Job Title: SC2 Data Analyst
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to SC2 Implementation Manager
Background:
Chicago CRED is a mission driven organization working to achieve transformational reduction in violence in Chicago. CRED does its work by offering direct services to those who are at the highest risk of violence, advocating for policy reform to increase public investment into community violence interventions, and promoting cross-sector coordination to achieve maximum impact.
Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago, or SC2, is a growing
community of donors and anti-violence practitioners committed to working together to
advance one of the most promising near-term impact approaches, community
violence intervention (CVI). Their goal is fully resourced, locally-led, at-scale CVI
efforts in the 20 communities with the highest levels of gun violence.
At this early stage, SC2 is a strategy of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful
Communities (PSPC), a coalition of more than 50 foundations and other philanthropic
entities. It also is a commitment of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the city’s premier business-led organization concerned with the strength,
vitality, and growth of the city and the region. SC2 is supported Chicago CRED and Metropolitan Peace Initiative, the SC2 Implementation Partner. Representatives of these
latter organizations will engage with counterparts in the most-effected communities to
gauge interest and readiness to work at greater scale and share information about
effective tools and practices.
The goal is to grow SC2 to include, at “one table,” all the private, philanthropic,
community, and public leaders and funders, CVI practitioners, and other community-
based organizations needed to support, participate in, and sustain a shared plan to
significantly reduce gun violence in the 20 communities.
Department Function
The data analyst will be responsible to work in collaboration with all SC2 communities to help with technical assistance and day to day data responsibilities. This position will work closely with the SC2 Project Manager and will be responsible for cleaning data coming in from various sources (Salesforce, Apricot, RedCap, Evolve, NeonOne etc) to be able to curate a report that can align and will feed into a data warehouse. Chicago CRED is seeking a Data analyst to help work across a broad spectrum of stakeholders, build capacity for organizations in our neighborhoods and to create a data platform for ease of use and accessibility by partners.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Apply critical thinking and objective analysis to data sets, identify data trends, highlight anomalies.
- Document data field dictionary/business glossary of Apricot objects and fields used by SC2 programs
- Coordinate the migration of data into Apricot from third-party systems
- Conduct analyses on raw data metrics being collected for specific dashboarding purposes and utilizing visualization tools to build reports for agencies
- Develop and update SC2 dashboards
- Data analysis and report writing for SC2-wide reporting
- Assist with data clean up tasks such as duplicates and cleaning for warehouse accessibility
- Assist in managing projects for Apricot optimization and updates
- Assist in user access management with the timely addition and removal of users
- Participate in and contribute to SC2 and data transformation committees and projects
- Other case management system and data management duties as assigned
· Manage short and long-term data projects including gathering requirements, developing project timelines, selecting appropriate tools for data cleansing, analysis, and visualization.
· Create reports in the database to share updates with the hubs as well as reporting back to funders (as applicable)
· Documentation, evaluation, and reporting of current data collection items and provide suggestions for improvement.
· Provide SC2 organizations with technical assistance and evaluation oversight.
· Work in conjunction with SC2 Project Manager to assess potential sites’ current level of documentation and potential areas for growth.
· Collect and analyze crime and violence data from a range of public and private sources including the City of Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard, City of Chicago Data Portal, Salesforce, external violence prevention organizations, etc.
· Develops annual goals and plans for agency Outcome and Evaluation responsibilities. Make recommendations for Partnership strategic planning regarding evaluation and outcomes.
Experience and Qualifications
· Experience using statistical computer languages (R, SQL, etc) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
· Experience working with data security measures and architecture.
· Experience using visualization tools such as Adobe Indesign, Tableau, and/or Power BI
· Experience with mapping software (ArcGIS, QGIS etc)
· Strong communication skills and ability to present to various stakeholders of varied technical backgrounds.
· Experience in data monitoring, cleaning, and analysis for varying audiences.
· Experience using different data platforms such as Salesforce, Apricot, etc
· Experience using data to support and/or measure impact of social service programs.
Educational Requirements
· Masters Degree required
Location
This position will be based in Chicago’s West Side, South Side, etc. with local travel to site locations.
Physical Requirements and Working Environment
· Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
· Ability to work with a computer for extended periods of time-up to 70%.
This position primarily works a hybrid schedule Monday-Friday during business hours but may require nights and weekends on some occasions.
Compensation
$85,000-$95,000 (commensurate on experience)
Chicago CRED offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and 401K.
Chicago CRED, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of all its employees without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, political or union affiliation, maternity status, parental status, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position.
