Data and Economic Analyst
Your Primary Focus Will Be:
- Objective 1: Support development of actionable operational data analyses and dashboards
- Support efforts by program leaders to translate program data and goals into effective and efficient program dashboards utilizing Tableau
- Perform customized analysis and visualization of operational data
- Oversee data readiness and improvements of monthly department performance dashboard
- Objective 2: Facilitate the growth of the department’s data literacy, analysis, and visualization skills, and support effective data management
- Deliver subject matter expertise, technical assistance, and effective communication of data skills and concepts, including Excel and Tableau skills to internal customers
- Promote data literacy and skills by monitoring and ensuring access to data training, resources, and tools, and ensuring best practices are utilized
- Encourage and support data management and governance improvements
- Objective 3: Provide the Department with high quality and consistent economic and fiscal impact analyses and facilitate its use in project selection and program evaluation
- Gain familiarity with customized use of the REMI economic impact model software to produce economic and fiscal impact analyses
- Make continuous improvements to DED’s impact analysis process, including an annual calibration of the model
- Deliver effective communication of general economic concepts and results of impact analyses to internal customers
- Objective 4: Support efforts to ensure insights and decisions are informed by actionable economic, community, and workforce data and research
- Provide DED team members with customized research through the compilation, interpretation, and visualization of structured data from secondary sources
- Support efforts by DED team members to conduct internal and external surveys and analyze results to gain actionable insights
- Support additional planning and analysis needs that surface
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in a related field
AND
- Two to four years of relevant experience
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Operational Data
- Strong in intermediate data analysis and visualization utilizing tools such as Excel and Tableau; ready to learn more advanced techniques
- Competent in data literacy concepts
- Experience working with complex and unstructured primary data sources preferred
- Economic Research and Impact Analysis
- Basic understanding of economic concepts; ready to gain a deeper understanding
- Competent in drawing key insights from secondary data sources
- Experience with economic impact modeling (e.g. RIMS II, IMPLAN, REMI), statistical/econometric analysis, or financial modeling preferred but not required
- Competencies
- Outstanding attention to detail, analytical skills, and logical reasoning
- Curiosity and motivation to learn new things quickly and thoroughly and teach others
- Sharp problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Very successful at inspiring trust and developing strong interpersonal relationships
- Succinct, persuasive & clear in written and oral communication, particularly with complex analysis, processes, or results
- Ability to define, lead, and manage multiple tasks within a workstream as part of a larger project