Senior Data Analyst

Responsibilities

The Senior Data Analyst will develop governed datasets, dashboards, and decision-focused analyses to improve student success and operational outcomes. They will also lead data integration efforts, provide technical coaching to junior staff, and ensure data quality across various institutional systems.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least three years of professional experience. Proficiency in SQL, advanced spreadsheet skills, and experience with business intelligence or statistical tools are required.

Skills

• Data Analysis
• SQL
• Business Intelligence
• Dashboard Design
• Data Visualization
• Data Governance
• Quality Assurance
• Reporting
• Data Literacy
• Statistical Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Project Management
• Communication
• Data Integration
• Technical Documentation

About this role

Community College Preparatory Academy

Senior Data Analyst

Department: Information And Infrastructure Systems

Reports to: Director of Information Systems

Status: Full-time; exempt

Location: Washington, DC / campus based

Salary band: $69,659–$99,659 annually

Supervisory responsibilities: Provides work direction, technical review, coaching, and quality assurance for the Junior Data Analyst and other assigned analytical support.

OUR MISSION

Community College Preparatory Academy (CCPrep) creates an innovative and rigorous learning environment for adults who are under-credited or have aged out of traditional K–12 pathways. We respond to each learner’s strengths and barriers while preparing students for employment, postsecondary education, industry credentials, and lifelong learning.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Turn complex education and operating data into trusted measures, clear analysis, and decisions that improve student success.

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS FOR STUDENTS

You will help leaders see where learners are progressing, where inequities or data-quality issues exist, and which actions are producing results.

Cognia connections Culture of Learning, Leadership for Learning, Engagement of Learning, and Growth in Learning | Standards 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 24–31. These responsibilities apply within this position’s assigned authority.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

* Develop governed datasets, definitions, dashboards, recurring reports, and decision-focused analyses.
* Validate, reconcile, and document data from student, learning, assessment, finance, HR, and engagement systems.
* Lead analysis of enrollment, attendance, persistence, completion, credentials, transitions, and equity patterns.
* Translate questions into sound methods and explain findings, limitations, and uncertainty clearly.
* Support required reporting, quality assurance, and reproducible workflows.
* Coach colleagues on data literacy and supervise or review junior analytical work.
* Integrate assessment results, learner feedback, instructional information, and support data to inform decisions about engagement, growth, and well-being.
* Design reproducible analyses of individual academic growth using valid, reliable, comparable measures; report missing data, differences in populations, and limits on interpretation.
* Analyze access, intervention response, learner goals, and program conditions with appropriate group comparisons and privacy protections; identify actionable patterns without unsupported causal claims.
* Support staff action research and program evaluation by defining questions, baselines, measures, and comparison methods; help staff interpret evidence and determine next steps.
* Examine data for disparities, access barriers, and potential bias; combine quantitative evidence with learner, staff, and stakeholder input to inform well-being and improvement decisions.
* Build collaborative data routines and leadership capacity that help teams improve structures, professional practice, and equitable resource allocation.
* Lead data integration, definitions, validation, access, and reporting across Canvas, EAB Navigate, enrollment and student-information systems, Qlik, Looker Studio, SLED, PCSB systems, SurveyMonkey, and other approved sources; maintain reproducible pipelines, data dictionaries, reconciliation controls, and privacy protections.

WHAT STRONG PERFORMANCE LOOKS LIKE

* Priority dashboards and reports are accurate, reproducible, documented, and on time.
* Metric definitions and source-of-truth rules are adopted across teams.
* Analyses lead to specific decisions, tests, or interventions.
* Material data-quality issues are surfaced early and tracked to resolution.
* Specific annual targets and milestones will be established in the employee’s performance plan and aligned with the approved school operating plan.
* Dashboards distinguish growth from attendance, retention, completion, and credentials and include clear definitions and data-quality limitations.
* Improvement reviews document analytical findings, staff and learner input, decisions, and follow-up measures.
* Analyses and review records make equity, stakeholder input, learner well-being, resource implications, and decision follow-up visible without overstating conclusions.
* Cross-system reports reconcile to authoritative sources, definitions and refresh schedules are documented, and users can trace material measures to validated records and known limitations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

* Advanced spreadsheet skills and working proficiency in SQL and at least one business-intelligence or statistical tool.
* Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
* At least three years of relevant professional experience.
* Strong judgment, written and verbal communication, attention to detail, and ability to protect confidential information.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Advanced experience with BI and dashboard tools, SQL or comparable data-transformation methods, and education systems such as LMS, SIS, case-management, authorizer, or state-reporting platforms; Qlik or Looker Studio experience is preferred.
* Experience in adult education, workforce development, public charter education, or a mission-driven nonprofit.
* Relevant professional certification or advanced technical training.
* Experience improving processes through data, technology, and cross-functional collaboration.

CORE WAYS OF WORKING

* Centers adult learners, values their backgrounds and abilities, and respects their voice and choices.
* Communicates clearly, follows through, and raises risks early.
* Uses evidence, protects confidentiality, and documents work so others can rely on it.
* Collaborates across units and uses resources responsibly.
* Uses feedback and role-appropriate evidence to test improvements, apply professional learning, and review results.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ESSE...

About Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter Schools

Education Administration Programs · 11-50 employees · headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia · founded 2013