Data Analyst, Student Information (Multiple Positions)

February 21, 2026

<img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src=" Photo.PNG" style="width: 557.0px;"> Data Analyst (Multiple Positions) annually $56,500-$74,000 Continuous Recruitment The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks multiple Data Analysts to join the OSPI team. These full-time positions are based in Olympia, Washington and may be eligible for a partial telework schedule. Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days. We encourage interested candidates to visit the <a href="" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;">OSPI website</a> to gain insight into our agency. About OSPI and our initiativesOSPI is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state. Working with the state's 295 public school districts and 6 state-tribal education compact schools, OSPI allocates funding and provides tools, resources, and technical assistance so every student in Washington is provided a high-quality public education. At OSPI, we recognize that our employees are the key to the success of the agency. We are committed to our work but value the balance with our personal lives. We demonstrate our commitment to employees by providing an environment that stimulates professional growth and values them for their expertise. OSPI is a great place to work and has several initiatives to help create a great working environment. <ul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">We support a healthy work/life balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules and mobile and telework options (depending on job duties and work location).<li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">We have an Infant at Work Program that is based on long-term values of newborns and infant-parent bonding. Eligible employees who are new parents or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when returning to work (depending on job duties and work location).<li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">We value and are actively involved in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within OSPI by way of cross-divisional, collaborative committee. The focus of the committee includes employee engagement and education, reinforcing OSPI values maximizing the value of diversity and identifying strategies for inclusion.</ul> Vision, Mission, and Values Vision: All students prepared for postsecondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement. Mission: Transform K–12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities. Values: Ensuring Equity, Collaboration and Service, Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement, Focus on the Whole Child Equity Each student, family, and community possess strengths and cultural knowledge that benefits their peers, educators, and schools. Ensuring educational equity:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">Goes beyond equality; it requires education leaders to examine the ways current policies and practices result in disparate outcomes for our students of color, students living in poverty, students receiving special education and English learner services, students who identify as LGBTQ+, and highly mobile student populations.<li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">Requires education leaders to develop an understanding of historical contexts; engage students, families, and community representatives as partners in decision making; and actively dismantle systemic barriers, replacing them with policies and practices that ensure all students have access to the instruction and support they need to succeed in our schools.</ul> Position OverviewThis position is in Student Information under the Division of Assessment and Student Information at OSPI. Student Information’s objectives are to produce timely, accurate, and meaningful analysis and reporting to support the needs of OSPI, school districts, partner agencies, the legislature and the public while maintaining and protecting student privacy. This position provides data support, analysis, reporting, documentation, testing, and evaluation/research support to the OSPI, school districts and other education stakeholders. This position works closely with OSPI program staff to ensure analysis are meaningful and useful and support OSPI’s priorities. This position also works closely with OSPI’s Information Technology team to support effective data management and collection efforts. The responsibilities of this position impact project timelines, data quality, and the ability of OSPI to analyze and report data in a timely and accurate manner. Key Responsibilities<div style="margin-top: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-bottom: 8.0pt;margin-left: 0.0in;"><ul><li><div style="margin-top: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-bottom: 8.0pt;">Maintain, analyze, and produce analysis, reports, data visualizations, and research briefs on all areas of student information that are priorities for OSPI, school districts, or the legislature. </div><li><div style="margin-top: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-bottom: 8.0pt;">Work closely with OSPI Student Information and Assessment staff, OSPIs Program staff, and school districts to provide support around data collection and reporting.</div><li><div style="margin-top: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-bottom: 8.0pt;">Verify accuracy and integrity of student records, data files, interfaces, and reports by working with OSPI staff, districts, and other state agency education data partners. </div><li>Develop, document, and communicate business rules and analysis methodologies in support of reporting and applications populated with student data. </ul> <ul><li>Participate on cross departmental workgroups with OSPI Information Technology in support of the Student Information data collection systems changes process, which functions may include managing and tracking change requests, communicating changes to internal and external customers, documentation, and testing. </ul> <ul><li>Work closely with the OSPI programs to create a plan to meet program specific needs including exploratory data analysis, reporting tools, outcomes and/or legislative reporting, and research and evaluation activities. </ul> <ul><li>Maintain, analyze, and produce analysis, reports, data visualizations, and research briefs on all areas of student information that are relevant to the OSPI Program annual data work plans.</ul> <ul><li><div style="margin-top: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-bottom: 8.0pt;margin-left: 0.0in;">Provide data analysis and summaries for state and federal reporting, including annual legislative reports.</div></ul></div> Required Qualifications:Required Education, Experience, and Competencies.A Bachelor’s degree in business, management, accounting, economics, statistics, computer or information science, education, or the social sciences and at least 2-years’ experience in data management, data analysis, research/evaluation or any combination of experience and training which provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills and ability required to perform the work. Skill in writing SQL queries for data verification and quality assurance purposes and to create analysis ready data tables. Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with a range of audiences ranging from technical users of data to the public who may have limited understanding of the State Education Agency, education data, or the applicant’s respective field. <ul style="padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in;margin-right: 0.0in;margin-bottom: 0.0in;margin-left: 0.0in;">Skill in performing statistical calculations and data manipulations, including both descriptive and inferential statistics.</ul> Desired Qualifications: <ul style="padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><li>Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation and mutual respect with a variety of people in a multi-cultural, diverse socio-economic setting.<li>Ability to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical personnel.<li>Ability to write clear, concise, and useful technical documentation.<li>Ability to work under pressure, organize, prioritize, and multi-task to meet established deadlines.<li>Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality.<li>Ability to participate as a team member<li>Knowledge of the K12 public school system.<li>Experience creating data visualizations using Tableau or similar tool </ul> Condition of employment:<div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;margin: 0.0in;"><ul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0in;"><li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0in;">Per Governor Inslee’s <a href="" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">proclamation</a> all state employees must be fully vaccinated no later than October 18, 2021. Your vaccine status will be verified at New Employee Orientation. Please reach out to the HR Office at <a href="mailto:HROffice@k12.wa.us" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">HROffice@k12.wa.us</a> for information on medical or religious accommodations.</ul></div> Compensation The annual compensation for the position is $56,500-$74,000 per year and depends upon experience, educational background and qualifications. Geographic differentials may be applied based on work location of successful candidate. Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health, dental and life insurance, retirement and an optional deferred compensation program. Please visit <a href="" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">Health Care Authority</a> for information regarding health benefits and the <a href="" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">Department of Retirement Systems </a>for retirement plan information. This position serves at the pleasure of the Superintendent, and is Civil Service Exempt. This position is not represented by a bargaining unit. Application ProcessThose interested in this position must apply through <a href="" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">Careers.wa.gov</a>. Applications must include the following documents in MS Word and PDF format only:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">A letter of interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement; <li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">A current résumé, and;<li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;">A list of three or more professional references. </ul> Please address any questions to:Sal Salazar, Human ResourcesOffice of Superintendent of Public Instruction 600 Washington Street Southeast Olympia, Washington 98504-7200 (360) 725-6278; <a href="mailto:sal.salazar@k12.wa.us">sal.salazar@k12.wa.us</a> <a href="mailto:carole.lynch@k12.wa.us" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;"></a> Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the Human Resources Office at (360) 725-6270 or (360) 725-6066, or e-mail <a href="mailto:hroffice@k12.wa.us" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">hroffice@k12.wa.us</a>. New Jobs Alert ServiceOSPI offers a subscription service, which regularly notifies subscribers of new OSPI employment opportunities on careers.wa.gov. Subscribers are notified via text or email alert. If you are interested in this service, then please subscribe at <a href="" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;">this location</a>. OSPI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from job seekers who will contribute to our diversity. OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. If you would like, please include your name and gender pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process. Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the human resource consultant listed in “Application Process.”

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