Data Literacy Analyst

Position Title:

Data Literacy Analyst

Job Group:

Professional & Scientific

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree

Special Required Qualifications

Drivers License

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of federal, state, and local data sources such as experience working with U.S. Census Bureau and American Community Survey (ACS) data
Experience creating, cleaning, querying, and maintaining datasets
Experience analyzing and interpreting data related to communities, community development, and the social sciences
Understanding of community capitals framework, rural wealth capitals framework, or other similar community development framework
Skills with coding, programming languages, data analytic and visualization software (R, Python, SQL, PHP, JavaScript, Tableau, PowerBI, GIS, etc.)
Experience communicating and synthesizing complex information to a variety of adult audiences through educational programming

Job Description:

Are you a continuous learner who is looking for a new position? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative environment?

If so, The Community and Economic Development team with Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University is seeking applicants for a Data Literacy Analyst! This position will be hired as a Data Analyst I.

Community and Economic Development (CED) provides programs, processes, and people to play an important role in providing research-based information and resources to sustain communities into the future. As a part of the CED unit, the Indicators Program provides data and information for decision makers at the local, regional, and state levels.

What You’ll Do:

• Build capacity and support around specific subject-matter at the local, regional, and state levels to ensure communities, programming, and teams have the most up-to-date data and information

• Interpret ACS data/research and translate into meaningful and useable information for different end user groups and teams

• Assist in establishing, organizing, and facilitating networks and partnerships at the local, regional, and state level around community development data literacy

• Work in interdisciplinary teams with data literacy expertise to assist in addressing complex issues

• Assist in the development and delivery of educational programming and training around data literacy in community development issues

• Coordinate student-based data analysis and data literacy programming

• Assist in the development of new programming, evaluation, and necessary updates of programming

• Engage in interdisciplinary education, programming, and research

• Assist with the identification and verification of community development data sources to utilize in broad data reports and educational programming

• Work with team to support the development of high-quality reports for use in a variety of formats

• Utilize effective and creative approaches to visualize data to best communicate contextual meaning

• Develop basic data analysis to best address community development issues for long-term change

• Assist in curating multiple data indicators to best understand community development issues

Why Join Us?
Be part of a collaborative team dedicated to making a difference. Your expertise will directly contribute to shaping sustainable community development and empowering those we serve.

If you’re ready to make an impact and drive positive change, we want to hear from you!

Occasional in-state travel will be involved for this position.

This is a two year, fixed term position with the opportunity for renewal.

Level Guidelines
• Individual contributor position with developing professional and/or technical skills working under immediate to general supervision
• Grasps professional-level knowledge and concepts of field while working in a progressive learning mode
• Works on problems and issues of somewhat limited scope
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data for which answers are available or can be obtained
• Responds to inquiries and issues, escalating to manager or higher level workers as appropriate
• May lead projects of limited scope and complexity
• May provide guidance to students

Appointment Type:

Regular with Term Appointment (Fixed Term)

Proposed End Date or Length of Term:

February 23, 2027

Number of Months Employed Per Year:

12 Month Work Period

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Grade: