apps; Advanced experience with Google Sheets
• Familiar with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Familiar with Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans.
• Excellent communication skills; both written and oral.
• Team player who can effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Experience dealing with outside vendors.
• Experience in a public school or town environment is also a plus.

Specialized Knowledge: 

• Thorough understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice as they relate to student, staff and community engagement and cultivation

Skills:

• Demonstrated aptitude for work to be performed
• Bilingual skills, especially in Spanish and Portuguese, are highly desirable

• Candidates should have a passion for working with students, families, and colleagues
• Candidates must be flexible and collaborative
• Candidates must be able to multitask in a fast-paced, supportive environment that nurtures student growth
• Candidates must be organized and able to meet ongoing, time-sensitive deadlines for work production

Alternative degrees/experience may be substituted for the above at the discretion of the Superintendent if such a substitution brings a strong candidate forward.

• Phone, intercom, personal computer and software applications as outlined above, scanner, copy machine, calculator, camera, printers and fax machine.

• Track the existing data integrations that exist between systems. Identify opportunities to change manual importing and exporting to automated scheduled syncing. Maintain and share integration workflow details on a data flow diagram.
• Provide day-to-day support of various administrative systems to ensure all functionality of these systems is available to all internal and external customers. This include but is not limited to:
• ClassLink - Software Access Management & Rostering
• PowerSchool - SIS, HR Applicant Tracking & Records Database
• Munis - Townwide ERP System
• Apptegy & Thrillshare - District and School Websites
• SchoolMessenger - District Communication System
• SNAP Health - Health System
• Mosaic - Point of Sales
• MySchoolBucks - Electronic Payment Processor
• Incident IQ - Help Desk Ticketing & Inventory Database
• Destiny - Library Services
• Ident-A-Kid - Visitor Management
• Function as a backup resource to the PowerSchool Administrator.
• Work with the Data Manager to identify key processes or procedures to prioritize and what standards to use to audit and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Research and identify additional controls or audit tasks to mitigate our risks of system failures, data breaches, data integrity, data privacy and rising costs.

• Report and track all issues that require follow-up, both internally and/or externally, with staff and/or software vendors from discovery until resolution.
• Serve as a resource and trainer and ensure user requests and needs are resolved in a timely manner.
• Work on and manage special projects as assigned by the Data Manager.
• Remain current on industry trends in information technology, investigate new technologies and make recommendations to the Data Manager.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

Works with district and school leadership to combat systemic barriers that limit student, family, and staff members’ equitable access to opportunity

• Identifies and addresses bias and its impact on rigor and opportunity for students and staff
• Updates policies and equitable access procedures 

Any other relative duties as assigned.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: 

• move about the classroom, school, school grounds, office, and/or off-site locations. 
• On some occasions, it may be necessary to move quickly across even or uneven surfaces; 
• remain in a stationary position for periods of time; 
• operate a computer and other school/office productivity machinery (i.e., iPad, copy machine, computer printer, assistive technology, etc.); 
• read material from a computer monitor as well as handwritten or printed matter with or without visual aids; 
• position oneself to maintain files and access school/classroom/office materials;
• communicate with others so that information received and given is understood and accurately communicated;
• communicate and collaborate effectively with students, parents, and other staff members in person, via video conference, on the telephone, and/or in writing;
• observe details at close range
• in the school setting, ensure the safety of students;
• multitask and meet multiple demands from several people;
• may need to teach and support students with life skills development such as eating, cleaning, and toileting 
• lifting up to and including 25 lbs
• the noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

• Formal application
• Rating of education and experience
• Oral interviews 
• Reference check
• Strong record of work performance in current and previous roles required
• Successful completion of Criminal Records Check (C.O.R.I.), Sexual Offender Record Check (S.O.R.I.), and fingerprints.

The Natick Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, physical and intellectual differences, immigration status, homeless status, or any other class protected by law.

Date Updated: 6/12/24