What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager of Data Systems position at KIPP Nashville Public Schools?
Company Description
About KIPP Nashville Public Schools
KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open-enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000 students nationwide and supports students from Pre-Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams. KIPP Nashville currently operates 3 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and we are excited to open one additional elementary school in 2025 in response to strong community demand.
The mission of KIPP Nashville is together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in these beliefs and values, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.
The mission of KIPP Nashville is to together with families and communities create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. If you share in this belief, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.
Job Description
Position Overview
KIPP Nashville Schools and Regional Team depend on accurate, timely, and relevant data to make decisions that support our students and staff. Providing that accurate, timely, and relevant data requires the meticulous upkeep of a complex system of data tools. KIPP Nashville is seeking a Data Manager to support the management, maintenance, and constant improvement of our data system environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsibilities of the Grants Manager include, but are not limited to:
Data Systems:
What You Bring:
Exceptional attention to detail. Our team supports our schools by ensuring our students have access to the tools and platforms they need for learning, and by ensuring our teachers and school leadership teams have the data, information, and system access they need to teach and make strategic decisions. We’ll count on you to ensure those systems are running every day, to surface and resolve issues that might otherwise go unnoticed, and to meticulously ensure the integrity of the information shared with our teams. You check everything 2, 3, or 4 times before you’re sure it’s right. Your meticulous attention to detail will help catch problems before anyone else and swiftly move to resolve them.
A passion for continuous learning and getting better at systems optimization.
We are a team of constant learners. We started with basic spreadsheets skills like vlookups, pivot tables, and conditional formatting, and learned to use SQL queries, AWS, Tableau, and Python along the way. We’ll count on you to see new tasks and ask, “is there a better way to do this?” then research and implement solutions. You take ownership of the problems in front of you and dive head first into creating the best solutions for all stakeholders. Your continuous hunger to research and learn new skills will support both the optimization of our systems and your growing toolkit of data system knowledge.
A customer service orientation.
You thrive on helping people. You are not fazed by a request for support first thing in the morning, and you are ready to jump in with step by step troubleshooting instructions. Even when you’ve had to explain something twice, you can explain it a third time with patience and a smile.
Desired Qualifications:
Additional Information
KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About KIPP Nashville Public Schools
KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open-enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000 students nationwide and supports students from Pre-Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams. KIPP Nashville currently operates 3 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and we are excited to open one additional elementary school in 2025 in response to strong community demand.
The mission of KIPP Nashville is together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in these beliefs and values, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.
The mission of KIPP Nashville is to together with families and communities create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. If you share in this belief, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.
Job Description
Position Overview
KIPP Nashville Schools and Regional Team depend on accurate, timely, and relevant data to make decisions that support our students and staff. Providing that accurate, timely, and relevant data requires the meticulous upkeep of a complex system of data tools. KIPP Nashville is seeking a Data Manager to support the management, maintenance, and constant improvement of our data system environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsibilities of the Grants Manager include, but are not limited to:
Data Systems:
- Manage, maintain, and optimize our major student data systems: PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Renaissance DnA, Clever, DeansList and a suite of Google Sheet Trackers
- Support school leadership teams, teachers, and school staff in troubleshooting issues in these systems
- Ensure users across the organization have access to the systems they need in order to do their jobs
- Manage student rostering systems and processes and manage the integration of student information system rosters with educational technology
- Ensure data integrity across data systems while ensuring that our data systems are seamlessly integrated
- Run daily and weekly manual exports from data platforms
- Maintain a complex system of Google Sheets that house a significant volume of student data
- KIPP Foundation Data Collection Drives
- Maintain the KIPP Nashville common assessment calendar using an organizational system that ensures all assessments are entered into our assessment platform, and all assessment data is entered in accordance with deadlines.
- Create gradebooks and troubleshoot system issues with gradebooks in Renaissance DnA
- Manage the K-12 report card process quarterly, partnering with schools and the Academic team to audit data and ensure all appropriate student data is included.
What You Bring:
Exceptional attention to detail. Our team supports our schools by ensuring our students have access to the tools and platforms they need for learning, and by ensuring our teachers and school leadership teams have the data, information, and system access they need to teach and make strategic decisions. We’ll count on you to ensure those systems are running every day, to surface and resolve issues that might otherwise go unnoticed, and to meticulously ensure the integrity of the information shared with our teams. You check everything 2, 3, or 4 times before you’re sure it’s right. Your meticulous attention to detail will help catch problems before anyone else and swiftly move to resolve them.
A passion for continuous learning and getting better at systems optimization.
We are a team of constant learners. We started with basic spreadsheets skills like vlookups, pivot tables, and conditional formatting, and learned to use SQL queries, AWS, Tableau, and Python along the way. We’ll count on you to see new tasks and ask, “is there a better way to do this?” then research and implement solutions. You take ownership of the problems in front of you and dive head first into creating the best solutions for all stakeholders. Your continuous hunger to research and learn new skills will support both the optimization of our systems and your growing toolkit of data system knowledge.
A customer service orientation.
You thrive on helping people. You are not fazed by a request for support first thing in the morning, and you are ready to jump in with step by step troubleshooting instructions. Even when you’ve had to explain something twice, you can explain it a third time with patience and a smile.
Desired Qualifications:
- Meticulous attention to detail and strong organizational skills: you have a system in place to identify whether or not your data is correct, and a system for fixing it when needed
- Good data sense: you notice when details don’t look right and realize the implications of even the tiniest error in your system
- School operations experience (strongly preferred)
- Strong written and oral communication skills - you know when to ask questions, how to get people invested in a process, and when/how to give clear step-by-step guidance
- Ability to adhere to strict timelines and meet precise daily deadlines, ability to work efficiently amidst competing and changing priorities
- You should have some proficiency with these technical skills, although the right candidate can pick up some skills on the job:
- Advanced proficiency with Google Sheets formulas
- Reconciling data from disparate sources and systems
- Pulling data from web-based applications
- Working reproducibly (so that colleagues can follow and extend your work)
- Demonstrated passion for the mission, vision and values of KIPP Nashville; comfort and willingness to actively participate in the KIPP Nashville community
- 2 years of professional experience
Additional Information
- Salary range is $55,000-75,000
- This position is exempt, and will work and be compensated according to a 12 month administrative schedule.
- This is a hybrid role. Employees will be able to work both from home and are required to come in the office periodically. Our offices are located in Nashville.
- Robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance policy options. Application for these benefits may be made immediately upon employment. The policy is effective upon the first of the month following the first day of work.
- The vacation package for salaried employees includes 29 paid days throughout the 12 month work schedule (including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break). In addition, employees in this role are allotted 15 PTO days. Eligible staff members receive payment for unused PTO days at the end of the fiscal year.
- Adoption/Parental Caregiver Leave- up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver and 2 weeks parental leave for the secondary caregiver paid at 100%.
- Leaders are provided with laptop computers with access to the internet and or email to assist them in performing their job responsibilities.
KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Salary : $55,000 - $75,000
