Primary Purpose:
To support Region 16’s mission by leading the development, alignment, and monitoring of program-level and ESC-wide goals and metrics. This position facilitates teams in building theories of action and strategic plans tied to measurable outcomes, fosters cross-team collaboration around shared performance indicators, and provides clear, data-driven recommendations to leadership. The role compiles, analyzes, and summarizes data from multiple sources to evaluate initiatives, services, and products, and communicates findings through stakeholder-ready reports, dashboards, and data stories that guide continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification
- Bachelor’s degree required upon hire.
- Master’s degree preferred.
Skills
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years education, instruction, or training experience required.
- Experience working in education preferred.
- Three years of campus or central instructional program design, management, and/or evaluation preferred.
- Grant research, proposal writing, and submission experience preferred.
- Experience supporting strategic planning, performance management, or organizational metrics preferred.
- Experience in data collection methods, survey development, data integrity checks, and quality assurance processes preferred.
- Experience applying basic statistical techniques (trend analysis, comparisons, summarizing and interpreting results) to support decision-making preferred.
- Experience translating complex data into clear visuals, summaries, and recommendations for non-technical audiences preferred.
Special Knowledge/ Skills:
- Working knowledge of adult learning theory and instructional program evaluation.
- Proficiency with descriptive and inferential statistics; ability to select appropriate analytic methods.
- Strong data visualization, dashboarding, and reporting skills (e.g., Excel, Power BI/Tableau/Looker Studio, or similar).
- Ability to organize and manage large datasets from disparate systems; strong attention to detail and data quality mindset.
- Demonstrated ability to take projects from concept to completion with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple service areas, districts, state agencies, and external clients.
- General knowledge of public school SIS, finance systems, and survey design tools.
- com project management preferred.
Working Conditions:
- Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipm