Analyst – Partnerships & Research

Analyst – Partnerships & Research

Flexible location

TNTP seeks a full-time Analyst for our Partnerships & Research Department. This position will be based from a home office anywhere in the U.S and will require up to 20% travel. This role is available immediately.

Public Affairs Group and Partnerships & Research Department

The Public Affairs Group is responsible for sharing TNTP's ideas and innovations in a clear and compelling way to both external and internal audiences, working to establish TNTP as the nation's most influential voice on teacher policy.

Working closely with senior leadership of TNTP, the Partnerships & Research Department is responsible for ensuring the organization meets its annual revenue goals. In particular, this department supports our program staff and leadership team by developing resources and marshaling evidence to further our mission of improving student achievement through a focus on policies and practices that increase teacher effectiveness.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Analyst will be responsible for managing external studies of TNTP's programs and services, supporting TNTP's internal organization-wide research agenda, and advising TNTP staff on research and analysis issues. Through this work, the Analyst has the opportunity to profoundly affect the direction and outcomes of the organization.

Specifically the Analyst will:

• Manage and consult on the design, data collection, and analysis of internal research projects in support of the Public Affairs Group agenda
• Launch new projects and ensure existing projects remain on schedule and within budget
• Facilitate communication between researchers, vendors and site staff and/or clients
• Disseminate easily digestible and highly accessible formative and summative research findings within the organization and externally as appropriate
• Administer & analyze key data sources that benchmark performance and spur Human Capital action towards improved organizational outcomes
• Review publications and advise leadership and individual project teams on relevant research findings and cutting-edge research methods or standards
• Facilitate TNTP's internal research advisory group
• Support TNTP staff in finding data, creating presentations, identifying models of best practice, and creating publications for open distribution
• Generate insightful and/or innovative ways of using and presenting data that advance our work and goals

Qualifications

We are seeking candidates who believe deeply in our organization's mission, who thrive in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment, and who demonstrate a record of achievement. Successful candidates will be driven by a vision of reform that positions schools to support student achievement and must be capable of translating that vision into practical steps.

To achieve this, the successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Familiarity with complex research design methods and understanding of district data sets
• The ability to design innovative techniques for working with imperfect data sets and translate outputs of self-directed data analysis into easily digestible, insightful, and high-level findings for both policy and practical applications
• Expertise conducting statistical analyses, including correlations and regressions
• Experience with survey design and administration
• Ability to manage work across multiple projects and teams
• Expertise with SPSS, Microsoft Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong client management and relationship building skills
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently, especially under deadline pressure
• Flexibility and comfort with ambiguity
• Master's degree, including statistics coursework (strongly preferred)

Compensation
The annual salary for this position is $60,000 or commensurate with experience in a similar position, with the potential for a performance based bonus.

TNTP offers a motivated team of dynamic colleagues, a collegial atmosphere that values professional development and valuable feedback, a comprehensive benefits plan effective on the first day of employment – including low cost medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, a 403(b) plan with matching, potential opportunities for performance based bonuses – as well as the chance to influence the direction of a growing, mission-driven organization that is committed to the success of our nation's children. For more information on TNTP's competitive benefits package, please visit http://tntp.org/join/our-benefits/.

To Apply

Please submit your resume and tailored cover letter online at: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=THENEWTEACHERPROJECT&cws=1&rid=1371

We review applications on a rolling basis – so it is to your advantage to apply as soon as possible. We will not consider applications without a cover letter tailored to this position, which can be addressed to the Human Capital department. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of a background check. TNTP is committed to fostering and capitalizing on the diversity of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and seek individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply to this position.

TNTP strives to end the injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. A national nonprofit organization founded by teachers, TNTP is driven by the knowledge that effective teachers have a greater impact on student achievement than any other school factor. In response, TNTP develops customized programs and policy interventions that enable education leaders to find, develop and keep great teachers. Since its inception in 1997, TNTP has recruited or trained approximately 49,000 teachers - mainly through its highly selective Teaching Fellows programs - benefiting an estimated 8 million students. TNTP has also released a series of acclaimed studies of the policies and practices that affect the quality of the nation's teacher workforce, including The Widget Effect (2009), Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (2010) and The Irreplaceables (2012). Today TNTP is active in more than 25 cities, including 10 of the nation's 15 largest. For more information, please visit www.tntp.org.