Data Quality Management Team Lead, SQMR 

Job Number:

2400002Y 

Posting Date

: Jan 16, 2024, 2:50:45 PM

Primary Location

: Central-42 West Madison Street (School Quality Measurement)

CPS Non-Union Job Grade: S08

Estimated Annual Salary Range

: 76,000.00 - 100,500.00

Position Type: Non-Union Position

Overtime Status

: Exempt

Final salary offers are dependent upon candidate qualifications.

JOB DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is one of the largest school districts in the United States, serving over 330,000 students in 600+ schools and employing nearly 36,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life. In order to fulfill this mission, we make three commitments to our students, their families, and all Chicagoans: academic progress, financial stability, and integrity. Six core values are embedded within these commitments – student-centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning.

The Department of School Quality Measurement and Research (SQMR) works to build the capacity of schools to use information and technology, maintain network infrastructure, security standards, and support other departments to meet district goals. ITS provides innovative technology solutions that improve the quality of education for students, reduce the administrative burden on educators, facilitate parent interaction, increase community engagement, and support CPS’ mission of transparency by focusing on the ease and equity of access to information. The Enterprise Data Strategy department works to provide data, information, and insights to key stakeholders and support their use throughout the district to support students, schools and the district.

Job Summary: 

Reporting to the Manager of Data Quality, the Data Quality Management (DQM) Team Lead will establish and maintain processes ensuring high-quality and clean assessment data for both state and local assessment. The Data Quality Management Team Lead provides supervision to the members within SQMR who clean, manage, and analyze assessment data. This role also works closely with the Department of Student Assessment to ensure that the needs of leadership are being met.

The Data Quality Management Team Lead will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Calculation of up to three (3) end-of-year metrics and/or cleaning of assessment data as required.
• Oversee a small team to ensure data quality and integrity related to assessment data and assigned metrics.
• Track, organize, and manage data requests related to standardized exams.
• Build and foster cross-department relations between SQMR and the Dept. of Student Assessment.
• Identify opportunities and establish policies and procedures to improve assessment cleaning processes and analyses.
• Assist the Manager of Data Quality with tracking the capacity and assessment tasks of three (3) Senior Data Analysts.
• Adhere to a set of guiding principles for analytic practice as established by the Data Governance Council.
• Use approved enterprise analytic tool sets (SAS or SQL).
• Perform other related duties as required.

In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the Data Quality Management Team Lead must possess the following qualifications: 

Education Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required
• Master’s degree preferred

Experience Required: 

• Minimum of five (5) years of related experience, including writing code with data analytic tools (SAS, R, PYTHON, SPSS, STATA, etc.) required.
• Research project design preferred 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Proficiency in Relational Databases (SQL Server 2012 preferred)
• Exceptional organizational, communication (oral and written), and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail and data quality assurance
• Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment, respond immediately to multiple constituencies and meet established deadlines
• Ability to work in a team, with technical and non-technical personnel, and across departmental boundaries
• Flexibility to meet changing departmental needs
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated success leading, coaching, mentoring and supporting teams

Conditions of Employment

As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to:

• Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions, however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.
• Be Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 - Unless approved for a medical or religious exemption, all employees are required to be up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters, and to submit proof of vaccination to the district within 30 days of hire. “Up-to-date” on vaccination is defined as being at least two weeks past all primary vaccine doses and any applicable boosters.