Data Analytics Specialist; entry- or mid-level

Now Hiring:
Data Analytics Specialist (entry- or mid-level), Opportunity Culture ® Portal and Data Services

Start Date:
Winter 2026, as soon as possible

Public Impact is a national education management consulting firm , based in Chapel Hill, N.C. Our mission is to improve education dramatically for all students, especially students whose needs have not yet been well met. We collaborate with teachers and school and system leaders to implement changes that will help the students they serve, and believe that if we focus on a core set of promising strategies for change, we and our partners and clients can make bold improvements for all students, with long-term financial sustainability and success.

Toward that end, we:

• Extend the reach of excellent teaching to all students, through Opportunity Culture School Design , an initiative to redesign staffing, pay and instruction for higher-growth learning and educator satisfaction. Multiple third-party studies have shown that students supported by Multi-Classroom Leader ® educators (an Opportunity Culture role) add an extra half year of learning annually, on average. Teachers in these schools are about twice as likely to recommend teaching compared to other teachers nationally, and teacher turnover and vacancies have declined in studied schools.
  
  Schools in seventeen states and Washington, D.C. now have Opportunity Culture schools.
• Use data, research, and curious problem-solving to create and spread high-impact innovations and solutions for education policy and management challenges.

Role: The Analyst will join the Opportunity Culture ® Portal and Data Services team, a small technical group whose purpose is to provide tools and information to support the success of the Opportunity Culture initiative. They will work primarily on analytical projects collecting and analyzing information about Opportunity Culture schools, districts, and educators. The person in this role may also support occasional projects related to the maintenance and improvement of our Opportunity Culture Portal, a platform used internally and externally to support Public Impact consultants and clients.

Responsibilities will include a combination of some or all of the following:

• Data Analytics Projects (estimated 80% of role)
  • Support annual data collection efforts of internally-collected and publicly-available sources, and prepare summary reports for internal and external audiences
  • Conduct analyses to explore relationships between student outcomes and various implementation, survey, or contextual factors; contribute to dashboards and other public-facing data products
  • Perform data analyses and reporting to support team and organizational priorities
  • Create clear, compelling data visualizations—including dashboards, charts, and summaries—and communicate findings to diverse audiences
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance data maintenance processes to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and timeliness
  • Help ensure secure data storage, backups, and responsible data management practices
  • Document, refine, and improve data processes, protocols, and analysis workflows to support quality and consistency
  • Adhere to established data management protocols and standards
  • Effectively manage and support multiple data-related projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
  • Leverage Public Impact-approved AI tools, when applicable, to streamline data collection, accelerate analysis, and enhance the clarity and efficiency of reporting and dashboard generation
  • Utilize AI-assisted technology to optimize data maintenance, automate routine analysis workflows, and refine documentation while adhering to security and data standards, in alignment with Public Impact’s AI use policy.
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