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OSPM Data Analyst/Report Technical Writer

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Job Code : 2023-MY3TECH0110

OSPM Data Analyst/Report Technical Writer

Austin, TX 78701 (Remote within US)

4 months Contract with possibility to extension

The data analyst/report technical writer performs highly advanced work related to special education and special populations data collection and reporting activities and projects.

Essential functions:

  • Develops and writes data documentation, analytical requirements, business rules, workflows, and data calendar/timelines for existing and new data projects using simple, clear, unambiguous, and concise language
  • Oversees the planning, design, scope, structure, creation, analysis, and maintenance of SAS programs, datasets, data reporting systems, and reports
  • Develops and manages extensive quality assurance and quality control checks of SAS programs and workflows to improve existing programs and processes including comprehensive documentation
  • Plans, studies, researches, and evaluates current information and data systems and recommends changes as needed

Candidate Skills and Qualifications:

YearsRequired/PreferredExperience
4RequiredExperience with SAS programming or similar statistical programming language
3RequiredEducation: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university
3RequiredExperience working with administrative data
3RequiredExperience developing technical documentation
3RequiredExperience with MS Office suite, especially Word and Excel
2PreferredExperience working with education data

Other Special Requirements:

  • Excellent communication skills with ability to express ideas clearly verbally and in writing
  • Strong attention to detail
  • A desire to self-reflect, give/receive feedback, and continuously improve
  • Detail-oriented and efficient work habits
  • Effective at time management, setting priorities, and handling changing priorities in a positive and patient manner
  • Organizational skills, to work with the vast array of information gathered and to cope with rapidly changing information
  • Writing skills, to communicate information effectively to users, customers, managers, and technical staff
  • Analytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a more general understanding, distinguish presented user
  • requests from the underlying true needs, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements
  • Multi-tasking skills to handle a large body of projects simultaneously and to manage varying levels of work intensity
  • Ability to understand, analyze, and create technical documentation
  • Experience assimilating inputs from many different sources and present a concise synthesis

Education

Any Graduate