About DHS
It is the mission of DHS to empower every District resident to reach their full potential by providing meaningful connections to work opportunities, economic assistance, and supportive services. Our approach to preventing homelessness and supporting individuals and/or families experiencing homelessness is focused both on systems level reforms and on the quality of the programs and supports within that system. These efforts include creating economic opportunity, making our neighborhoods safer, and providing more effective and efficient government services.
Duties And Responsibilities
Identifies and executes on opportunities to harness data analytic approaches that provide insight into and achieve Department goals. Leads the execution of complex data analytic projects, including coordination of internal and external partnerships. Obtains, merges, reshapes, cleans, and evaluates the quality of datasets. Where applicable, automates data pulls, manipulations, and other rote activities to enable efficient operations. Uses descriptive statistics, predictive analytics, machine learning, and other methods to learn about and derive insights from the patterns and relations within a dataset.
Uses inferential statistics to learn about the causal relations between variables in a dataset, including randomized field evaluations. Develops intuitive and compelling graphics to visualize and think about data. Creates data dictionaries, annotated code, and similar materials to ensure work product is as open and reproducible as possible. Proactively provides leadership, ideas and critical feedback, as well as being open to such constructive dialogue, as part of continuous improvement processes. Ensures that work product adheres to methodological and open science best practices.
Qualifications And Education
Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral or Social Science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
Or
Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
Or
Four years (4) of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
And
Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, one (1) year of specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression.
Licenses and Certifications
None
Work Environment
The work is primarily performed in the normal office setting.
Other Significant Factors
A skillset test will be administered to demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities during the interview process.
Tour of Duty: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pay, Plan, Series & Grade: CS-0101-13
Promotion Potential: None
Collective Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under a collective bargaining agreement.
Position Designation: This position has been deemed Security Sensitive under the guideline of the DC Personnel Manual. Incumbents of this position are subject to enhanced suitability screening pursuant to Chapter 4 of DC personnel regulations. Accordingly, incumbents must successfully pass a criminal background and consumer credit check as a condition of employment and will be subject to periodic criminal background checks for the duration of their tenure.
Emergency Designation: This position has been designated as Emergency. Employees occupying positions designated as Emergency are required to:
EEO Statement: The District of Columbia Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical handicap, or political affiliation.
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