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Community Analytics Analyst - City of Milwaukee, WI

Community Analytics Analyst
City of Milwaukee - Budget and Management

Do you love data and want to help drive decision making for the City of Milwaukee? Yes?  Then check out this current opening!  The Community Analytics Analyst will support the City of Milwaukee’s strategic goals and decision making by using data and statistical analysis, program models and GIS mapping to measure program impacts and efficacy, and to support policy design and implementation.

PURPOSE:  The Community Analytics Analyst will perform projects and analyses focusing on the measurement and analysis that is multi-dimensional, looking at a range of outputs and outcomes, place and geography based, and operationally meaningful to elected officials and senior management.  Projects will focus on high priority City initiatives and will assess how these initiatives impact specific policy issues, making performance measurement and outcomes clear and useful to decision makers and the public.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
·         Conduct analyses of City services and community conditions in various geographies, including use of GIS systems to create maps and use of data sources to assist in program development and impact evaluation working in close collaboration with the Budget office and City departments.
·         Support the development and implementation of performance and outcome measurements with existing City data and other data as appropriate, and incorporate them into City processes such as development of the Executive Budget, Common Council committee communications and the Mayor’s Accountability in Management Program.
·         Support various city planning efforts through report development, drafting data summaries and assembling products for use in presentations to the Common Council, community based organizations and the public.
Reasonable accommodations requested by qualified individuals with disabilities will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1.  Bachelor’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Economics, or closely related field at time of appointment. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: To receive credit for college, transcripts are required and must be received by the application period closing date. College transcripts should be attached to your online application. Applications without transcripts attached will be considered incomplete and will be rejected. 
Your transcript must be legible and include the following information:  the university or college name, your name, the degree completed (if applicable) and the date the degree was completed.
2.  Three years of experience in statistical analysis developing trends and determining performance and outcome measurements.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with ESRI Arch Map, SQL and/or SPSS.
GIS certificate or classes.

SALARY
The current starting salary (PG 2HX) for City of Milwaukee residents is $54,865 annually with appointment up to $68,029 with approval, and the non-resident starting salary is $53,519. 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
  • APPLICATIONS and further information may be accessed by visiting www.jobaps.com/MIL.  
  • Applications and transcripts should be submitted no later than the deadline listed above. 
  • If you would like assistance completing an application, please contact the Department of Employee Relations at (414) 286-3751 or staffinginfo@milwaukee.gov.
  • The Department of Employee Relations is located in City Hall, 200 E Wells St, Room 706, Milwaukee, WI 53202.