Initial Posting Date: 08/16/2024 Application Deadline: 09/02/2024 Agency: Department of Early Learning and Care Salary Range: $6,901 - $10,674 Position Type: Employee Position Title: Chief Data, Analysis and Research Officer (Research, Analysis and Statistics Manager 2) Job Description: The Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care is excited to announce a permanent opening for a Chief Data, Analysis and Research Officer (Research, Analysis and Statistics Manager 2). Oregon is home to over 275,000 children, birth to kindergarten entry. Our state has an opportunity to change how it supports these children and their families and, in doing so, put itself on the path to an even brighter future. Overwhelming evidence tells us that investing in young children and their families has a lasting impact across their lifetime. Now is your chance to be part of an agency that will have positive impacts on current and future generations of young children and their families. This position will work a hybrid schedule of working both remotely and in the office. More about us: This position is part of the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) which is an agency that prides itself on enabling Oregon's young children and families to learn and thrive. We are responsible for administering state funded early learning programs, including home visiting and site-based infant, toddler, and preschool services and supports for families, licensing Oregon’s child care providers and developing systems that coordinate regional cross sector partnerships through Early Learning Hubs. DELC partners with local Child Care Resource and Referral organizations to provide professional learning, coaching, consultation and other quality improvement opportunities for early learning and care providers. Considering a career with us means that you value dedication, integrity, and collective wisdom and that you are eager to employ values rooted in equity to benefit Oregon’s children and families. We value diversity and support a positive and welcoming environment where all of our employees can thrive. Those who fill these positions will join a new team of dedicated and passionate professionals. Our teams promote a collaborative, proactive culture of continuous improvement with a focus on quality implementation and impactful outcomes for children and families. As our state, counties, and cities become more diverse, it is imperative now more than ever that we focus on evolving practices to achieve increased equity, diversity, and inclusion in all of our work. Our goal is to lead with courage externally and internally. This means challenging ourselves to do things differently and refining current practices that ensure we continue to make strides towards equity. The Department of Early Learning and Care supports a work life balance, where employees are supported in an environment where they can thrive. What you will do: This position will lead a newly established Data, Analysis and Research Team. The position bears the responsibility for agency-level data and analytics value creation, promoting and practicing data governance as a strategic discipline, and building the critical foundations to ensure DELC is an agile data-driven enterprise. This position will ensure that DELC’s research agenda reflects the agencies priorities and oversee the implementation of that research agenda. They will serve as a senior-level leader, operational consultant, subject matter expert and advisor on emerging best practices, governance, strategy, and service provision to ensure full recognition of data value. The person in this position must be an extremely effective communicator with strong leadership skills, and will work with Division Leadership, Operations Leadership and Executive Leadership teams, among others, to align business and data initiatives, and contribute to other related agency strategic planning and implementation efforts. This leader will counsel agency leadership regarding areas where data and information management improvements, policy decisions, and direction are needed. In addition, this position works with executives, the federal government, and other state agencies and jurisdictions to integrate department objectives providing high level decision-making and oversight. To view a complete job description, click here What we are looking for: Six years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience; OR three years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree in a related field. In addition, we are looking for applicants that have the following Desired Attributes: Strong understanding of data management and best practices, business technology, business analysis, and general project management principles. Demonstrated experience managing staff in a hybrid or remote environment. Experience using data management and statistical software. Expertise to meticulously gather, analyze, and synthesize large volumes of complex data to gene
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Posted: Aug. 18, 2024, 5:31 a.m.
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