Data Analyst

At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!

As a Data Analyst, team members use analytical, technical, and organizational skills to respond to requests from external and internal stakeholders. With guidance from senior team members, the Data Analyst extracts and aggregates data to create reports containing descriptive analyses of Curriculum Associates’ educational assessment data at the national, state or district level. 

The impact you'll have:

• Use information from internal and external stakeholders to fulfill requests for data reports and analyses. 
• Develop SQL queries to efficiently extract and aggregate data from large relational databases. 
• Leverage and modify existing code to generate reports that meet educator needs. 
• Develop code to extract, filter, manipulate, aggregate and format data. 
• Identify the “story” behind student data in response to educator questions and concerns. 
• With support and guidance from senior team members, write clear and understandable internal- and educator-facing responses to inquiries based on analytical findings. 
• Create and maintain technical documentation for analytic procedures in tools like Confluence and GitHub. 
• Develop and maintain an understanding of Curriculum Associates’ product offerings. 
• Manage multiple tasks while maintaining a high level of attention to detail. 

What we're looking for:

• Excellent problem solving and analytical capability. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ideally with experience communicating complex technical topics to lay audiences. 
• SQL coding skills including the ability to efficiently pull and aggregate data from large relational databases. 
• Ability to write code in one or more programming languages (SAS preferred) to extract, filter, manipulate, aggregate and format data. 
• Ability to convey complex, technical information in tangible and meaningful ways primarily through writing. 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities as needs shift or customer issues arise. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a focus on collaboration and teamwork. 
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks with competing timelines. 
• Commitment to improving the learning of all students through research-based practices, including students who are part of demographic groups that have been historically marginalized, students who receive special education services, students who are English learners, and striving students who are not yet on grade-level. 
   

Required Education and Experience:  

• Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of applied experience in data analytics querying large databases, or a combination of education and experience in a related field that proves competency in the requirements of the job. 
• Applied experience coding in SQL, writing queries to join multiple tables within a large relational database. 
• Especially well qualified candidates will also have experience in the field of education and knowledge of educational measurement principles, including familiarity with psychometric concepts such as measurement error, validity, and reliability estimation.  
• Must be able to provide writing samples and be willing to complete an analytic performance task. 

Travel: Less than 20%, primarily to company offices and team meetings.   

Remote Work Flexibility: This role offers the opportunity to work remotely, but team meetings and collaboration center around the Eastern time zone.

Benefits and Pay Range:
Pay Range – This role’s range is $60,750-$99,750. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that Curriculum Associates considers in making compensation decisions based on our Compensation Philosophy. Actual base pay within that range will vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, prior experience and relevant skill sets. At Curriculum Associates, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances for each case. This role is also eligible to participate in the company bonus plan. The Company recognizes that minimum wage varies by location and will ensure all compensation decisions comply with applicable state and local laws.
Benefits – Benefit eligible employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401k plan and receive an employer match. Employees have access to a flexible vacation and sick policy in addition to twelve paid holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's, as well as a number of additional perks and benefits.

The application deadline is November 15th, 2024 and subject to change based on applicant volume.