Senior SAS Analyst - NYC Dept. of Education (New York, NY)

The The New York City Department of Education is hiring a Senior Analyst (SAS), Data Management. The complete job description is posted at http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/DHR/CareerOpportunities/ under the Chancellor's Accountability Initiative. Or if you e-mail me directly, I will send you a word document with the posting. I strongly recommend anyone interested apply, as the DOE is great work environment and engaged in a number of exciting projects. Applicants can apply online (preferable) or email Cassandra Johnson at CRJohns@schools.nyc.gov .

Job Description

Position Summary: The New York City Department of Education is the largest school system in the nation, with nearly 1.1 million students, 135,000 employees (including 80,000 teachers) and an annual budget of $14+ billion. Led by Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, the Department of Education (DOE) is committed to creating a system of 1,400+ great schools. Since its inception in 2003, the Children First Agenda for New York's schools has driven the Department of Education's work in adopting uniform, rigorous curricula for all schools, starting new small schools to increase educational options for students and transforming the structure and culture of the Department of Education to encourage educational excellence and the work necessary to support that goal.

Working with the Associate Director, Data Management and other project team members, the Senior Analyst work focuses heavily on confidential data analysis, developing Quality Assurance (QA) rules for student and school level data and performing QA. The Senior Analyst will also streamline the data cleansing needs throughout the DOE. It also involves the handling the provision of confidential city and state accountability data

Reports to: Associate Director, Data Management

Direct Reports: N/A

Key Relationships: Will work closely with other members of the data management team, the Evaluation and Reporting the ARIS team, and the Periodic Assessments team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the utilization of confidential data (Student level data - Names, DOB, Gender, Ethnicity, Test and Assessment Data) associated with providing senior leadership staff with a continuous stream of information and analysis in support of the policy discussion-making process for all initiatives in the Office of Accountability. This will entail:
• Develop operational SAS code based on predetermined business rules for DOE Reports.
• Create standard and ad hoc queries to pull data from OA's internal databases and other NYC Department of Education data sources to analyze the metrics used to identify Schools in Need if Improvement (SIN) and Non-SINI and analyze and improve the metrics used to identify A-F schools for city and state accountability.
• Create standard and ad hoc queries to pull data from OA's internal databases and other NYC Department of Education data sources to identify the demonstrated capacities of each such school to improve the ELA, math, science, and social studies outcomes of all students and particular target populations of students (e.g., Special Education, English Language Learners, other NCLB categories, students in bottom one-third of performers at the school and citywide).
• Perform data cleansing and data verification at the school level when needed.
• Utilize data analysis to prepare policy recommendations that include,
• Creating and maintaining a data quality model for the DOE
• Developing processes that ensure the integrity and accuracy of the source system data at point of entry
• Developing processes that ensure the accuracy of similar data sets across disparate source systems
• Develop standard reports that can be used by principals, school network management, school support organizations, and central NYC Department of Education staff to make informed decisions regarding improved outcomes for all students and particular groups of students.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Requirements

• A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in finance, accounting, operations research, business or public administration, or a closely related and three (3) years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in budget administration, economic or financial administration, fiscal, operations or economic research; management or methods analysis, educational or public administration, economic planning, fiscal management, or a related area.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and at least three years of full-time, paid experience in data analysis, education administration, evaluation and testing, educational planning, or statistics or a master's degree and at least one year of work experience in the above fields.

PLUS

Expert level ability in SAS Proficiency in other Microsoft Office software applications.

Preferred

• Superior analytical skills and comprehensive knowledge of best practices in research and evaluation.
• Project management and process improvement skills.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL2000 and knowledge of SQL tools/management techniques.
• Knowledge of IBM Mainframe,TSO/ISPF, OS JCL
• Strong Excel and Access skills
• Creative problem solving ability with the facility to perform independent, thoughtful analysis around important educational issues.
• Excellent organization and interpersonal skills in dealing with administrative and school-based personnel.
• Capacity to work under pressure and effectively prioritize in a demanding environment.
• Demonstrated interest and experience in education and public policy a plus.
• Microsoft Access, Visual Basics for Application.

Salary: $65,120+

Please include cover letter with your application.

Resumes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.

NOTE: The filling of all positions is subject to budget availability.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of the Department of Education of the City of New York to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizenship status, age, marital status, disability, prior record of arrest or conviction (except as provided by law), sexual orientation, gender (sex), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation as required by civil rights law. Inquiries regarding compliance with this equal opportunity policy may be directed to: Office of Equal Opportunity, 65 Court Street, Room 923, Brooklyn, New York 11201, or visit the OEO website at 'http://schools.nyc.gov/Administration/Offices/GeneralCounsel/OEO/default.htm.'

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