The University of Chicago Charter School is a neighborhood charter school on the South Side of Chicago, operated by the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute. Comprised of four campuses spanning all grades from early childhood through high school, UChicago Charter is a PreK to 12 superhighway that empowers students to RISE to excellence at every level, cultivating critical thinkers and leaders for success in college and in life.
North Kenwood/Oakland, founded in 1998, educates children from prekindergarten to grade five. Donoghue was created in 2005 and also serves children from prekindergarten to grade five. Carter G. Woodson, launched in 2008, provides schooling to children from grade six through eight. Woodlawn was established in 2006 and educates students from grade six to grade twelve.
Unit Job Summary:
The University of Chicago Charter School is seeking a Data Analyst with strong research, methodological, and programming skills to support a grant funded 1-year oral health research project. The Data Analyst will have the opportunity to assist with data collection and analysis, including both school-level data and study-specific data. In addition to supporting a school-based study, the Data Analyst will contribute to a growing practice of health and wellness solutions to provide data-driven technical assistance to school leaders, teachers, healthcare providers, and community partners.
The Data Analyst will work with partners to identify analytical approaches to solve specific research questions, cleans, merges, and matches data, and runs sampling and randomization across multiple projects, builds traditional statistical models and machine learning algorithms for a variety of research projects. Prepares results of models for memos, spreadsheets, and presentations targeting both policymakers and academic researchers, assists with literature reviews and drafting papers, assists in writing grant proposals, preparing IRB proposals, and obtaining other research permits. This is a part-time (working 10 hours per week), benefits-ineligible position. This position is grant-funded and is for 1 year.
Competencies:
- Demonstrated effective leadership skills
- Strong knowledge of program subject matter
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to develop analytic reports, charts and tables
- Ability to conduct analyses with analytic software
- Experience validating projects, surveys and performance measures
- Flexibility
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical skills
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree in public health, social work or related field preferred.
Experience:
The successful candidate will have experience in applying a variety of statistical modeling approaches to large datasets in real-world settings. From project inception to delivery, the Data Analyst will contribute to all facets of data collection & cleaning, model development, and implementation. This position requires an individual who is able to work as a part of small research teams running multiple projects concurrently. The position offers the opportunity to work directly with leading social policy researchers at the University of Chicago and local city agency staff, as well as a team of administrative staff, project managers, and student research assistants from the Chicago office. |