Education Data Administrator

Overview

The Data Management and Analysis Division (DMAD) of the Agency of Education (AOE) seeks an Education Data Administrator to join the Division's leadership team. Managing a three-to-four-person team known as the Data Management and Administration Team (DMAT), the Education Data Administrator oversees major collections of student, educator, and education organization data. This position collaborates with a varied group of stakeholders to ensure the AOE has high-quality and timely data available to contribute to its mission of leadership, support, and oversight of Vermont's public education system. DMAD's leadership team regularly collaborates on matters such as advancing data governance with an emphasis on data quality, strategic planning, and supporting positive work culture.

Responsibilities:

• Manage critical data collections from 52 Supervisory Unions and Supervisory Districts encompassing approximately 80,000 students and 10,000 staff statewide with a focus on quality, completeness, and timeliness
• Lead cross-team efforts to enhance the quality and consistency of collected data
• Collaborate with stakeholders in AOE and VT school districts to certify collected data for many uses, including key drivers of approximately $2.3 billion dollars in education grants
• Ensure strategic alignment of data collection and management with data needs
• Maintain and enhance the data collection system
• Foster effective collaboration with data professionals in VT school districts as well as the vendors supporting AOE's Ed-Fi data collection system and districts' Student Information Systems
• Oversee both day-to-day and periodic formalized support and guidance for those who report data to AOE
• Collaborate in guiding enhancement efforts for DMAD's data storage and creation of a Reporting Data Store
• Coordinate with Vermont's Agency of Digital Services to define and enhance system and application architecture

As the team leader for DMAT, this position also oversees other work carried out by the team such as data matching and maintenance of state ID systems for students and educators, direct certification of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program, and management of data on Vermont's education organizations.

Successful candidates will possess strategic problem-solving skills, strong organization, communication, and relationship-building skills, supervisory experience, understanding of education data collection and data usage, demonstrated customer service skills and a genuine desire to serve the public education system in Vermont. Also necessary are advanced skills in the tools used by the Division, such as Databricks, Python, SQL, R, Cognito, and the Microsoft suite including SharePoint and Azure DevOps. Knowledge and understanding of Student Information Systems and/or the Ed-Fi Data Standard are strongly preferred.

Who May Apply

This position, Education Data Administrator (Job Requisition #54941), is open to all State employees and external applicants.
If you would like more information about this position, please contact Cassidy.Canzani@vermont.gov.
Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered.

Environmental Factors

Work is performed in a standard office setting, but travel may be required for which private means of transportation should be available.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in data science, data management, or related field, AND two (2) years of professional experience in data science, data management, or related roles.
OR
Bachelor's degree in data science, data management, or related field, AND four (4) years or more of professional experience in data science, data management, or related roles.
OR
Professional experience in data science, data management, or related role of ten (10) years or more.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong background in working with and managing relational databases, fluency in data science languages such as SQL, Python, R, etc. required.
Strong analytical skills for working with complex datasets and database environments.
Considerable knowledge of development and use of business/data intelligence tools to support access to data and reports derived from multiple and complex data sets.
Ability to manage multiple workflows and proactively sequence next steps for each workflow’s completion.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Total Compensation

As a State employee you are offered a great career opportunity, but it's more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation, including:

• 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Work/Life balance: 11 paid holidays each year and a generous leave plan
• State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
• Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
• Low cost group life insurance
• Incentive-based Wellness Program
• Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program

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