Analytics Specialist: GIS Mapping - Facilities Planning & Management (2023-24) Job Listing at Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, CA (Job ID 18466)

Description

BASIC FUNCTION: Provide advanced geo-processing of data, geo-spatial analytics and GIS mapping to support a range of District needs, including but not limited to enrollment and mobility analyses, community resource mapping for full service community schools, and mapping of opportunity indicators where students live or go to school. Maintain and update online mapping resources to support the District's strategic plans. Provide education and training in the use of geo-spatial (place-based) analytics to inform District decision-making enabling allocation of resources where they are most needed.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to reflect the principal job elements accurately.)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Oversee research design for all District geo-processing data and analysis needs.
• Geocode the location of district facilities and large student databases into geo-databases enabling mapping and spatial analysis; annually update datasets.
• Develop, geo-process, and analyze indicators of opportunity for OUSD Opportunity Mapping and similar projects.
• Provide geo-data to the student assignment office and other District offices and needed; generate data sets including but not limited to maps of where students live and where they go to school (Live-Go mapping) and enrollment trends in different parts of the city.
• Perform spatial analysis of facilities and student data to enable study of district-wide and regional patterns of enrollment, attendance, and mobility.
• Build and maintain geographic attendance area boundary data and maps.
• Embed PDF map products into static reports; embed live web maps into web-based dashboards.
• Provide data dictionaries, user manuals, and end-user training, as needed, for various District mapping applications, including but not limited to Opportunity Mapping, Live-Go mapping, and community resource mapping.
• Provide education and training in the use of geo-spatial (place-based) analytics to identify schools and surrounding communities where student needs are greatest, thereby enabling resources to be allocated accordingly.
• Create and disseminate maps for a variety of purposes and audiences.
• Develop and maintain updated server-based, web Map Center in accessible online formats to support a range of District online mapping needs.
• Evaluate analytics and geo-spatial methods and processes to ensure the validity, applicability, and accuracy of data represented in District maps.
• Present and interpret results and findings to a wide variety of audiences with diverse levels of geo-spatial/GIS knowledge and understanding.
• Stay abreast of developing technologies and approaches to geospatial analytics to identify new tools and methods of obtaining, analyzing, utilizing, and presenting GIS data.
• Present geographic information in workshops and focus group meetings to support understanding of educational data and analysis.
• Attend and participate in required District meetings.
• Provide cross-training to other staff members within the department.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

TRAINING, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree in social science or geography, with coursework in Geography/GIS mapping. Three years of experience using GIS to analyze educational data or related social, demographic, or economic data.  

Experience working in an education-related field with school and student data strongly preferred

Demonstrated expertise in GIS industry or research community via publications and/or participation in professional organizations, samples of work in application of GIS to analysis of social and/or educational issues of equity

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Valid California Driver's License

Employment eligibility will include fingerprints, tuberculosis and/or other employment clearance

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

KNOWLEDGE OF:

Applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures governing work scope

Advanced knowledge of full suite of ArcGIS 10.1 software tools (ArcMap and extensions, ArcServer, ArcPad/MobileGPS, ArcGIS Online)

Understanding and experience with educational data (enrollment, attendance, assessment and academic performance, school discipline, language, ethnicity, and health/wellness)

How to operate state-of-the-art desktop and server hardware configurations to support GIS

Expertise in raster and vector spatial statistics, and geo-processing (distance, join, intersect, union, buffer, cluster, regression, autocorrelation, interpolation)

Comprehensive understanding of cartographic principles and practices (geographic projections and algorithms, coordinate systems scale, map layout)

Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

Knowledge of and competence with U.S. Census Bureau data from the American Fact Finder website

ABILITY TO:

Oversee research design and support of District geo-processing data and analysis needs

Mine, extract, an integrate U.S. Census demographic data with student, community, and County data

Integrate state and federal Department of Education place-based analytical paradigms into District data framework

Program in Python, Silverlight, Javascript, and API customization

Communicate effectively orally and in writing

WORKING CONDITIONS

ENVIRONMENT:

Office environment; driving a vehicle to conduct work; fast-paced work; constant interruptions

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Consistent mental alertness; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; bending and twisting at the waist, reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally; dexterity of both hands and fingers while performing duties; seeing to read, write and use the computer; hearing and speaking to exchange information, in person or on the telephone, and make presentations.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY:

The Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program, activity, or in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, gender, sex, or sexual orientation.