[Remote] Contract Data Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Digital Promise is a global nonprofit working to expand opportunity for every learner. They are seeking a Contract Data Analyst to conduct data analysis and visualization, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure data quality and documentation. The role involves building dashboards and integrating survey data to enhance analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Conducts exploratory data analysis, wrangles data using R, and develops visually impactful interactive dashboards using Posit, Tableau, or Grafana
• Translates analytical findings into clear, concise insights for non-technical stakeholders, provides data-driven recommendations to leadership teams, and collaborates with technical and non-technical stakeholders to define dashboard requirements and ensure visualizations accurately reflect strategic priorities
• Ensures the accuracy of visualizations through rigorous testing, documents data methodologies, and creates user guides for interactive reports
• Leverages Qualtrics for survey design and integrates this data with other datasets to enhance overall analytical capabilities
• Designs and implements data ingestion pipelines to collect and consolidate data from multiple sources including APIs, databases, and flat files; cleans and preprocesses raw datasets by handling missing values, removing duplicates, and resolving inconsistencies; and applies transformation techniques to normalize, aggregate, and reshape data into formats suitable for analysis and reporting
• Builds, maintains, and iterates on Grafana dashboards to provide real-time and historical visibility into key organizational metrics; configures data source connections; and writes performant queries to support dynamic, interactive visualizations
• Monitors pipeline health and dashboard performance, troubleshooting data quality or latency issues as they arise

Skills

• Strong analytical mindset
• Excellent R programming skills
• Expertise in data visualization platforms like R Shiny, Tableau, or Qualtrics
• 7 years of experience
• Passion for transforming complex data into actionable insights
• Engagement with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand data requirements
• Conducts exploratory data analysis
• Wrangles data using R
• Develops visually impactful interactive dashboards using Posit, Tableau, or Grafana
• Translates analytical findings into clear, concise insights for non-technical stakeholders
• Provides data-driven recommendations to leadership teams
• Collaborates with technical and non-technical stakeholders to define dashboard requirements
• Ensures the accuracy of visualizations through rigorous testing
• Documents data methodologies
• Creates user guides for interactive reports
• Leverages Qualtrics for survey design
• Integrates survey data with other datasets
• Designs and implements data ingestion pipelines
• Cleans and preprocesses raw datasets
• Applies transformation techniques to normalize, aggregate, and reshape data
• Builds, maintains, and iterates on Grafana dashboards
• Configures data source connections
• Writes performant queries to support dynamic, interactive visualizations
• Monitors pipeline health and dashboard performance
• Troubleshoots data quality or latency issues
• Strong commitment to working toward Digital Promise's mission and impact goals
• Interest in redesigning learning systems to better serve those who are historically and systemically excluded
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional team members to ensure information is shared, projects are completed on time, and goals are reached

Benefits

• Primarily working in a remote environment
• Employees are expected to travel at least 4 times a year for in-person meetings and the annual staff retreat
• Additional travel may be required based on role and responsibilities

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