Salary range: $36.71-54.60/hourly; $76,650-$114,004/annually
Job ID: 79738
As Early Learning Services (ELS) Data Manager, you will independently conduct complex research and data analysis activities for Early Learning Services at the Department of Children, Youth and Families. This position will support the Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) team and the Early Learning Services (ELS) Division with high quality, accurate, relevant and timely quantitative analyses, data reporting including the creation of meaningful data displays and support districts to understand and maximize revenue streams specific to early learning in order to build capacity for inclusion and mixed delivery service models. This position will also build capacity among local program administrators to use data to build capacity and enhance quality. This position will also be the DCYF Early Learning Data Coordinator for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Data System (ECLDS), providing data upload oversight and agency representation to ECLDS governance as well as a bridge between ELS and the work of the ECLDS.
This position will be expected to understand technical design of data warehouse systems, identify issues and opportunities to enhance data linking and reporting, and is responsible for both detailed and high-level problem solving, data analysis, and data extraction.
Responsibilities include:
- Manage, develop, implement and document measurement and reporting processes and protocols using all available early learning data sets.
- Conduct statistical analyses on ELS data sets aligned to research initiatives, state and federal reporting requirements and state and program impact measurement efforts.
- Develop processes for aligning data-driven decision making (DDDM) resources and supports with policy initiatives in collaboration with early childhood staff at state and local levels.
- The incumbent will be the MDE Data Coordinator for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Data System (ECLDS), providing data upload oversight and agency representation to ECLDS governance as well as a bridge between ELS and MDE and the work of the ECLDS.
- Actively participate in the collaborative planning and implementation of Early Learning Services Division initiatives to assure success for young children with and without disabilities.