What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2024 Data Modeling VISTA Positions - USA position at College Possible AmeriCorps?
Serve your community through a year of service with College Possible!
College Possible is a growing nonprofit coaching students from low-income backgrounds to and through college to break the cycle of poverty and empower the next generation of leaders. Our model has earned national recognition: the inaugural Evergreen National Education Award recognized our leadership in increasing access to and success in college for students from low-income backgrounds. It also earns top-of-field results: a 2011 Harvard study found that the program more than doubles a student's chance of enrolling in a four-year college, and our students are four times more likely to become college graduates than their low-income peers.
College Possible has a budget of $24 million, more than 140 full-time employees and more than 270 AmeriCorps and VISTA service members. During the 2019-20 school year, we will reach an estimated 25,000 students in all 50 states, at more than 100 partner high schools and at more than 400 colleges.
College Possible is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and seeks to build a diverse workforce to create impact in partnership with the communities we serve. We welcome a diverse pool of qualified applicants. For each of its positions, College Possible is mindful about what best serves our students, and seeks to hire staff with relevant experience, skills and aptitude, and a commitment to the power of education.
Headquartered in Saint Paul, MN, College Possible also operates in Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Omaha, NE; and Portland, OR; and has Catalyze partnerships in California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Tennessee. We're joining forces with colleges to achieve a transformational impact: our goal is to serve more than 100,000 students annually and make a significant contribution to closing the degree divide.
Available AmeriCorps VISTA Projects
Program Support
This VISTA will establish clear processes for data collection, entry and reporting,
with a strong focus on data visualization. This position will help College Possible connect data visualization to a strong backend structure where data is stored in a database and accurately represented. It includes documenting, refining, and training around the data objects, associations and rules to make data informed decisions. Data modeling is the process of creating a simplified diagram of a software system and the data elements it contains, using text and symbols to represent the data and how it flows. This VISTA will draft data ecosystem documentation, overviews the data we are collecting, where data is being collected and where the data should be stored. The utilization of improved data practices to drive programmatic improvements and support of fundraising will allow students to be more effectively served and to help end cyclical poverty through education as well as create processes and procedure documents that can be used by staff to support future data entry (training, etc.).
Required Skills:
- Data analysis/research
- Familiarity with Salesforces or donor databases
- Written communications
- Comfortable with ambiguity and flexibility
- Willing to learn
- Cultural competence
- Team-oriented
- Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively
National Service VISTA Benefits Information: https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits
Please visit www.CollegePossible.org/serve to learn more about College Possible and serving with our organization!
College Possible is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance. Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. We provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals and conduct all possible activities in fully accessible settings. Alternative application formats are available upon request by contacting Mayra Diaz at MDiaz@collegepossible.org.
