What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Analyst position at Los Angeles Unified School District?
SALARY DETAILS
APPLICATION FILING DATES
February 26, 2025 - March 13, 2025
INFORMATION ABOUT LAUSD
DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL SITE
The Strategic Enrollment and Program Planning Office strengthens existing programs by developing and implementing new methodologies to evaluate and improve program sustainability. A Data Analyst compiles, reviews, and converts data; and generates various reports to fulfill various internal and external data requests and other data-related tasks.
BENEFITS
Insurance: Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS). Vacation: Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service. Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides support by pulling, summarizing, and validating data in respond to urgent questions from District leadership, media, legal authorities for subpoenas and investigations, and Public Records Act requestors.
- Runs data system queries, extracts data, sorts, updates, and merges data files from a variety of sources.
- Processes data from multiple sources applying programming languages such as R and Python and software programs such as Microsoft Excel, Tableau, or other similar programs to create reports, and produce spreadsheets, pivot tables, graphs, and customized data files.
- Compiles and transforms data sets for vendors and researchers and then transfers files via a secure file transfer protocol.
- Updates, maintains, and archives databases, files, reports, and other documentation such as business rules, data sources, policies, and procedures to ensure continuity and common understanding amongst data users across the District.
- Assists with drafting data summaries and other supplementary documentation and materials for District initiatives, meetings, training workshops, and presentations.
- Collects, processes, and validates data for public reporting such as the District’s Open Data Portal, School Accountability Report Cards, School Experience Survey dashboard, as well as, for other District and State reporting requirements.
- Applies de-identification and suppression protocols to ensure cells in data files and tables in reports comply with District and State data privacy policies as well as the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requirements.
- Assists with the investigation of discrepancies in District data systems by documenting and reporting findings to ensure the continued validity and reliability of District data.
- Performs related duties as assigned
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education:
An Associate’s degree or 60 semester units or equivalent from a recognized college or university with coursework to include at least three of the following subjects: statistics, research methods, quantitative analysis, information management, advanced mathematics, computer science, data science, analytics, or related subjects, provided that graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent education proficiency is met. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a degree in the aforementioned fields is preferable.
Experience:
One year of experience performing at least two of the following data-related tasks: 1) retrieving, processing, and cleaning data; 2) analyzing data; 3) working with large data sets with sample sizes greater than 2000; 4) and/or merging data files from multiple sources. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a degree in statistics, research methods, quantitative analysis, mathematics, computer science, data science, analytics, or related field may substitute for the required experience.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate for the Data Analyst position will be able to perform basic data analysis and draw logical conclusions as they will be providing support by pulling, summarizing, and validating data in response to urgent questions from District departments. Knowledge of database software programs and data extraction techniques are essential skills as the Data Analyst will frequently run data system queries, extract data, and sort, update, and merge data from a variety of sources.
She/He should be able to retrieve, organize, and maintain data from electronic files and various databases as Data Analysts will need to update, maintain, and archive databases, files, reports, and other documentation to ensure continuity and common understanding amongst data users across the District. The ideal candidate will also work with various units and departments in order to collect and validate data; therefore, it’s imperative that s/he works effectively both within a team and with others.
EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS
The selection process will tentatively consist of a scored questionnaire and an interview. Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net and @successfactors.com as an approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder. We anticipate receiving a number of well qualified applicants for this position; therefore, there will be a competitive process.
APPLICATION PROCESS
DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE APPLICATION? Email us at helpmeapply@lausd.net To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org . The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion. Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213) 241-3455 for more information. You may also email the HR Specialist in charge of this recruitment at adela.kaiser@lausd.net if you have any questions.
ADDITIONAL POSTING INFORMATION
The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct, or bullying. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct or bullying based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, religion, color, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart disease), medical condition (cancer related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance. For inquiries or complaints contact our Equal Opportunity Section, (213) 241-7685. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open positions in related job classifications.
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