The posting
Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York — seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Assistant Director of Data for our Promise Academy After-School & Athletics programs.
The Assistant Director of Data, Promise After-School & Athletics is responsible for strengthening data quality, reporting, analysis, and data-informed decision-making across the Promise After-School and Athletics portfolio. The role ensures that program data is accurate, timely, accessible, and aligned with organizational and program requirements.
Reporting to the Managing Director of Promise After-School & Athletics, the Assistant Director of Data supervises and develops Data Managers and, where applicable, Data Aides; establishes consistent data practices across sites and programs; and partners with program leadership to translate data into actionable insights that strengthen scholar participation, program quality, performance, and progress toward goals.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical data skills with leadership, project management, and the ability to communicate data clearly to program leaders and frontline teams.
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in data analytics, information systems, statistics, business, education, social sciences, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- 3+ years of relevant experience in data management, reporting, analysis, program operations, or a related field; experience supervising or leading data staff is strongly preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data cleaning, validation, and analysis.
- Experience with Salesforce or another large CRM/data management system; Salesforce experience strongly preferred
Who you are
- Experience with data visualization and business-intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or comparable platforms (strongly preferred).
- Experience with Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) or other public-sector/funder data systems and reporting requirements (strongly preferred).
- Experience in youth development, after-school, athletics, education, nonprofit, or community-based programming (strongly preferred).
- Demonstrated experience working with large data sets and creating reports, dashboards, or visualizations that communicate trends and performance.
- Strong ability to understand, interpret, synthesize, and present quantitative and qualitative information to varied audiences.
- Strong project-management, organizational, and follow-through skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail coupled with the ability to think strategically and connect data findings to program operations and performance.
- Ability to work collaboratively with program leaders, frontline staff, and cross-functional partners.
- Commitment to the mission and programs of Harlem Children’s Zone and familiarity with issues affecting children, families, and communities served by HCZ.
What you'll do
Data Management, Quality & Systems
- Oversee the collection, maintenance, validation, and reporting of program data across Promise After-School and Athletics.
- Establish and monitor data-quality processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and compliance with HCZ and program requirements.
- Ensure Salesforce (Zora) and other approved data systems are used consistently and effectively across the portfolio.
- Conduct routine data audits and reconciliation processes; identify discrepancies and partner with program teams to resolve data-quality issues.
- Evaluate existing data workflows and systems to identify gaps in how information is captured, maintained, and reported, and recommend practical improvements.
- Develop and maintain clear data management procedures, documentation, templates, and quality control standards.
- Support compliance with applicable funder, contract, and organizational reporting requirements, including relevant Department of Youth & Community Development data requirements where applicable.
Reporting, Analysis & Data Visualization
- Generate and analyze portfolio-, program-, and site-level reports that provide visibility into scholar enrollment, attendance, participation, engagement, academic indicators, program activities, goal progress, and other key performance measures.
- Develop clear dashboards, scorecards, data visualizations, and recurring reporting tools that demonstrate trends, performance, and progress toward objectives and key results (OKRs).
- Analyze data to identify trends, gaps, outliers, risks, and opportunities and translate findings into actionable insights for program leaders.
- Partner with the Managing Director, Directors, and other leaders to interpret data, identify priority areas, and use findings to inform program planning and improvement.
- Prepare data summaries and presentations for leadership meetings, data walks, performance reviews, planning sessions, and other program-management forums.
- Support forecasting, target-setting, and progress monitoring by maintaining reliable historical and current performance data.
Team Leadership & Data Capacity Building
- Supervise, coach, train, and support Data Managers and, where applicable, Data Aides across the portfolio.
- Establish clear expectations, work plans, deadlines, and quality standards for data staff and monitor performance and follow-through.
- Build the data literacy of program staff by providing training, tools, guidance, and technical assistance on data systems, reporting expectations, and interpretation of results.
- Create consistent routines for data review, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement across sites and programs.
- Promote a culture in which data is understood as a tool for program improvement, accountability, and stronger outcomes for scholars.
Project & Portfolio Management
- Lead and coordinate high-priority data projects across Promise After-School and Athletics from planning through implementation and closeout.
- Develop project plans, timelines, deliverables, and tracking tools for assigned data initiatives.
- Coordinate with program, evaluation, technology, operations, and other cross-functional partners to ensure data projects remain aligned and on schedule.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and barriers that affect data quality or project completion, and elevate issues with proposed solutions.
- Support implementation of new reporting tools, data processes, systems enhancements, and portfolio-wide data practices.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
Schedule:
- Monday-Friday: 10 am - 6 pm (in- person)
- Ability to work a flexible schedule aligned with program and organizational needs, including occasional evening or event-based responsibilities.
Benefits
As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff — thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.
Our exceptional full-time benefits include:
- Highly competitive base salaries
- Paid time off
- Employee referral bonus
- Career Advancement
- No-cost health insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-and long-term disability
- Additional voluntary benefits
- Wellness discounts
- Commuter benefits
- Financial wellness perks
- Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)
The salary range for this position is $79,000-$85,000 per year. To be considered, interested applicants should apply directly through the posting. No telephone inquiries or recruiters, please. Replies will only be sent to qualified applicants. Harlem Children's Zone is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
