What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Management Coordinator position at Excellent Education Development (ExED)?
About Us
ExED (www.exed.org) is a nonprofit organization that fosters the development and management of high-performing charter schools. We believe that every child should have access to a high-quality public education, especially children in educationally underserved communities. ExED is the only nonprofit charter back-office service provider in Southern California and operates offices in Los Angeles and San Diego. ExED works with more than 100 charter schools serving more than 44,000 students.
ExED provides a range of services that support both new and existing charter schools, including facility financing services and “CFO” services such as accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, payroll processing, public funding compliance, and data management services. The services help our clients operate efficiently build financial plans to meet short-term and long-term objectives, and secure affordable facilities all of which enable school leaders to spend more time working to improve student achievement at their school.
Position Overview
The Data Management Coordinator will play a critical role in delivering ExED’s data management and data reporting services by processing and submitting required reports tied to vital funding for your portfolio of schools. A detail-oriented highly organized professional who is passionate about public education reform is the ideal candidate to join the Data Management Team (DMT) at ExED.
The position offers an opportunity to work directly with respected leaders and school site staff in public education and focus on high-impact issues related to school data and school funding at an early stage in your career. We are especially excited about candidates that have experience on a school site and in customer service.
Primary Responsibilities
This position has an evolving range of responsibilities with opportunities for advancement based on demonstrated success. Under the supervision of an ExED DMT Manager, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Communicate effectively and partner closely with school leaders and staff
Manage a portfolio of partner schools in a collaborative team environment
Respond to troubleshooting and thought-partnering requests from schools quickly, asking questions to understand goals and issues to ensure that the most effective information is provided
Work collaboratively with internal staff to ensure the continued growth and effectiveness of ExED’s support to schools by contributing creative ideas to capture internal knowledge and improve internal processes
Utilize problem‐solving and critical thinking to ensure successful data reporting
Access, review, calculate and prepare studentattendance, nutrition, and other mandatedreports to secure available funding forschools
Identify issues in student information systems, develop recommendations, and present findings to schools to strengthen schoolstaff capacity for school data,attendance, and nutritionreporting processes
Preferred Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree preferred
One or more years of high-volume data entry experience or database management
Student Information Systemexperience (PowerSchool, Aeries,Illuminate ISI, SchoolPathways, SEIS, SIRAS, Welligent, etc.) is a plus
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft products and the Google environment
Critical thinking and strong researchskills, including the ability to accurately link cause and effect with incredible attention to detail
Initiative and perseverance in the face of challenges and a strong desire to do whateverit takes to improve and develop
Organizational ability including planning, managing, multi-tasking, and prioritizing responsibilities effectively while working independently
Team player, self-starter, and excellent interpersonal skills to motivateothers
Interest in education reform and service in support of school site staff with the end goal of ensuring our public school students are provided excellenteducational opportunities
Experience with CALPADS,CNIPS, customer service,teacher credential analysis, and/or school site experience is a plus
Skills and Characteristics
Organized
Detail-oriented
Critical thinker
Mission-driven
Ability to manage,retain and monitorinformation from multipleand varying sources
Able and eager to simplify complex requirements for the intended audience
Problem solver individually and with ateam
Curiosity for continuous learning toward a comprehensive understanding of requirements and schools needs to maximize the benefit to the school
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation is commensurate with experience, please be sure to submit your salary expectation.
Salary range for the Data Management Coordinator role is $53,000 - $67,000.
Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, and a 403(b)retirement package and generous vacation, sick, and holiday allocation.
To Apply
Please submit your resume, cover letter, and salary expectations via our online application system.
ExED is an equal opportunity employer.
ExED will only consider candidates from the Southern CA area.
About Excellent Education Development (ExED)
ExED is advancing public education in California by providing quality charter schools with sound business solutions so school leaders can focus on their central mission: educating students.