Data Analyst, Principal

Full Job Description

The Health and Human Services department is seeking a Principal Data Analyst to join the Data and Analytics team to generate actionable insights for the Child Support Services area. In this position, you will focus on data analysis and report development, primarily using data from the PRISM application.


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Location and hours:
This position is remote. Remote workers may be required to come on-site 0 to 12 days a year for work meetings, trainings, or for any other reasons that their supervisor may deem necessary (may include additional days for onboarding and new employee training). Supervisors will provide as much advance notice as practicable. Work hours are typically Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with some flexibility.

Based on the business needs of this position, hires must live in or relocate to Minnesota.

New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.

About this position type:
This is a full-time, benefit earning position.
This position is internally classified as a Planning Analyst, Principal.
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In this position, you will:

• Query, transform, and clean data from a variety of state and county databases.
• Analyze, interpret, and present data to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders and diverse audiences.
• Visualize data in engaging and informative ways for various stakeholders.
• Create tools and data products including reports, surveys, presentations, dashboards, and visualizations for the Child Support Services leadership, and state and county human services business partners and stakeholders.
• Manage manual reporting, create and maintain user documentation, and cross train other analysts.
• Provide leadership and insight to support data informed decision making.
• Develop actionable insights from data analysis that can be used to improve the lives of county residents in various ways using a racial equity lens.
• Provide technical consultation to Child Support Services leadership and staff on data analysis, statistics, analytic techniques, performance measurement, survey design and evaluation, and data literacy.

Need to have:

• One of the following:
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, public administration, research methods, statistics, behavioral/social science, public health, computer science/MIS, management science, or urban/city planning and four years of related experience.
  • Related education and/or experience to total eight years.

Nice to have:

• Experience with:
  • Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, with attention to detail and accuracy, to help improve business/organizational practices.
  • Telling stories through data visualization using user-centered design best practices.
  • Querying and transforming data from large complex databases using SQL or similar tools.
  • Using business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SSRS, QlikView).
  • Working with child support programs, PRISM data and/or the PRISM application.
• Ability to:
  • Gather and analyze information, design and test solutions to problems, and effectively communicate results in collaboration with others.
  • Build and nurture collaborative relationships with a variety of customers/partners.
  • Successfully manage multiple priorities and projects and work independently.
• Knowledge of:
  • Statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (R, Python, SAS, Stata, etc.).
  • The data science process and principles (i.e., business/data understanding, data preparation, modeling - statistics/machine learning, evaluation, and deployment).

About the department:
Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve, and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other.

About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that reduce disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.

Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (login as Guest).

Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.

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This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.

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