Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. They are seeking a skilled Educational Data Analyst to engage with school district administrators, design and maintain custom data dashboards, and provide ongoing support for data solutions. The role involves collaboration with data scientists and engineers to enhance the data platform while ensuring reliable reporting and effective data modeling.
Responsibilities
- Engage with school district leaders and educators to understand their data analytics needs and to educate diverse stakeholders on how to effectively use the dashboards to interpret data
- Design and develop customized metrics and dashboards
- Utilize SQL for database management and queries, ensuring accurate and accessible data solutions
- Provide ongoing support and maintenance for the data dashboards by troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving platform and data quality issues to ensure reliable reporting and effective data modeling
- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and Product to enhance the data platform
Skills
- Experience in working with educational data and familiarity with K-12 schools
- Experience working with data visualization tools and dashboard design
- Ability to translate complex data into digestible and actionable information
- Advanced SQL skills
- Experience working independently on projects
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Passion for education and improving educational outcomes
- +4 years of experience as a data analyst, data engineer, or similar role
- Experience with Python for data cleaning, analysis, and automation
- Experience working with a K12 Student Information System such as Infinite Campus, PowerSchool, Skyward, or Aeries
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts.
- Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
- We are a fully remote company.
- We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
- Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
- Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
- Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st).
- Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.
Company Overview
Newsela is an Ed-tech startup that takes content from trusted providers and turns it into learning materials. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://newsela.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Newsela has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 2 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.