Senior Analyst, Data & Research

Location: New York

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Senior Analyst, Data & Research

ETNY Regular Full-Time Professional New York, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $73,530.00 To $91,920.00 Annually

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY

The Education Trust (Ed Trust) seeks a Senior Research Analyst in our New York office (ETNY). The Senior Research Analyst will join a staff committed to fulfilling our mission of closing opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect students of color and students from low-income backgrounds.

The Senior Analyst serves as a content expert on quantitative and qualitative research, advancing research and policy priorities in alignment with EdTrust-New York’s strategic goals. This role will produce research that highlights trends and inequities for students of color and students from low income backgrounds. The Senior Analyst will develop analyses, research briefs, data tools and visualizations, presentations, and other communications that advance, promote, and elevate strengths and opportunities for increasing educational equity in New York City and across the state.

Successful candidates will bring knowledge of and ability to access and analyze publicly available education datasets in New York State and New York City through an education equity lens.

Ed Trust is committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the U.S. education system. Through our research and advocacy, Ed Trust improves equity in education from preschool through college, engages diverse communities dedicated to equity and justice, and increases political and public will to build an education system where all students will thrive.

Available immediately, this role is based in our New York office and works primarily from a home office in New York or New Jersey. The Senior Analyst reports to the Lead II of Research.

ABOUT THE SENIOR ANALYST, RESEARCH ROLE

The responsibilities and objectives for the role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• · Develop and conduct quantitative analyses - using publicly available data - that examine socioeconomic and race-based patterns in opportunity and success, leveraging coding skills and analytics software to conduct descriptives and subgroup analyses.
• · Develop and conduct qualitative analyses; including original data collection that examine socioeconomic and race-based patterns in opportunity and success, leveraging focus groups, survey instruments, and analyses software.
• · Manage and implement multiple projects that identify promising policies for advancing educational equity, including producing tools and resources for diverse audiences (e.g., students, policymakers, families, and institutional leaders)
• · Mine data from publicly available sources to produce replicable datasets that help identify equity gaps and bright spots
• · Produce reports, briefs, data visualizations, blogs, and other resources to further inform policymakers, educators, journalists, and other public audiences of Ed Trust - New York’s agenda.
• · Serve as a spokesperson for Ed Trust - New York by sharing and elevating analyses and policy recommendations publicly with various audiences--including the media, advocates, and policymakers -- that inform and align with Ed Trust’s policy priorities of eliminating educational disparities and enhancing student outcomes.
• · Elevate Ed Trust’s policy priorities by developing key relationships and representing the organization in external meetings with external stakeholders, peer organizations, policymakers, leaders, funders, and other advocates.
• · Collaborate internally across…