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Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation

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Edutopia is an initiative of the George Lucas Educational Foundation focused on improving K-12 education through innovation. The platform provides resources such as articles, videos, and research studies on topics including project-based learning, social and emotional learning, technology integration, and collaborative learning, among others. Edutopia aims to inspire and empower educators by sharing practical teaching strategies and fostering a community of engaged educators. It also highlights significant educational studies, technological advancements in education, and promotes a holistic approach to student engagement and teacher wellness.

Education Technology • K-12 Education • Education Reform • Education Opinion Blogs • Education Research

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2000

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• About the George Lucas Educational Foundation • The George Lucas Educational Foundation is dedicated to transforming prekindergarten through 12th grade (pre-K to 12) education so all students can acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. • Founded by innovative and award-winning filmmaker George Lucas in 1991, the Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) private foundation operated for educational purposes. • We welcome all who are devoted to improving education. • The George Lucas Educational Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a working culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, and pursue our mission to improve education in a rapidly changing world. • Edutopia is seeking a part-time Data Analyst (up to 20 hours a week) to help our mission-driven organization better assess our overall performance and identify areas for optimization. • In this role, you'll directly support the product and marketing teams in generating actionable insights on critical questions like “How many of our users are deeply engaged with new site features?” and “Which content performs well across multiple channels and KPIs?”. • The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with a strong analytical background and excellent attention to detail. A passion for making the world a better place helps, too. • What You’ll Do: • Data Analysis & Insights • Analyze user behavior, feature adoption, funnel conversions, and retention metrics to inform product development and enhancements. • Leverage social and other campaign data to conduct in-depth data analysis, uncover trends, patterns, correlations, and anomalies, and translate these findings into actionable insights. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define ongoing projects and KPIs, ensuring alignment with our objectives. • Reporting Optimization & Automation • Design, build, and maintain scalable reporting dashboards to streamline decision-making and ensure timely, relevant insights are readily available across our teams. • Automate recurring reports to improve efficiency and accuracy. • Identify inefficiencies in existing reporting frameworks and propose solutions for improvement; add new frameworks and/or dashboards to the mix as our learning questions expand. • Data Management & Governance • Ensure data integrity and consistency across different reporting platforms. • Document best practices for data collection, storage, and reporting; train internal team members as needed. • This position is based remotely anywhere in the United States.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong data-wrangling and analytical skills; seamless ability to clean, structure, and interpret complex data sets. • Excellent data manipulation skills using Google Sheets/ Excel; knowledge of advanced formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization. • Experience and comfort working with a variety of analytics tools, databases, and programming languages, specifically GA4, SQL, and Python/R. • Experience evaluating key product and marketing metrics, including user acquisition, engagement, conversion, and retention, and familiarity with hypothesis testing, regression, clustering, and predictive modeling. • Ability to communicate findings effectively to stakeholders, translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations. • Experience or familiarity with tools like Heap, Amplitude, or Mixpanel; knowledge of digital marketing metrics and trends. • Knowledge of statistical methods for running and analyzing controlled experiments (e.g., A/B testing). • A bachelor’s degree in statistics, data science, mathematics, economics, computer science, or business analytics is preferred. • At least 2-3 years of experience as a data analyst or in a similar role is required; current master's or PhD students are encouraged to apply.

🏖️ Benefits

• The pay range for this role is $70 - $110/hr. • An employee’s position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. • This is a contractor position, and benefits are not included.