Data Scientist

Executive Service

DATA SCIENTIST

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration,

Office of Evidence and Impact

Nashville, TN

Salary Range: $ 9,617.00 - $ 12,530.00 monthly

Closing Date: 03/25/2024

Who we are and what we do:

The State of Tennessee has placed a greater focus on ensuring it invests in what works to better serve citizens across the state. The state has created the Office of Evidence and Impact (OEI) to lead these conversations.

The mission of our office is to foster a culture of data and evidence-based policymaking and budgeting that pursues the best outcomes for Tennesseans. We are able to do this by building a better understanding of what the state is investing in, the type of evidence associated with those investments, and the ways in which the state can enhance its data systems to speak to program implementation and outcomes.

How you make a difference in this role:

The DATA SCIENTIST will engage stakeholders from different agencies, the governor's office, and Strategic Technology Solutions to solve high-priority policy challenges via TN DATA, the state's enterprise data analytics solution.

Key Responsibilities:

Below is a list of responsibilities that, while not comprehensive, provides an overview of the duties of the Data Scientist within the Office of Evidence and Impact:

• Conducts complex programmatic analysis that identifies opportunities for improving the coordination, implementation, and impact of state programs using advanced statistical methods and tools.
• Presents information using data visualization techniques, including directly building dashboards, reports, or other tools for OEI and partner agency staff and policy decision-makers as requested, or defining the requirements for Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) staff or other OEI team members to build such tools.
• Assists STS with generating and maintaining standard queries and reports for use by partner agency staff and external researchers, and automizing such tasks when possible and appropriate.
• Assists STS with ensuring analytic training available to State agencies or external research partners is high quality and meets the needs of users.
• Conducts ad-hoc research and analyses for presentation to partner agencies, F&A leadership, and governor¿s office staff.
• Consult, as needed, on OEI¿s evidence-based budgeting and program inventory initiatives specific to any quantitative components.

Required Experience:

Experience working in the governmental sector preferred (local, state, or federal)

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's Degree or Ph.D. (Preferred) and 5+ years' experience in data science, data mining, research, and/or statistical analysis

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee¿s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State¿s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person¿s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran¿s status, or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.