District Data Support Analyst

The California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) works to smooth the path to college and career for all California students, especially those who have been underrepresented in higher education. We manage CaliforniaColleges.edu, the State of California's official college and career planning platform, which serves as a crucial component of the state's Cradle-to-Career System tools for students and parents. Through a combination of data-driven tools and infrastructure, student-focused curricula and building districts' capacity to manage and use student data, we remove obstacles to student success and help create a clearer pathway between K-12 and higher education. To learn more, please visit the California College Guidance Initiative website at CACollegeGuidance.org

District Data Support Analyst Remote/Virtual within California - Full-Time The California College Guidance Initiative is looking for an analyst to join the team that supports Local Education Agencies (LEAs) as they implement transcript-informed functionality on CaliforniaColleges.edu. The District Data Support Analyst, will oversee the receipt, processing and troubleshooting of transcript-related cases, including: (1.) Recurring management of transcript files from various LEAs in California (2.) Troubleshoot discrepancies found by educators (3.) Support LEA staff to resolve the file issues The ideal candidate for this position has experience working in college/K-12 admissions and student records management. The candidate should have an interest in large educational systems and the equity challenges that students face when navigating such systems as well as a strong desire to manage others. The District Data Support Analyst is responsible for working closely with LEA experts to ensure transcript data is provided in a timely manner and is accurate. For new LEAs coming on board, this typically involves supporting LEAs to create the transcript files or to advise on issues when creating the transcript files. This position does not write production code. However, a level of comfort with the software tools and languages in use at CCGI (Jira, Excel, Salesforce) is recommended. We work to solve large scale, system-level problems. You must be comfortable working with unknowns and ambiguous solutions, as well as passionate about promoting public education and advancing educational equity.