The University of Chicago

Department

Crown NCS Data Strategy and Innovation

About the Department

ABOUT THE DIVISION

As one of the first schools of social work in the United States, the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice has shaped the field for more than 100 years. As part of the University of Chicago, the Crown Family School shares the University's core values and distinctive intellectual culture. Crown Family School faculty, staff and students focus on identifying solutions to complex problems through the integration of research, training, and direct community engagement. Guided by an interdisciplinary tradition, Crown Family School scholars conduct innovative research to address interconnected social challenges such as educational inequality, health disparities, crime and violence, poverty, and child and family welfare—working at multiple scales, from individual to policy-level interventions. More than 8,000 Crown Family School graduates in the US and globally hold leadership positions in academia, at nonprofits, and at governmental agencies The Crown Family School is the home of several academic centers. These include the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development, the Urban Education Institute (UEI), the Center for Health Administration Studies, the Smart Decarceration Project, and the Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet). More information may be found at https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Network for College Success (NCS), at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Prac-tice, ensures college readiness and success for all students by translating research into practice and sup-porting leaders to organize their schools for improvement. NCS provides professional learning and sup-port to school and district leaders and helps them focus on what matters most for high school students. NCS supports adults within and across schools to build their capacity to lead change, improve instruction, and support student transitions in and out of high school. NCS envisions high schools that continuously cultivate collaboration, powerful learning, and a culture of high achievement to ensure postsecondary success for all students.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Data Strategy and Innovation, the Data and Coaching Support Specialist builds and maintains internal data systems that enhance the capacity of NCS to support partner schools and districts to implement the NCS Success Teams Framework for School Improvement. The Specialist will also support assigned coaches to create and sustain conditions that center student experience and progress, build educator collective efficacy, and spread and scale effective practices for data management, use, and culture. The Specialist will represent NCS externally to maintain relationships with NCS partners.

Job responsibility categories are as follows:

Data Coding and Transformation (60%)

Coaching (25%)

Professional Presentation and Facilitation (10%)

Other Duties as Assigned (5%)

The job responsibilities are detailed below.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement data pipeline automation, data engineering and infrastructure management, data governance and security, machine learning integration, and monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Automates the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data
• Ensures data quality, consistency, and reliability across systems
• Builds and maintains scalable data bases and real-time pipelines
• Optimizes storage, processing, and retrieval of large data sets
• Implements access controls, compliance policies, and data lineage tracking
• Ensures data meets privacy and regulatory standards
• Supports predictive modeling, machine learning and business intelligence
• Ensures data is clean, timely, and accessible
• Uses observability tools to track data flow and detect anomalies
• Applies Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) to improve models and dashboards
• With support from the NCS coaching team, coach school and district partners in the effective development, use, and culture-building of data systems to support continuous improvement of student learning experiences and outcomes
• Provides Director of Data Strategy and Innovation with data and other information as required for reporting to NCS funders
• Participates in knowledge management routines to continue codifying effective practices
• Collaborates with NCS staff to design and facilitate high-quality professional learning internally and to partner educators as assigned
• Represents NCS in UChicago and external facing presentations, meetings, and forums as assigned
• Analyzes moderately complex data sets for the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information
• Provides professional support to staff or faculty members in defining the project and applying principals of data science in manipulation, statistical applications, programming, analysis and modeling
• Cleans, transforms, merges, and matches between large and complex research and administrative datasets. Plans own resources to collect, organize, and analyze information from the University's various internal data systems as well as from external sources
• Performs other related work as needed

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in a related field

Experience:

• 2 years coding experience

Preferred Competencies

• Demonstrated skill in using Python coding language required, SQL and R
• Ability to code, access, transform, and socialize data
• Demonstrated and relentless commitment to public education, social justice, and equitable outcomes for all students
• Experience designing, facilitating, and refining professional learning for educations via in-person and virtual settings
• Experience working in an organization centered on coaching educators
• Ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues and school partners in a school and/or district environment
• Ability to effectively communicate to a variety of audiences orally and in writing
• Familiarity with the NCS Success Teams Framework
• Ability to travel; must have reliably working transportation

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work schedule, on-site at the Hyde Park campus in Chicago

Application Documents

• Resume (required)
• Cover Letter (required)
• References (preferred)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family

Research

Role Impact

Individual Contributor

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Drug Test Required

No

Health Screen Required

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required

No

Pay Rate Type

Salary

FLSA Status

Exempt

Pay Range

$80,000.00 - $90,000.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

Posting Statement

The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

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