Data Analyst

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Overview

At Larimer County Human Services, we strive to provide responsive, timely services to our community so individuals and families are healthy, supported and safe. We are seeking a Data Analyst to join our team in support of this mission. You will work across all Human Services divisions to extract insight from data to help us improve business and program outcomes. You will work closely with departmental subject matter experts and other stakeholders to identify data and reporting needs, as well as opportunities to bring data into strategic decision-making. You will leverage your technical skills to combine and analyze complex datasets, write reports, identify trends, manage data quality and integrity, and produce data-centric deliverables and visualizations designed to provide business intelligence insights to Larimer County Human Services.

We would love to hear from you if you are excited about using data to derive insights that can improve the operations of Larimer County Human Services, and thus the positive outcomes we produce for our clients. You have a background in data analytics; you may also have a background in human services or local government. Ultimately, you have excellent analytical and technical skills, including the ability to quickly and accurately wrangle, analyze and interpret data, identify and define data integrity issues, and make recommendations for resolution.

This position will work remotely for a portion of work hours. To work remotely, qualified candidates must have access to reliable and stable internet.

Responsibilities

Specifically this position:

• Manages data collection, analysis, visualization, and communication of data insights to support organizational decision making and improve business and program outcomes.
• Works with individual units to identify new data-related needs or opportunities to bring data into strategic decision-making. When needed, provides training and support to stakeholders to ensure they are able to use existing data reporting tools and that their needs are being met.
• Works with stakeholders to define outcome measures and performance indicators, and provides clear, accurate, and timely data to stakeholders across Larimer County.
• Prepares data for analytic efforts by extracting, integrating and consolidating data; ensuring data quality and accuracy; profiling data inaccuracies and recommending process improvements or system changes to enhance the overall quality of the data; collaborating with stakeholders and source system owners to resolve data quality issues as appropriate; and cleaning and creating final dataset for analysis.
• Develops, enhances, and maintains reports and visualizations using BI tools such as Tableau and Crystal Reports.
• Develops complex SQL queries and stored procedures for data analysis, quality control and data integrity, and reporting datasets.

To view the full job description, visit https://www.larimer.org/hr/careers/job-descriptions.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have an interest in human services, including state and local policies.
• Have the ability to see the big picture of how data analytics contributes to the agency's strategic decision-making.
• Be skilled in presenting analytical findings in an engaging and easily digestible way.
• Have the ability to see the big picture of how data analytics contributes to the agency's strategic decision-making.
• Be able to work independently while welcoming feedback and assistance from different subject matter experts.
• Be able to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Have Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other County employees, representatives of other agencies and organizations, and members of the community.
• Have strong experience in designing and executing data collection, extraction, and analysis methodologies in support of the organization's strategic/ business decision-making processes.
• Be highly organized and able to ensure requests for data analyses are met in a timely, accurate and consistent manner.
• Have knowledge of and experience using data analysis and visualization tools and programming languages such as SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Business Objects.
• Have knowledge of and experience with Databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA, or similar.
• Have experience building and maintaining ETL scripts (e.g. SSIS packages).
• Have a commitment to public service and an interest in serving the Larimer County community.
• Have familiarity with human services policies and workflows in child welfare, aging and adult services, and/or public benefits.
• Have familiarity with state data systems for child welfare, aging and adult services, and/or public benefits, such as TRAILS.
• Work well independently and in a team setting.
• Have strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

All candidates will be screened for the following required minimum qualifications. Any candidate who does not meet all of the qualifications listed as required will be eliminated from the process.

• Three (3) years' experience in a directly related field or in the performance of similar duties and responsibilities required.
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field** required.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Driver's License required.

**Human services or a similar degree would be considered a related field.

Benefits

For all temporary positions, sick leave and our Employee Assistance Program are available and other benefits may be available.

Larimer County offers the following for all Regular/Limited Term positions:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits.

• Flexible Spending Accounts / Health Savings Account

• Short and Long Term Disability.

• Employee Assistance Program

• Basic Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment

• Accident Insurance

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Retirement Plan 401(a) with employer match.

• 457(b) Deferred Compensation.

• Paid time off including vacation, sick and holidays.

To view information on Larimer County's Benefits, visit https://www.larimer.org/hr/benefits.

Supplemental Information

Assessment testing will be administered.

An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check. As marijuana is an illegal substance under federal law, testing positive for marijuana (medical or otherwise) or any other substance for which the county tests, will result in the contingent offer of employment being revoked. A successful completion of the drug screen is defined as obtaining a negative result.

All application components must be submitted by 11:59 PM MT on the closing date listed.

Larimer County is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and prohibits discrimination and harassment in all employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law or regulation.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $37.04 - $51.86 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• Yes

Work Location: One location