[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.
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 in data analysis and visualization
- Passion for transforming complex data into actionable insights
- Ability to engage with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand data requirements
- Conduct exploratory data analysis
- Wrangle data using R
- Develop visually impactful interactive dashboards using Posit, Tableau, or Grafana
- Translate analytical findings into clear, concise insights for non-technical stakeholders
- Provide data-driven recommendations to leadership teams
- Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to define dashboard requirements
- Ensure the accuracy of visualizations through rigorous testing
- Document data methodologies
- Create user guides for interactive reports
- Leverage Qualtrics for survey design and integrate this data with other datasets
- Design and implement data ingestion pipelines to collect and consolidate data from multiple sources
- Clean and preprocess raw datasets by handling missing values, removing duplicates, and resolving inconsistencies
- Apply transformation techniques to normalize, aggregate, and reshape data into formats suitable for analysis and reporting
- Build, maintain, and iterate on Grafana dashboards to provide real-time and historical visibility into key organizational metrics
- Configure data source connections
- Write performant queries to support dynamic, interactive visualizations
- Monitor pipeline health and dashboard performance
- Troubleshoot data quality or latency issues as they arise
- A strong commitment to working toward Digital Promise's mission and impact goals
- An 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
- Employees are expected to travel at least 4 times a year for in-person meetings and the annual staff retreat.
- Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and project scope.
Company Overview