Senior Data Analyst

Austin, TX - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 85000 - 85000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who We Are
For more than 35 years El Buen Samaritano has been a trusted community resource for Latino immigrant families and other underserved communities in Central Texas. Through food access health literacy and education programs El Buen serves more than 30000 individuals annually. The organization is recognized as both a direct service provider and systems leader working collaboratively across sectors to build equitable pathways to health education and economic stability.
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Job Description
El Buen seeks a Senior Data Analyst to serve as a strategic and technical leader who advances El Buens organizational data strategy and drives measurable impact through equity-informed analytics and evaluation frameworks. The position ensures the accuracy integrity and accessibility of El Buens data systems transforming evidence into insight that guides strategy improves outcomes and amplifies community voice.

Purpose
As a key member of the Strategy Innovation and Impact team the Senior Data Analyst strengthens analytic infrastructure builds staff capacity and cultivates a culture of learning and accountability across the organization. The role delivers strategic insights and data-driven recommendations to leadership and program teams ensuring that El Buens decisions are informed by evidence and aligned with community priorities.

While innovation remains central to this role it is pursued in service of impact advancing ethical data practices developing new analytic tools and improving systems that increase El Buens reach efficiency and equity outcomes. The Senior Data Analyst upholds the highest standards of data ethics and representation ensuring that all analytic work honors the dignity voice and lived experience of the communities El Buen serves.

This is a full-time exempt position based at El Buen headquarters generally Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The role requires flexibility to work occasional evenings weekends and special events as needed. Following a three-month probationary period employees are eligible to work one day per week remotely or up to two days per week if commuting from a location more than one hour from the office. Employees are expected to attend all staff training professional development activities and in-person organizational events.

What You Will be Doing:
Scope

Lead data analytics and evaluation efforts across multiple and diverse program areas encompassing health education workforce essential needs (food access financial assistance) and other social services.
Provide data and analytic leadership and capacity-building support to staff members across departments through training collaboration and reporting.
Represent El Buen in funder partner academic and regional collaboratives contributing thought leadership in equitable data practices evaluation design and systems alignment.

Essential Functions
Data Strategy Management & Reporting (35%)

Lead the collection validation and integration of data across programs and systems (e.g. Salesforce Apricot Power BI) to ensure accuracy transparency and cross-organizational alignment.
Contribute to the development and execution of El Buens data strategy ensuring analytics directly support strategic goals funding priorities and systems-change initiatives.
Design and maintain enterprise-level dashboards and reports that monitor outcomes equity indicators and organizational performance.
Implement and oversee data governance standards including documentation access protocols and data dictionaries to promote consistency and compliance.
Produce regular and ad hoc analyses and reports for executive leadership funders and community partners that inform decisions and demonstrate impact.

Analysis Insight Generation & Evaluation (30%)

Conduct advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate program outcomes population-level trends and equity impacts.
Apply mixed-methods and community-informed approaches to ensure data interpretation reflects participant experiences and community voice.
Translate findings into clear actionable insights that guide program design funding strategy and policy.
Develop and manage equity dashboards to track disparities progress and systemic outcomes.
Lead or co-develop logic models evaluation frameworks and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that align with organizational goals.
Provide evidence and data visualization for proposals funder reports and leadership presentations.

Collaboration Capacity Building & Partnership (25%)

Serve as a strategic data partner to the Chief of Strategy Innovation and Impact (CISI) Chief Executive Officer program leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure consistency of metrics and evaluation.
Lead training coaching and capacity-building initiatives that enhance staff data literacy dashboard use and understanding of outcome measurement.
Collaborate with academic public sector and community partners on joint data and evaluation projects ensuring equitable and ethical data sharing.
Represent El Buen at data collaboratives regional evaluation forums and systems-change initiatives positioning the organization as a leader in equitable data use.

Systems Innovation & Knowledge Sharing (10%)

Drive continuous improvement in data workflows automation and visualization to increase efficiency and accessibility across the organization.
Evaluate and recommend technologies data tools or research methods to enhance analytic capacity.
Maintain awareness of emerging trends in data equity participatory evaluation and nonprofit analytics and share learnings to inform internal practice.
Anticipates organizational-level data challenges and develops innovative sustainable solutions that support El Buens strategic goals.
Implement innovative ethical and culturally grounded data governance frameworks.

Other (5%)

Participate in cross-departmental initiatives strategic planning and organizational committees.
Support El Buens emergency response efforts by ensuring rapid deployment of data collection and reporting systems when community crises arise.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:
QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
At El Buen Samaritano data are people data is a tool for justice learning and community empowerment. The Senior Data Analyst serves as a key organizational leader in transforming data into insight action and equity-centered storytelling. This role ensures that our evaluation systems reflect the lived experience of the communities we serve strengthen accountability and advance system-level impact across health education and economic mobility.
Education & Experience

Bachelors degree in Data Science Statistics Public Policy Social Sciences or a related field required; Masters degree preferred.
Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in data analysis performance measurement or evaluation ideally in a nonprofit education or public health setting.
Proven record of developing and maintaining dashboards conducting advanced quantitative and qualitative analysis and presenting findings to inform executive and programmatic decisions.
Strong proficiency in SQL and one or more analytical or visualization tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau Python or R).
Experience managing or integrating data across Salesforce Apricot or other case management and reporting platforms.
Demonstrated experience leading data governance data literacy or evaluation capacity-building initiatives within a mission-driven organization.

Skills & Abilities

Mastery in data cleaning management and statistical analysis; able to synthesize complex data from multiple systems into actionable insights.
Exceptional ability to communicate technical information and findings through equity-centered data storytelling making insights accessible to diverse audiences including staff funders and community partners.
Deep understanding of program evaluation design including logic models mixed methods approaches and continuous learning frameworks.
Advanced proficiency in building data infrastructure and automated reporting systems to improve organizational efficiency and impact tracking.
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines independently.
Commitment to equity inclusion and ethical data ensuring that data systems reflect community voice protect privacy and promote transparency.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and mentor staff in data literacy and evaluation practice.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree in Data Science Public Policy Evaluation or a related social science field.
Seven (7) or more years of progressively responsible experience in data strategy evaluation or applied research preferably within a nonprofit education health or social impact context.
Experience leading community-based or participatory evaluation initiatives that integrate community voice into data collection interpretation and reporting.
Demonstrated expertise in equity and systems-change evaluation including development of indicators that measure structural and community-level outcomes.
Advanced proficiency in statistical or programming languages such as Python R or STATA for advanced modeling and predictive analytics.
Proven ability to design and implement data governance frameworks including policies for privacy ethics and data-sharing across partners.
Experience developing equity dashboards or population-level data visualizations that communicate trends and disparities to broad audiences.
Strong understanding of social determinants of health and their application in program evaluation and policy analysis.
Bilingual and biliterate in English and Spanish with the ability to communicate data insights to culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Familiarity with funder reporting systems academic collaborations or data-sharing agreements across multi-agency initiatives.

What We Can Offer You for All Your Hard Work:

Medical/Dental/Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts
A 403(b)-retirement plan is offered for which you will be immediately eligible.
- El Buen will match employee contributions dollar for dollar up to 4%
- El Buen will make a retirement contribution of 5% of earnings (must enroll)
Employer paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Professional Development Opportunities
Time Off Including
- 8 paid holidays are observed each year plus Thanksgiving Week Winter Break in December (up to 10 days) through New Years Day
- You will accrue a total of 80 hours annual vacation time
- You will accrue 1 day of sick leave per month of service (12 days per year)

Safeguarding certification is required to work as an employee at El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission (El Buen) an institution of the Diocese of Texas. The steps in this process help to protect the individuals who are employees; the children youth or adults with whom you work and the institution (El Buen) where you work. Our goal is to make El Buen a safe place where each person is treated with care and respect.
Criminal background check will be conducted on all final candidates.

The qualifications and physical demands listed above are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made in accordance with the ADA to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Job Type: Full-time
Annual Salary $85000.00

Please no phone calls unsolicited emails or recruiters.

Required Experience:

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Who We AreFor more than 35 years El Buen Samaritano has been a trusted community resource for Latino immigrant families and other underserved communities in Central Texas. Through food access health literacy and education programs El Buen serves more than 30000 individuals annually. The organization...

Lead data analytics and evaluation efforts across multiple and diverse program areas encompassing health education workforce essential needs (food access financial assistance) and other social services.
Provide data and analytic leadership and capacity-building support to staff members across departments through training collaboration and reporting.
Represent El Buen in funder partner academic and regional collaboratives contributing thought leadership in equitable data practices evaluation design and systems alignment.