GEAR UP Data Analyst

Title: GEAR UP Data Analyst

Position Number: 0079771T

Hiring Unit: VP for Academic Strategy, Hawaii P-20

Location: Manoa

Date Posted: January 09, 2026

Closing Date: January 26, 2026; 11:59PM HST

Band: A, B

Salary: salary schedules and placement information

Additional Salary Information: PBA, minimum $4,458/mo.; PBB, minimum $5,434/mo.

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary

Funding: Federal

Other

Conditions:

Renewal dependent on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.

• Develops and maintains a knowledge base of data from various source systems, such as the Hawaii State Department of Education, unemployment insurance, workforce training, and the University of Hawaii as part of the statewide longitudinal data system.
• Serves as a resource to requestors of data from the Hawaii Data eXchange Partnership (DXP) by providing functional/technical information on data elements, inquiries on the data request processes, and appropriateness of data based on proposed research or policy questions.
• Assists with providing data validation to maintain data accuracy and troubleshoot complex data problems.
• Assists with providing cross-tabulations or other analyses using pivot table functionality or other statistical software.
• Assists with providing comprehensive reporting and written summaries.
• Designs, creates, and updates statistical tables and graphs or other visual representations of data; incorporate tables and graphics in report format to support relevant findings.
• Assists with designing and providing presentations which address stakeholders’ information needs at the appropriate level of data use ability.
• Works collaboratively with partner agencies and other stakeholders to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of data collection and reporting efforts as well as the timeliness of reporting and its usefulness to end users.
• Assists with facilitating and engaging stakeholder groups in order to develop, revise, and implement new data products that serve stakeholder information needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Develop & maintain a knowledge base of data from various data source systems, such as the Hawaii State Dept of Education, career technical education, college & career, & career readiness metrics, & UH as part of the statewide longitudinal data system.
• Provide analytic support for the GEAR UP annual performance report and other related research or evaluation projects.
• Participate in data collection activities related to GEAR UP programs and interventions.
• Participate in meetings and communications between the GEAR UP evaluation team and external evaluators.
• Serve as resource to requestors of data from Hawaii Data eXchange Partnership by providing functional/technical information on data elements, inquiries on data request processes, & appropriateness of data based on proposed research or policy questions.
• Provide data validation to maintain data accuracy and troubleshoot complex data problems.
• Perform complex queries to extract data for ad hoc data requests/studies and use of pivot table functionality or statistical software to create cross-tabulation and other statistical analyses.
• Provide comprehensive reporting and written summaries.
• Design, create and update statistical tables and graphs or other visual representations of data; incorporate tables and graphics in report format to support important findings.
• Conduct policy analyses about student enrollment, demographics, performance and outcomes related to the transition of cohorts along the education to workforce pipeline.
• Design and execute presentations that are crafted to provide relevant information based on audience or stakeholder needs.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of data collection and reporting efforts as well as the timeliness of reporting and usefulness to end users.
• Other duties as assigned

* Denotes Essential Functions

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree in educational psychology, psychology, statistics, or related field, with coursework in statistics, research methods, tests and…