Data/Reporting Analyst (Recreation)

Parks & Recreation 

Data/Reporting Analyst

Posting Expires: February 7, 2025

Salary: $54,000 - $60,000/annually 

 

General Description and Classification Standards

• Performs reporting and analysis in support of departmental research, performance reporting, operations management, and departmental operations.
• Plans and executes projects to study operations effectiveness and trends.
• Designs and prepares reports by accessing databases or by consolidating data from multiple data sources.
• Produces reports and dashboards summarizing data and providing commentary or observations based on through analysis.
• Sources of data may be enterprise systems, complex spreadsheets, databases, etc. requiring specialized expertise or training.
• May also lead other related administrative or operations processes within the organization as needed.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. May perform other duties as assigned:

• Receives assignments and plans for data collection and analysis for assigned departmental functions or activities.
• Designs custom reports and data dashboards for projects and standard report formats for organizational needs.
• Reviews assigned operating records and/or databases for quality.
• Innovation by identifying processes or reporting functions that do not provide the necessary level of completeness, detail, or accuracy.
• Designs standard report formats based on organizational needs for information.
• Reviews and summarizes data from various information systems for research or operating reports; writes queries in the appropriate reporting language.
• Reviews monthly operating statistics and operating data and prepares operating reports.
• Generates reports, presentations, graphics, forms, and other documents to demonstrate information flow and project results.
• Presents periodic reports or special projects to management; partners with staff, managers, and supervisors when conducting studies, surveys, or audits.
• Assist managers with recruitment, record maintenance and payroll processing, and provide clerical support to all employees.
• Performs other duties related to the maintenance and operation of administrative and information systems related to the area of assignment.

Decision Making

May interpret organizational policies and recommend exceptions; establishes work methods, timetables, performance standards, etc.

Leadership Provided

• Provides leadership to assigned staff, interns, temporary employees, etc.
• Serves as a technical resource to other employees.

Supervision Received

Direction received is general and focuses on end results and is typically collaborative in nature.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of databases, reporting methods and formats and appropriate reporting languages
• Skill in operation of computers to retrieve data and prepare reports and presentations; in writing narrative reports; in communicating.
• Skill in leading groups and in speaking to groups.
• Ability to organize and present data in presentations and narrative reports.
• Ability to review data and identify data trends and/or inconsistencies.
• Excellent customer service.
• Functional knowledge of procurement, contracts, payroll, and SLA’s. 

Qualifications - External

Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience

Bachelors degree in business/public administration, accounting, finance, information technology, statistics, human resources or a related field (equivalent professional experience may be considered for substitution for the required degree on an exception basis).

3 years of work experience in creation, reporting, and/or management of data or closely related tasks (not including data entry).

Preferred Education & Experience

• 3-4 years data analysis experience
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