Job Description

Part-time Data Manager

Flexible Location

This position is based in a home office anywhere in the U.S. (with a possible preference for specific states or region based on our portfolio of work).

WHO WE ARE

TNTP brings research, policy, and consulting together to reimagine America’s public education system. Working collaboratively, we dig into educators’ toughest challenges, and we provide actionable solutions grounded in evidence. This work takes place in schools and districts across the country, and our national position allows us to spot trends, collect and analyze data, and advocate for policy changes that introduce greater impact at scale. Our goal is to empower every student, breaking them free from the constraints of poverty and race, fostering innovation, and driving growth across the country. We collaborate across sectors and with school systems to ensure that the 3.5 million young people who graduate high school every year have pathways to economic and social mobility.  

Staff in TNTP's Consulting Division work alongside teachers, school leaders, districts, and states to help them achieve their goals for students. We work to help educators, schools, and school systems expand access to opportunities for students. We’re focused on ensuring the work of our public education systems create pathways for students, especially those experiencing poverty, to achieve social and economic mobility.

Part-time staff are hourly and at-will employees who work on a project-based, intermittent basis and are managed centrally by the Workforce team. They may work up to 25 hours per week across all projects and are subject to overtime rates and are not eligible for most TNTP benefits. 

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TNTP collects and reports on a lot of data of all kinds: rosters, surveys, classroom observations, and more. The Part-time Data Manager oversees the data collection and reporting processes on which so much of our work depends to ensure high-quality data collection, accurate descriptive analysis, and reporting across a variety of TNTP projects. Our teams couldn’t make data-driven decisions without you.  

A Part-time Data Manager’s work changes over time based on the stage of each engagement and the differences between projects. Here are some examples of what a Data Manager might do:   

• Coordinate data entry and data tracking across multiple project sites, including building customized data tracking tools and reports as requested by project teams.  

• Collect, clean and merge data from states and districts to support cross-project research.  

• Design, launch, market and manage surveys of stakeholder groups (including teachers, administrators, students, district staff and community members).   

• Contribute to team/project goals, engaging in innovation in alignment with goals

• Understand team and client priorities to effectively communicate aligned to team/project goals.

• Contribute to innovation, creativity, and experimentation

• Coordinate logistics and program resources for TNTP’s external evaluation partners.   

• Serve as the central point of contact between district and research study participants, part-time research field staff, and TNTP staff.   

• Use data to produce compelling messages that will influence program decision-making.  

WHAT YOU HAVE

Qualifications: 

• Experience collecting, organizing and visualizing large, complex data sets

• Ability to plan and execute smooth operations, establish systems, develop project plans, and support implementation across workstreams.   

• Experience managing deadlines, adapting with changing priorities, and taking on multiple projects at once. 

• Strong understanding of how to best interpret and make sense of data, and the ability to share that data in compelling ways to influence others.

• Ability to work autonomously and manage up as needed.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, PPT and Excel, required. Experience using common data collection and visualization tools such as SurveyMonkey, QuestionPro, Tableau, or Formidable, and statistical programs such as SPSS, R or Stata to clean, restructure, and merge data files preferred. 

Competencies:

• Embrace a fast-moving organization. Deadlines, changing priorities, ambiguity and new projects don’t overwhelm you. Instead, they inspire you to rise to the occasion and adapt to challenges quickly, proposing and implementing thoughtful solutions. 

• Love organizing data. Large, messy data sets are no match for your operational skills. You know how to prioritize and simplify complex information, bringing order to chaos with an exceptional attention to detail. 

• Pay superlative attention to operational details. Your planning will be the backbone of an efficient and productive team. The team will look to you to establish systems, develop project plans, and support implementation, including navigating our clients’ research and evaluation offices.  

• Love data collection and visualization. You have experience using common data collection and visualization tools such as SurveyMonkey, QuestionPro, Tableau, or Formidable, and statistical programs such as SPSS, R or Stata to clean, restructure, and merge data files (preferred).  

• Deliver crisp, clean messages. Whether in writing or on the phone, your communications are clear and concise. You understand your audience and know how to deliver inspiring messages and tough news with ease and tactful finesse.  

• Partner with education leaders. You’ll regularly interact with clients, building strong relationships and providing a high level of support.   

• Be a constant learner. You're eager to learn and contribute, willing to provide solutions before we even know there are issues.  You're committed to collaboration and learning from others, and you thrive on feedback and implement it quickly to continually improve your practice.

• Embrace cross-cultural agility.  Authentic self-reflection, self- awareness, and high emotional intelligence are central to who you are, and you utilize these skills to contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. You have an adept cultural understanding of yourself and use your understanding of yourself and others to build trusting, collaborative relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

WHAT WE OFFER

TNTP offers a competitive hourly wage commensurate with experience in a similar position. The hourly pay range for this position is $28.21 - $42.31 per hour. TNTP offers a motivated team of dynamic colleagues, a collegial atmosphere that values professional development and valuable feedback, and the chance to impact the direction of a growing, mission-driven company that is committed to the success of our nation’s children. We also offer an inclusive environment where staff are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work each day.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status, or any other protected category. We encourage those with the following identities to apply: Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Pacific Islander, Indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ and non-binary people, veterans, people living with disabilities, and others with lived experience being part of marginalized communities. We value the power of multilingualism and encourage multilingual candidates to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Our application process is simple. In addition to submitting your resume, we also would like for you to share why you are interested in TNTP and how your experience has prepared you for this position. Please submit your application online through Workday.

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TNTP is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment. TNTP does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, arrest record, conviction record, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy covers all programs, services, policies, and procedures of TNTP, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, and administering all personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs or terminations.  

Applicants for employment with TNTP must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.