Analyst, Business Intelligence

OFFICE OF OPERATIONS
Traditional 235 work days per year
FTE: 1.0
Salary Range: $83,366 - $102,108
Essential Functions and Objectives:
Supports the design of DPS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE applications and architecture. Assists on projects with other business and senior IT management to understand and prioritize data and information requirements. Optimizes the performance of BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE tools by defining data to filter and index to focus on the client's immediate need. Contributes to the design, user requirements, documentation and strategic implementation of systems to be used by the teachers, principals, and staff of Denver Public Schools.
- Document business and technical requirements by collaborating with teachers, principals, and academic staff who will be users of the system.
- Capture requirements in a succinct, precise manner to identify attainable project deliverables and to provide actionable, analytical reporting requirements.
- Elicit/detect and translate critical needs of stakeholders into meaningful business and technical requirements.
- Coach prospective and actual system users into visioning the system; quantify and document business process optimization opportunities and overall value.
- Develop data/information quality metrics and create testing methodology and criteria. - Transform business and technical requirements into meaningful and repeatable metrics/KPIs, reporting models, and process enhancements.
- Design and coordinate a curriculum for coaching and training clients in the use of BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE tools to enhance business decision-making capability.
- Function as a Business/IT liaison working closely with all levels of key academic officers and school based clients on key, strategic, tactical, and operational initiatives enterprise-wide.
- Develop standards, policies and procedures for the form, structure and attributes of the BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE tools and systems.
- Help balance interests of Academics, Business & IT and prioritize tasks accordingly.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:
- Five (5) or more years of experience with large and complex database management systems, business analysis tools and systems.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Effective time management and organizational skills.
- Effective communication skills.
- Work collaboratively with others on a team.
- High degree of integrity in handling confidential information.
- Aptitude for variety and changing expectations and a fast-paced environment.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office/Google products including Word, Excel, Outlook, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides.
- Effectively handle multiple demands and competing deadlines.
- The ability to take responsibility for one's own performance.
- Ability to work in a multi-ethnic and multicultural environment with district and school leaders, faculty, staff and students
- Knowledge of the latest versions of BI software, techniques, and practices.
- Research and share new ideas in BI and Enterprise Reporting Strategies.
- Knowledge of dashboard, portal concepts and best practices.
- Ability to develop preliminary ad hoc queries, standard reports, & graphs via a suite of applications and tools: e.g., ProClarity, MS SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services 2005, TM1, Cognos Impromptu, MS Excel 07, and various statistical packages.
- Ability to research current technology and develop District scenarios to justify proposed upgrades to DPS systems.
- Ability to converse in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to discuss issues at a technical or non-technical level, depending on the audience.
- Ability to work effectively with staff at all levels, in all departments.
- Ability to contribute to a positive and cohesive DoTS team.
- Ability to read and interpret relevant manuals and information and to understand and troubleshoot a variety of programming techniques.
- Ability to interpret, adapt and occasionally deviate from established practices and procedures for new situations and problems.
- Ability to work independently, make decisions and complete assignments.
- Ability to plan, prioritize and organize project work, at times with interruptions.
Education Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Other Information:
The mission of the DPS Department of Technology Services (DoTS) is to be a proactive partner enabling the success of every child. We support the students, families, and staff of Denver Public Schools by providing the infrastructure, tools, data, and support to enable effective educators and efficient operations. Our leading-edge technology work includes delivering custom portals for our students, parents, teachers, and administrators, managing one of the largest networks in the state of Colorado, providing unparalleled levels of customer support, finding new ways to get technology in the hands of our students, and much more. We believe that technology is a positive, enabling force for parent engagement, student engagement, educator effectiveness, operational efficiency, student safety, and student achievement. By joining us, you too will be enabling the success of every child!
Additional Information:
- Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1129
- Benefits (including DPS contributions): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1397
- Compensation Structures: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/244
- Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools
About Denver Public Schools:
Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.
DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.
Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.