[Hiring] Senior Education and Child Welfare Data Management and Visualization Specialist @ICF

Role Description

ICF seeks an on-call Senior Education and Child Welfare Data Management and Visualization Specialist to work within our Child and Family Well-Being (CFWB) Line of Business. This position specializes in Power BI and Tableau, connecting varied data sets to inform programmatic insights, data storytelling, and using data to help our clients understand progress towards achieving their goals. The Senior Education and Child Welfare Data Management and Visualization Specialist will apply academic knowledge and work experience to support education and child welfare evaluation and continuous quality improvement (CQI) on research and technical assistance projects in a state.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the collection, management, and analysis of data to inform program insights and improve data accessibility for users.
• Develop dashboards, reports, infographics, and data-driven stories.
• Collect data through surveys, focus groups, and interviews.
• Carry out essential administrative data-management tasks.
• Help build the skills of data analysts by providing guidance on Power BI, data visualization best practices, and approaches for generating meaningful insights aligned with project needs.
• Support, design, and build interactive and static dashboards, reports, and data visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, and/or Excel.
• Support quality assurance tasks, building data infrastructure, data management and analysis, and data cleaning and quality control processes.
• Design data-driven storytelling using data visualization techniques and best practices.
• Maintain and rapidly produce regular reporting deliverables and user-friendly reports/presentations and infographics for a variety of audiences.
• Partner with teams to define key performance indicators, business intelligence, and data reporting requirements.
• Support and mentor data staff across multiple projects in building skills in Power BI, Tableau, and other data management and visualization tools.
• Conduct basic descriptive analyses of data to generate reports and data visuals of program activities, outputs/deliverables, and outcomes.
• Conduct occasional observations or visits to locations nationwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, education, sociology, social work, psychology, justice, or other social science related subject.
• 4+ years of experience conducting qualitative and/or quantitative data collection or management, research analysis, or evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience in using software such as Power BI, Tableau, and Power Query is required.
• Demonstrated experience in data visualization and data storytelling techniques and principles is required.
• Demonstrated experience in producing high-quality, professional visualizations, presentations, products, and/or resources is required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in data science, education, sociology, social work, psychology, justice, or other social science related subject (preferred).
• Program certificate, coursework, or training in data visualization or data storytelling (preferred).
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Experience working independently to develop innovative solutions to client data interests and challenges.
• Foundational knowledge of SQL for querying and validating data.
• Experience sharing knowledge and building data management or visualization skills of colleagues.
• Prior professional work experience in a consulting environment.

Professional Skills

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of project tasks and follow through on commitments.
• Strong interest and/or experience in areas such as early education; K–12 and higher‑education research and evaluation; refugee, immigrant, and asylee services; child welfare; capacity building; technical assistance; mental and behavioral health; implementation science; and continuous quality improvement (CQI).
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
• Effective team builder and team player with the ability to navigate competing priorities, perspectives, and stakeholder needs.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including experience developing and delivering presentations and technical writing.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $74,090.00 - $125,954.00.