Senior Data Analyst Child Welfare
Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Job Family:
Data Science Consulting
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
We are seeking a Data Analyst with strong child welfare domain expertise to support a state agency modernization effort. This role focuses on working directly with agency stakeholders to translate program needs into data-driven insights scalable reporting and actionable dashboards.
You will play a central role in strengthening how the agency uses data to support program oversight decision-making and service delivery for children and families. This role offers the opportunity to shape how a state agency uses data to support critical decisions impacting children and families while building scalable reporting and analytics capabilities that will have lasting impact.
What You Will Do:
- Partner with agency stakeholders to gather requirements and define analytics and reporting needs
- Assess and prepare data from multiple systems for analytics and reporting use cases
- Design and develop operational and decision-support dashboards that drive action
- Translate program workflows and policy into clear metrics KPIs and reporting logic
- Build and publish user-centered data products that are accessible and meaningful to business users
- Advise stakeholders on opportunities to expand the role and impact of data across the agency
- Collaborate across program policy and technical teams to align reporting with business priorities
What You Will Need:
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university
- Based on our contractual obligations candidate must be located within the United States and US Citizen
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal public trust
- Prior experience in child welfare human services or related social programs (state agency consulting or nonprofit)
- Minimum 3 years of experience in data analytics business intelligence or reporting
- Proven experience developing dashboards (preferred: Power BI)
- Experience with SQL and Python
- Ability to prepare and execute data pipelines and integrations
- Strong experience preparing transforming and structuring data for reporting and analytics
- Experience with structured and unstructured data
- Experience working directly with stakeholders to gather requirements and design user-centered data products
- Ability to translate business needs into actionable insights and visualization
- Preference will be given to candidates living in and around Austin TX Atlanta GA and Baton Rouge LA
What Would Be Nice To Have:
- Experience supporting state or county child welfare agencies
- Familiarity with CCWIS or large human services system environments
- Experience working across multiple data sources or legacy systems
- Exposure to data governance metric standardization or reporting strategy efforts
- Experience building executive-level dashboards or performance reporting
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
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