Data Analyst Senior

Date Posted: May 2, 2024

Requisition ID: 442981

Location:

Indianapolis, IN, US, 46204

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

About the Department of Child Services:

Join a team that engages with families and children to improve lives in meaningful and significant ways. DCS engages authentically with children who are victims of abuse or neglect and strengthens families through services that focus on family support and preservation. The Department also administers family preservation and prevention services, foster care, and child support throughout the State of Indiana. You will relentlessly pursue permanency for children and families through reunification, guardianship, adoption or support youth in making a successful transition to adulthood. While this job is difficult and may have long and sometimes unconventional hours, this is more than a job—it is a calling to improve your community and neighbors. Will you join us in supporting our Mission, Vision, and Values?

Mission: The Indiana Department of Child Services leads the state’s response to allegations of child abuse and neglect and facilitates child support payments. We consider the needs and values of all we serve in our efforts to protect children while keeping families together whenever possible.

Vision: Children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities.

Values: We at the Indiana Department of Child Services empower our team, in collaboration with state and local partners, to make decisions in the best interest of every child in our care by embracing:

Child Safety

Permanency

Collaborative partnerships with foster and adoptive families

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A culture of safety and transparency

A commitment to continuous improvement

Role Overview:

The Data Analyst Senior is key to providing leadership and expertise within IN DCS. They develop extensive knowledge of a particular data domain (division of DCS) and can move between areas with ease to tackle problems and offer solutions. The Data Analyst Senior also plays a key role by creating engaging visualizations to succinctly display accurate, meaningful information that empowers internal DCS information users and outside partners to better serve their populations and the Hoosier community. This position reports to the Data and Analytics Manager.

Salary:

This position traditionally starts at an annual salary of $70,122. Salary for this position may be commensurate with education and job experience.

A Day in the Life:

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Supervises day-to-day tasks and performance for associate and/or intermediate analyst(s);

• Manages the transferring raw data to the appropriate location for use in data analysis projects;

• Provides guidance on the implementation of robust and accurate data analysis for projects throughout the agency, as requested;

• Provides advanced data analysis of agency datasets as requested; assigns general analysis projects to direct reports; ensure the alignment of analysis projects with team and agency priorities;

• Provides technical assistance to program areas for the creation of reports and grant deliverables;

• Lead efforts to develop effective reports and compelling data visualizations to communicate findings with target audience(s); document and share best practices for reporting with internal and external partners;

• Presents key findings and summaries of results to internal and external stakeholders;

• Designs data quality checks to ensure the validity and cleanliness of agency datasets prior to their use in analysis and reporting;

• Collaborates with internal and external partners to develop novel ways of using and reporting out data;

• Assists Director with optimizing workflows and moving to self-service data from static reports;

• Assists Director with identifying new opportunities for analytics improvement throughout agency and mobilizing resources to implement change;

• Adheres to HIPAA, PII, PHI and other state statutes concerned with protecting data confidentiality and individual privacy.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

What You'll Need for Success:

The ideal candidate in this role should minimally have either

• a Master’s degree with some experience or,

• a Bachelor’s Degree with 2+ experience, or

• at least 6+ years of experience applying the below, outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role.

  Related certifications and coursework may be considered for education or experience.

• Demonstrated experience in supervision, leadership and/or mentorship in a professional or academic setting;

• Demonstrated experience with data manipulation, including cleansing, standardizing, and transforming;

• Specific and extensive knowledge of statistical software, open-source programming languages, and database querying;

• General knowledge of at least two of the following is preferred: SQL, Tableau, R, Python, PowerBI and/or ArcGIS;

• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt and use novel tools and languages;

• Experience in leading workshops or training sessions;

• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities;

• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written;

• Demonstrated experience with using data visualization tools to create compelling visualizations;

• Broad knowledge of data analysis, analytics, or statistics;

• Ability to work in a team environment with multiple and fluid demands;

• Ability to maintain effective and professional working relationships with internal and external customers;

• Ability to delegate work, set clear direction, and manage workflow;

• Ability to effectively give feedback, provide guidance or corrective action, coach, and develop employee skillsets;

• Ability to lead, encourage and influence others to perform;

• Upon entering role, individuals must have or obtain the following requirements:

• Knowledge of cloud technologies.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:

This role may provide direct supervision for one or more staff members.

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:

• Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans

• Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards

• Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution

• Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities

• Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match

• Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options

• A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:

• 150 hours of paid new parent leave

• Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave

• Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off

• 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years

• Education Reimbursement Program

• Group life insurance

• Referral Bonus program

• Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits

• Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

• Free Parking for most positions

• Free LinkedIn Learning access

  Equal Employment Opportunity:

  The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.

  If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at [email protected] .

  The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

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