The Safer Foundation is a social service provider to individuals with arrest and conviction records. Through a full range of services, including case management, educational instruction and advocacy, we focus on preparing individuals for the world of work by helping them find and keep productive and meaningful employment
General Summary:
This position is grant-funded. This position is subject to a background check.
Reporting to the AVP of Behavioral Health Services, this full-time position will support implementation and reporting for its Healthy Chicago Mental Health Collective (HC-MHC) program. The HC-MHC program expands access to low-barrier, integrated behavioral health services for justice-impacted adults returning to the community.
The Data Analyst will support program leadership, clinical staff, behavioral health navigators, and grant partners by developing practical data collection tools, maintaining accurate program records, preparing required reports, and helping translate program data into clear information for program management and funder reporting.
During early implementation, the program may rely on manual data collection processes while transitioning toward Electronic Health Record (EHR)-based reporting. This role is intended for a candidate who can work carefully with evolving data systems, organize information from multiple sources, and help build reliable reporting processes as the program matures.
This is a strong opportunity for an early-career data analyst, public health researcher, behavioral science graduate, health services researcher, or evaluation-focused professional interested in behavioral health, reentry, and healthcare access.
Performance Results Description
The Position is properly performed when all essential duties and responsibilities are executed by following the Safer Values.
Exceeding Expectations, Communication and Collaboration, Integrity and Evidence-Based Innovation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Stakeholder Interface:
- Develop and maintain program data collection tools, tracking spreadsheets, data logs, and reporting templates.
- Collect, organize, clean, and validate client-level and service-level data from multiple sources.
- Support manual data gathering during early implementation while helping prepare for transition to EHR-based reporting.
- Maintain accurate documentation of data definitions, reporting fields, and data collection procedures.
- Work with program and clinical staff to ensure required information is collected consis