Director of Research and Data Management
Position Description
(Full-time)
Position Summary
The Achieve Brown County (ABC) Director of Research and Data Management facilitates the
translation of data into community action. The Director of Research and Data Management is
responsible for the planning, gathering, analysis, reporting, and deployment for the effort's
overall data needs and data infrastructure. ABC provides a common framework for working
together, across sectors, to measurably improve the safety, health, and education of children
from birth into their careers.
Key Responsibilities
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Participate fully as a core team member in all aspects of effort
Facilitate the translation of data into community action
Develop and implement an evolving plan to track the effort’s progress along six
community-level outcome areas
Negotiate, develop and maintain data sharing agreements with partner institutions
Facilitate key relationships, in partnership with the Executive Director, to effectively
steward over a persistent data infrastructure.
Work with staff and partner organizations to deploy topical data which supports an
iterative continuous improvement model
Develops data collection methodologies, including format design, project criteria and
requirements, data compilation, relevancy and usage
Performs and documents procedures for data preparation including data cleaning,
standardization and analysis
Understands and ensures privacy law and standards are upheld
Identify and prepare data content, including charts, graphs and narratives for group
seminars, education forums and public communications and presentations
Establish and staff relevant data-focused work groups
Manage and coordinate all data-related consultant/vendor work
Partner with existing resources, agencies and partners to develop a useable resource
for topical, longitudinal research
VISION: Brown County is a collaborative, thriving, inclusive community.
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Trains and educates reporting agencies on data collection tools and equipment, as
needed
Establishes data quality standards and works with reporting agencies to ensure
standards are met
Other duties as assigned
Requirements
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Strong familiarity with database systems, analysis tools and data visualizations
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and analytical software such as SPSS and/or SAS
Strong written and oral communication skills to clearly communicate technical
information to a wide variety of audiences
Manage conflict, mediate, and maintain effective working relationships with community
partners
Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex tasks and objectives concurrently
with tight deadlines
Extremely high attention to detail
Educational and Experience Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred), and at least three years’ experience in Data
Analysis/Management; Statistics; Public Health (Epidemiology/Biostatistics); Epidemiology;
Information Sciences or another data-focused field. Experience deploying data for continuous
improvement preferred. Strong experience with complex project management is preferred.
Strong working knowledge of education data and experience helping practitioners use data to
improve performance is ideal.
Relationships: Reports to the Executive Director
VISION: Brown County is a collaborative, thriving, inclusive community.