Research & Evaluation Analyst

Position Overview:
The Research & Evaluation Analyst provides data analysis, reporting, and research support to strengthen program outcomes, compliance, and organizational learning. This role ensures timely, accurate, and audit-ready deliverables while supporting survey administration, grant reporting, and district analyses. Operating as part of the R&E Shared Services team, the Analyst helps IYT maintain a strong data-use culture, build partner trust, and enable continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:
1) Organizational Research & Evaluation

• Support survey campaigns (staff, student, partner, alumni) by updating surveys and administration guides, monitoring survey launch and administration, conduction of preliminary analysis, and sharing lessons learned through reports/presentations.

• Conduct descriptive and statistical analyses of program and academic data; data visualizations, and narratives.

• Contribute to Quarterly, Mid-Year, End-of-Year, internal and external reports, ensuring at least 98% accuracy (accuracy based upon data provided).

• Collect and analyze comparative data from non-IYT students and districts for benchmarking.

• Assist with focus groups, pilot evaluations, and district presentations.

2) Strategic Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Support FY 25/26 R&E strategic projects (eNPS tool, focus groups, pilot and auxiliary program evaluations, suspension/attendance analyses expansion study, enhanced reporting tools).

• Document lessons learned from campaigns and analyses to improve workflows.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of dashboards, templates, and survey tools.

• Participate in workshops/conferences in conjunction with partners.

3) Shared Services Delivery (Cross-Functional)

• Uphold service line agreements: at least 95% of deadlines met; requests acknowledged within 1 business day, ETAs in 2 days.

• Maintain visible intake/status tracking for analyses and data requests.

• Collaborate with Data & IT, College Access & Completion, and Development to align analyses and data requests.

4) Data Systems, Privacy & Dashboards

• Maintain and update datasets used to generate R&E reports.

• Support data audits to verify data validity and accuracy.

• Ensure compliance with privacy/security standards in all data collection and reporting.

5) Regional Goals Enablement

• Support regional teams in tracking and achieving FY 25/26 goals: dosage, attendance, retention, SEL, D/F reduction, graduation, college-going, persistence, and transfer.

• Provide site-level data and insights that enable program improvements.

• Deliver training support (e.g., data literacy, survey administration) in collaboration with the Director.

Additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

IYT benefit offerings are as follows:

• Medical 
• Dental
• Vision
• Life AD&D (with additional voluntary options)
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• 403(b) retirement plan with 3% employer match after one year of employment. 
• 2 weeks of accrued paid vacation
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Additional paid time off during selected school breaks (about 3 weeks in total)

Requirements 
Days & Hours:    

• Monday to Friday, 8:30-5:00 pm. Occasional weekends and evenings

Work Environment:    

• This position works out of the HQ office in Sacramento

Travel Frequency:    

• Travel is required for organizational wide events and trainings

Physical Requirements:    

• This role is in a stationary position 85% or more of the time

Must Haves

• Believe in the mission, vision, and values of IYT
• Ability to self-motivate to achieve results.  
• A multi-tasker with a solid ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and produce quality results. 
• Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• Knowledge of program evaluation methods, survey tools, and education datasets.
• Strong organizational, project management, and professional communication skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree (in a related field) from an accredited university
• Minimum 3 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting.
• Experience with survey design, administration, and quality control procedures.
• Formal program evaluation training preferred.

Computer Skills

• High proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive), and Zoom for virtual collaboration.
• Strong proficiency emphasis in Microsoft Excel, Salesforce, and statistical software (SPSS/Stata/R).

Salary : $70,304 - $85,000