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Early Childhood Workforce Research & Reporting Analyst

Salary

$71,544.00 - $88,800.00 Annually

Location

Denver Metro, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

QAA 05803 08.22.2025

Department

Department of Early Childhood

Opening Date

08/25/2025

Closing Date

9/9/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

710 S. Ash Street, Denver, CO 80246

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

[email protected]

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

STATE OF COLORADO RESIDENCY REQUIRED

NOTE: This announcement may be used to fill multiple openings.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is committed to building a Colorado For All, a place where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and live the Colorado way of life. Governor Polis is focused on lowering health care costs for hardworking Coloradans, transitioning the state to renewable energy sources, ensuring every Colorado child gets a quality education, and building an economy that works for everyone. The Governor's staff includes offices for budgeting, communications and outreach, legal counsel, legislative liaison, operations, policy and research, and scheduling.

Committed to Diversity - We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities. If you’re looking for a place where you can be your authentic self at work and celebrate the uniqueness of those around you, then we want to talk to you! State of Colorado employees were asked to reflect on their experience with equity, diversity, and inclusion. Click here to learn more about their experiences Colorado For All - Colorado Employees Reflect on Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAPo-IRsOZU&t=3s)

We offer a generous benefits package including:

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• Medical, dental, and vision plans

• State paid life insurance policy

• Choice of 2 retirement plans (defined benefit or defined contribution)

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans

• State paid short-term disability coverage

• Additional optional life and disability plans

• Credit Union membership

• Training and professional development

To learn more about State of Colorado benefits visit: https://www.colorado.gov/dhr/benefits.

This position will have the opportunity for a hybrid schedule (combination of in-office and remote workplace). **Please note - equipment provisioning and certain onboarding tasks will take place in person, in our Denver office, on the first day of employment.**

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) ensures the delivery of a comprehensive, community-informed, data-driven, high-quality, and equitable early childhood system that supports the care, education and well-being of all Colorado's young children, their families and early childhood professionals in all settings. CDEC provides access to collaborative, coordinated, quality early childhood programs and support to children, families, and early care professionals in an effort to best prepare Coloradans for future success. CDEC works with many partners, including parents, schools, child care providers, Early Childhood Councils, counties, Community Centered Boards, early intervention service providers, family resources centers, county human services, county public health, businesses, community organizations, and other stakeholders to provide high-quality early childhood and family support programs.

The Data, Strategy, and Impact Division is responsible for providing data, research, analysis and evaluation of the programs within the Department. The Division leads the Department’s understanding of program and operation performance for policy, budget and programming decisions. The Division consists of teams focused on analytics, reporting, data management, and strategy and guides CDEC staff and leadership in the appropriate use of data, collection of data that could aid in programmatic decision-making, and supports data requests and reporting. This Division is in the Office of Administrative Solutions.

This role sits within the Analytics & Reporting Team in the Data, Strategy and Impact Division and this team is one of three teams within DDSI. The Analytics & Reporting Team is a centralized team of analysts that work together to standardize practices and support research, reporting, and analytic priorities across the Department of Early Childhood (DEC). Team members work closely with programmatic leadership to specialize in different sources of data and early childhood programming that the Department provides. The Analytics & Reporting team uses their specialized skills and knowledge to guide CDEC staff and leadership in the appropriate use of data, collect data that could aid in programmatic decision-making, and support data requests and reporting.

Description of Job

Class Code & Class Description:

H1C4XX Analyst IV

This position works to support data management, data analysis, research and reporting needs of the Division of Early Childhood Workforce (DECW) and will work closely with the analyst assigned to support the Division of Early Learning Licensing and Administration (DELLA).

This position collaborates closely with leadership to identify and lead strategic projects that promote data-driven decision-making and to ensure that work is aligned to the Division’s and Department’s needs and priorities. This position is recognized as the authority regarding provider quality and workforce data analysis, research and reporting and will be required to develop expertise in the data collected, owned, utilized and shared by this Division. Duties include analysis of workforce data, primarily generated from the Professional Development Information System (PDIS) to inform continuous improvement and long-term decision making around policy and practice; identifying strategic priorities and project management related to data requests and reports; design and implement analytics and reporting deliverables that meet program needs; ensuring data product quality; consulting with program staff and leadership on efforts to collect, compile, use, and/or report data; consulting with external partners; building data capacity for leadership and stakeholders; developing and maintaining a strong understanding of Colorado’s Early Learning and Early Childhood Workforce data and how it compares to national trends; and contribute to cross-division, cross-departmental and external-facing reporting efforts.

This position must be skilled in curating, cleaning and manipulating data files; data analysis; data visualization; data storytelling; and reporting and communicating across diverse audiences.

What you’ll be doing:

+ Plans data collection, identifies data sources, and modifies channels of data collection, as necessary.

+ Designs, formats, populates, and cleans analytical data sets using a variety of tools and skills.

+ Defines and implements processes needed to validate data.

+ Independently performs statistical analysis as requested and as data allows.

+ Utilizes both descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as systematic qualitative analysis, as necessary.

+ Fulfills internal and external requests for workforce-related and provider quality data.

+ Develops and/or maintains recurring data reporting for workforce- and quality-related needs as requested by program leadership.

+ Identifies opportunities for alignment between Early Learning and workforce-related data.

+ Develops and implements Research and Reporting Agendas for workforce- and quality-related data.

+ Develops and maintains a Critical Operations list to support successful cross-training.

+ Actively monitors and works on ad hoc reporting priorities outlined in the Research and Reporting Agendas.

+ Provides recommendations to management regarding challenges and opportunities for consideration to ensure data integrity, reliability and accuracy in reporting.

+ Generates reports for program and executive leadership to inform decision-making, proactively and by request.

+ Support survey development, analysis, and reporting as requested.

+ Supports participation in the Department-wide performance management program for Division-related performance measures by advising on relevant performance measures, defining specific measurement parameters, data sources, etc., and ensuring monthly data reports are extracted and compiled for the Division performance measures.

+ Key consultant for decision-making around how data should be collected, managed, stored, utilized, and/or interpreted.

+ Develops and maintains effective, ongoing collaboration with assigned unit staff, including providing data strategy consultation and support.

+ Works with staff to support proactive, meaningful data collection to meet program, Division, and/or Department priorities.

+ Works closely with external partners to support research and evaluation by informing appropriate use and interpretation of data.

+ Consults on ongoing efforts and potential opportunities for interagency data sharing to support evaluation.

+ Develops, implements, and monitors Research and Reporting Agendas.

+ Contributes to team skill-building through leading and actively participating in training.

+ Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience Only:

Seven years of professional experience with independent research and reporting using quantitative and qualitative data in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's/ Master's degree from an accredited college or university in applied social science research, statistics, psychology, public health, community and behavioral health, sociology, program evaluation, or a closely related degree ANDthree years of professional experience with independent research and reporting using quantitative and qualitative data in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Please note:The required experience must be substantiated within the work experience section of your application and in the supplemental questions. Your resume will not be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications; only the work experience section and supplemental questions of your application will be reviewed to determine this. “See Resume” statements on the application will not be accepted. In addition,part-time work will be prorated.

Substitutions:

+ Additional appropriate experience will substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.

+ Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred qualifications:

+ Experience consulting on data collection in a research or evaluation setting to inform meaningful analyses, including survey development, item design and validation, psychological scales, etc.

+ Proven experience operating independently to use data and reporting to address research questions.

+ Experience cleaning and processing large administrative data sets to ensure data quality and meaningful analysis.

+ Experience curating a dataset from a large transactional database to be used for research or reporting.

+ Experience analyzing and visualizing large administrative data sets.

+ Experience conducting research, evaluation, and/or operational performance analysis.

+ Proven experience with successfully communicating analytical findings in writing and verbally to a diverse audience.

+ Proven ability to translate analytical findings into meaningful and actionable written recommendations.

+ Experience working independently to identify errors, validate results, and correct errors prior to delivering a data product.

Highly Desired:

+ Able to perform under pressure

+ Ability to relate to and garner feedback from diverse stakeholder groups.

+ Analytical

+ Collaborative

+ Comfortable with highly scrutinized public-facing work products

+ Curious

+ Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

+ Familiarity with the early childhood education system, including workforce development and licensing.

+ Emotionally intelligent

+ Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills

+ Exceptional attention to detail

+ Experience navigating data communication in a public, legislative, or political setting.

+ Flexible

+ Independent and self-directed

+ Solution-oriented

+ Strong desire for professional growth

+ Strong time management skills

DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Work that involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment, and personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor's or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

+ Applicants must pass a thorough background check prior to employment.

+ Employees who have been disciplinary terminated, resigned in lieu of disciplinary termination, or negotiated their termination from the State of Colorado must disclose this information on the application.

APPEAL RIGHTS:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ( [email protected] ), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply (https://careers.colorado.gov/how-to-apply) (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)

Please note that ONLY your State of Colorado job application will be reviewed during the initial screening; if you submit a resume and cover letter, they will be reviewed in later stages of the selection process. Therefore, it is paramount that you clearly describe all your relevant experience on the application itself. Applications left blank or marked "SEE RESUME" will not be considered.

Complete Applications must include the following documents:

+ A complete CDEC Application for Announced Vacancy (please submit online using the green 'APPLY' button at the top of this announcement)

+ A complete Supplemental Questionnaire (The questionnaire is part of the online application. You will be prompted to answer them as you are completing your online application.)

+ If you are using education to qualify, a copy of your official or unofficial transcript showing that your degree has been conferred and the name of your school, or your NACES accreditation. Please submit this as an attachment to your online application.

+ If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214. Please submit this as an attachment to your online application.

Your application will be reviewed against the minimum qualifications for the position. If your application demonstrates that you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be invited to the comparative analysis process, which is described below.

Comparative Analysis Process

The comparative analysis process will consist primarily of a review of applications against the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position. Applications will be reviewed in comparison to all others in the applicant pool in order to identify a top group of candidates who may be invited for a final interview. Depending on the size of the applicant pool, additional selection processes may be utilized to identify a top group of candidates. Applicants will be notified of their status via email.

Failure to submit properly completed documents by the closing date will result in your application being rejected.

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

ADAAA Accommodations : The Colorado Department of Early Childhood is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to the Human Resources Specialist: [email protected]

The Department does not offer sponsored visas for employment purposes.

Technical Assistance

If you experience difficulty in uploading or attaching documents to your online application, or for any other technical difficulties, call NEOGOV technical support at 855-524-5627 anytime between 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits

Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.

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All positions at the Department require that potential employees undergo a thorough background check. As a condition of employment, you are required to submit to pre-employment screening if offered the position. Are you willing to meet this requirement?

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+ No

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Are you willing to accept an offer within the posted salary range?

+ Yes

+ No

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Former state employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position. Otherwise, please list N/A.

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If you are a current or previous State of Colorado employee, please provide your EID (employee identification number will start with 99....), and please list your dates of employment and classifications for all State of Colorado Departments or institutes of Higher Education for which you have worked.

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This position has been designated as hybrid. The Hiring Manager will discuss the expectations and details of the schedule with you during the interview process. A hybrid position can work a portion of the time from home and a portion of the time in the state workplace location. A workspace is provided for the employee when they come into the office, which could include a cubicle, office, or hoteling station. When required to come into the assigned state workplace, the employee is required to bear the expense of commuting. Do you understand this expectation and are you willing to meet this requirement? [Please write "YES" in the space below in order to continue in the selection process.]

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List any additional relevant experience you would like us to consider in determining if you meet the qualifications of this position. Please, include the months and years relevant to the experience you describe.

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Describe your experience writing reports with statistics and displaying data in visually appealing ways for different audiences. How were the data used? What challenges did you encounter? Please describe in 2-3 paragraphs.

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Please describe your experience building datasets from a database or flat files to use for analysis, research, evaluation, or operational performance decision-making.

09

What was the title of a recent research, evaluation or performance project you contributed to, and what was your role in completing that project?

10

Building partnerships with stakeholders is key in this position. What methods do you use to ensure you understand stakeholders’ needs and that stakeholders understand the process and/or results? Please describe in 2-3 paragraphs.

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