Position Overview

The Data Reporting and Analytics Manager will be responsible for managing policies and processes to ensure that student data are entered accurately, on time, and completely across the district; that data are collected and reported in compliance with federal, state, local, KIPP Foundation, KIPP authorizer, and grant requirements; and that data are accessible to KIPP stakeholders in a way that effectively informs strategies to improve student learning.  You will be the point-person for federal, state, local, and KIPP Foundation entities around reporting requirements.  You will provide direction to, and collaborate with, school personnel, data management vendors, and other stakeholders.  You will oversee critical aspects of KIPP St. Louis’s Student Information System.  You may need to travel between schools and the regional office on a regular basis. 

Who we are:

KIPP St. Louis is a part of a national network of free, open-enrollment, public charter schools offering a choice to families and children in St. Louis city. As the largest charter school system in the city, we are driven and committed to our mission, vision, and equity statement.

Mission:

 Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

Equity Statement: KIPP St. Louis is committed to becoming an anti-racist and anti-sexist organization by confronting inequities, barriers, and oppressive policies and systems.

KIPP St. Louis currently educates over 2,000 students and at full growth, we will educate nearly 3,600 students and hundreds of alumni. Today, our St. Louis network consists of two middle schools, three elementary schools, and a high school.

Position type: Full time, 12 month exempt    

We invite you to serve in the following capacities:

Student Data Processes and Integrity 

• Establish expectations around, and methods of measuring, data health and integrity
• Compile best practices, create regional standards, and design step-by-step guides related to student information management
• Annually train relevant stakeholders on the critical importance of data integrity and essential processes for ensuring it
• Develop targeted trainings and user guides for select stakeholders around the proper entry, maintenance, auditing, and refinement of student data, and regularly re-train stakeholders as needed to ensure data are accurate throughout the year
• Coordinate and perform routine data audit process and evaluate progress against established expectations
• Regularly communicate the state of data health in KIPP St. Louis and any remediation steps needed to improve data integrity
• Manage account creation and security privileges for a wide variety of academic information systems

Student Data Compliance and Reporting 

• Serve as the primary point-of-contact with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) around state and federal data reporting and compliance requirements 
• Serve as the district’s expert on, and manager of, Core Data submissions, Missouri School Improvement Plan (MSIP) data submissions, and other DESE data requirements
• Project manage the timely and accurate submission of all of KIPP St. Louis’s compliance and data reporting requirements, including federal, state, local, KIPP Foundation, KIPP authorizer, and grant requirements
• Create and maintain a master calendar and project management tool for all compliance and data reporting requirements
• Develop, adhere to, and annually refine compliance-related policies and procedures 
• Annually train relevant stakeholders on compliance- and data-related requirements and policies
• Regularly convene key stakeholders, and manage ongoing communications and problem-solving with them, to ensure timely compilation, review, and submission of all required data
• Build relationships with and serve as the primary contact for all compliance-related vendors and entities

Student Data Analytics and Knowledge Sharing 

• Establish and communicate criteria for excellence in the accessibility, manipulation, and analysis of student data to drive performance outcomes
• Create and maintain a regional dashboard that shares progress around key district-wide goals in a way that can be easily and effectively used by educators and administrators to improve student learning
• Design, implement, and refine additional strategies to share student progress with families, staff, and community stakeholders in a format that facilitates easy comprehension of, and action around, the data
• Fulfill ad hoc student data reporting requests that arise from internal and external stakeholders as appropriate
• Provide training and ongoing support to users of KIPP St. Louis’s student data systems
• Manage relationships with student data vendors
• Troubleshoot issues related to data accessibility and data accuracy in a timely and effective manner
• Evaluate the need for system improvements and recommend custom solutions or alternative systems
• Work closely with the regional academic team to integrate, share, and report data across various sources 
• Other duties as assigned

This job posting/description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned.

What you bring to the table: 

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Minimum of three years of relevant work experience in compliance or data reporting and/or analytics 

Preferred skills and qualifications include:

• Experience with Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary education data compliance requirements, particularly the Core Data submission protocols: K-12; Higher Ed, or state government agency
• Experience with PowerSchool and/or similar student information systems
• Proficiency in Excel-based data manipulation
• Strong project management skills and the ability to lead a team
• Ability to quickly build positive relationships and utilize those relationships to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to quickly absorb and act upon new information 
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and adaptive problem solving skills
• Comfort learning new computer/data programs, systems, and strategies

Compensation  

Salary range starts at $60,000 and final salary is commensurate with experience and education level. 

What we bring to the table:

We are a fast paced, energetic team and family with passionate people who are leading a movement and to cultivate their best working environment we provide the following:

• $0 deductible healthcare plan option, including medical, vision and dental. 
• Employer Paid Short Term Disability
• $50,000 life insurance policy at no cost to the employee
• Retirement plan through PSRSSL with a 14% match and an optional 403b as a supplement to our pension program
• Public Service student loan forgiveness program qualified employer
• Longevity Bonuses: 2, 5, and 10 year financial rewards
• Available time off:
  • Paid leave for illness, personal days, bereavement, jury duty, and military-related leave
  • Paid parental leave for new families
  • Granted holidays, as well as a one-week Thanksgiving break, a two-week winter break, a week-long spring break
  • Wellness days and Fabulous Fridays (leave at 1:30 on Friday once a month)
• Role-specific professional  development opportunities:
  • Weekly coaching sessions
  • Weekly school-based professional development
  • Five in-person PD days during the year for all KIPP St. Louis teachers

If you are interested in working at KIPP St. Louis, please visit our website to find out how to apply! 

www.kippstl.org/apply

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KIPP St. Louis is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our students, families, teachers, staff and community members. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.