Assistant Director of Data Visualization & Analysis

NOLA Public Schools Vision

The vision of the NOLA Public Schools is that every student receives a high-quality education that fosters their individual capabilities, while ensuring that they thrive, achieve physical and mental wellness, and are prepared for civic, social, and economic success. 

• Support the development of a suite of analytic tools built primarily in R, Excel, Power BI, and Shiny; 
• Develop new analytic tools and front-end visualizations for a wide variety of audiences; 
• Support enrollment operations team on complex reporting and data analysis needs, including Flows and Reports in Salesforce; 
• Develop and continually improve application cycle demand reports to better inform school planning decisions; 
• Maintain and improve automated test suite to validate lottery output files and support vendors on implementing more robust long-term solutions; 
• Support end users, including school staff, in utilizing all developed tools; 
• Lead efforts to prepare student demographics data utilized in the District’s differentiated funding model; 
• Develop dashboards to support strategic communications from the school district to families; 
• Prepare ad-hoc analyses and visualizations of system and school data as requested by internal and external stakeholders, including presentations for School Board members; 
• Serve as a liaison for submitting and reviewing state data requests for custom files; 
• Utilize open-source GIS software or scripting to develop maps and files as needed. 
• Communicate with external development team about system enhancements; and  
• Create technical documentation for new and existing system functionality. 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5 years of experience in a related role.

Salary Offers

Our salary offers reflect a commitment to equity and transparency. Each offer is determined by education, years of experience, and alignment with compensation across similar roles within the district.

Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and the work environment of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.   

- Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the workday; 

- Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 30 pounds rarely; 

- Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals) rarely; 

- Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely; 

- Normal setting for this job is an office/school setting.     

Performance Evaluation

The employee will be evaluated based on the above position using either two methods: via COMPASS or a NOLA-PS evaluating instrument. If the employee holds an Educational Leadership certification, he/she will be evaluated via COMPASS to ensure renewal of certification.

EEOC Statement

NOLA Public Schools is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

Salary : $60,400 - $89,485