As Director of Analytics, you will use your advanced analytical, communication and strategic consulting skills to lead, support, and/or contribute to projects that impact the organization’s fundraising efforts. You will help the Development team answer strategic questions about our fundraising strategy and provide recommendations based on your analysis. You will work closely with the Managing Director of Reporting & Analytics and the Office of the Senior Vice President of Development to identify pressing questions, analyze data, and provide clear recommendations for implementing solutions. Your work will include utilizing data for continuous improvement in our development forecasting and developing a methodology for assessing risk in regional, national and enterprise-wide fundraising. This requires expertise in data analysis as well as the problem-solving skills associated with strategy or management consulting. You will report directly to the Managing Director of Reporting & Analytics.
Fulfill analytics requests (30%)
- Fulfill complex analytics request, primarily for Development and Teach For America leadership, providing both the information and the analysis of the information
- Understand and use statistical software and testing as needed
- Put together relevant information and analyses for national board and Finance Committee meetings
Improve forecasting and risk evaluation methodology (30%)
- Work with stakeholders to improve our forecasting methodology at both the enterprise and regional level
- Research likelihood of receiving donations at various stages of donor stewardship and make probability recommendations based on that research
- Develop a methodology for assessing the risk of regions throughout the year
- Work with Finance and Regional Operations on incorporating risk into the annual budget tool
Pursue long-term strategic questions (15%)
- Partner with stakeholders to craft a handful of strategic questions to pursue throughout the course of the year
- Create and execute on a plan of action to answer strategic questions
- Present findings and recommendations for the future
Assist in collection and maintenance of internal Development Operations (DevOps) measures of success (10%)
- Work with the Vice President of Development Operations to measure the effectiveness of the team’s work
Support reporting and help desk (15%)
- Fulfill reporting requests as directed by MD, R&A
- Alongside the rest of the R&A team, answer requests that come in to the help desk
- Minimum three years of relevant work experience
- Experience or advanced degree in strategy, data science, operations research or reporting
- Experience planning and managing multiple projects at once
Required skills and beliefs
- Conviction that one day all children will have access to an excellent education
- Cross-cultural competence and commitment to exploring issues of race, class, and privilege
- Believe that data, systems and technology are critical enablers to the mission of TFA and the D-Team
- Ability to develop beneficial relationships and networks in order to achieve results and feels comfortable managing-up and across to drive progress
- Facility/fluency with databases, reporting environments, and statistical software
- Extensive knowledge of Excel required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and high ability to communicate analyses and statistical findings to various audiences and end-users
- Strong leadership and ownership over work product and follow-through
Work demands
- Ability to travel 10 - 15% of year (1 - 2 times per quarter)