Community and Family Support Program Analyst

Role overview

The State of Colorado is hiring a Community and Family Support Program Analyst within the Department of Early Childhood. This is a full-time role based in Denver with a hybrid work arrangement, meaning a mix of remote and on-site work. The first day of employment requires in-person attendance at the Denver office for equipment setup and onboarding tasks.

Colorado residency is required for this position. The announcement may be used to fill more than one vacancy.

The role sits in the Data, Strategy, and Impact Division and supports the Division of Community and Family Supports by handling data management, analysis, research, and reporting across community and family support programs. The work is focused on turning data into practical insights that help leadership make informed decisions, improve programs, and strengthen reporting and evaluation efforts.

About the department

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood works to support a high-quality, equitable early childhood system that serves young children, families, and early childhood professionals across the state. The department partners with parents, schools, child care providers, Early Childhood Councils, counties, community organizations, family resource centers, and other stakeholders to improve access to coordinated early childhood and family support services.

The Data, Strategy, and Impact Division provides research, analysis, evaluation, and performance insights that guide policy, budget, and program decisions. The Analytics & Reporting Team is a centralized analyst group that standardizes reporting practices and supports research and analytic priorities across the department.

What the position does

This job serves as a data authority for family support programs such as Home Visiting, Family Resource Centers, Promoting Safe and Stable Families, Nurturing Connections Colorado, SafeCare Colorado, and related initiatives. The analyst works closely with leadership, program staff, evaluation partners, and other stakeholders to improve data quality, shape reporting, and support continuous improvement.

Core work includes managing and preparing datasets, validating data, conducting statistical analysis, producing recurring and ad hoc reports, advising on how data should be collected and used, supporting survey work, and helping build data capacity across teams. The position also contributes to dashboard development, evaluation planning, research support, and cross-division reporting efforts.

Key duties

• Create, format, populate, and clean analytical datasets using multiple tools and methods.
• Build and apply procedures that check and confirm data validity.
• Carry out independent statistical analysis when requested and when the available data support it.
• Use descriptive, inferential, and qualitative analysis techniques as needed.
• Respond to internal and external data requests.
• Maintain recurring reports for community and family support programs based on leadership needs.
• Spot opportunities to align data practices across community and family support work.
• Develop and manage reporting agendas for community and family support data.
• Maintain a critical operations list to support cross-training and continuity.
• Track and complete ad hoc reporting priorities identified in reporting agendas.
• Recommend solutions to management that improve reliability, accuracy, and integrity of reporting.
• Prepare reports and updates for program leaders and executives to support decisions.
• Serve as a subject matter authority for performance management services tied to data-driven decision-making.
• Lead or support continuous quality improvement strategies for division programs.
• Advise on how data should be collected, stored, managed, interpreted, and shared.
• Support data collection improvements, including source selection and changes to collection methods.
• Recommend practical data deliverables based on software capabilities, data-sharing standards, and audience needs.
• Support survey design, analysis, and reporting.
• Work closely with assigned staff to provide ongoing data strategy guidance.
• Encourage proactive and meaningful data collection to support program, division, and department goals.
• Collaborate with internal and external research and evaluation partners on evaluation design, data sharing, dashboards, and dissemination.
• Write executive summaries, abstracts, and findings for leadership and program staff.
• Help coordinate division participation in evaluation activities and address data-related risks.
• Support communication strategies for distributing reports and findings.
• Advise partners and agencies so evaluation-related data is aligned and understood correctly.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications

Candidates must meet one of the following pathways:

• Seven years of professional experience performing independent data analysis and reporting with both quantitative and qualitative data in a related field.
• A bachelor’s degree in Child Development, Public Administration, Social Sciences such as Social Work, Sociology, or Psychology, Education, Statistics, or a closely related discipline, plus three years of professional experience performing independent data analysis and reporting with both quantitative and qualitative data in a related field.

The required experience must be clearly shown in the work experience section of the application and in the supplemental questions. Resumes alone will not be used to confirm qualifications, and statements such as “See Resume” will not be accepted. Part-time experience will be prorated.

Substitutions

• Additional relevant experience may replace the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Additional relevant education may replace the experience requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s or doctoral degree in Child Development, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Education, Statistics, or a closely related field.
• Proven ability to work independently and use data and reporting to influence decisions.
• Experience cleaning and preparing large administrative datasets for high-quality analysis.
• Experience extracting a usable dataset from a large transactional database for research or reporting.
• Experience analyzing and visualizing large administrative datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for sharing analytical findings with varied audiences.

Workplace and employment notes

This role is eligible for a hybrid schedule with both office-based and remote work. Equipment provisioning and certain onboarding tasks will happen in person at the Denver office on the first day.

The announcement may be used to hire for multiple openings.

Benefits and additional information

The State of Colorado offers a generous benefits package that includes 11 paid holidays each year, vacation and sick leave, medical, dental, and vision coverage, state-paid life insurance, short-term disability coverage, optional life and disability plans, retirement plan choices, optional 401(k) and 457 savings plans, credit union membership, and training and professional development.

Some positions may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

The state emphasizes equal opportunity, merit-based hiring, and non-discriminatory employment practices.

State of Colorado residency is required.

No salary amount, stipend, or application deadline was provided in the source information.