The Toronto Catholic District School Board currently has a position posted:
Role: Senior Manager – Data Science
Posting: details available here
Deadline: February 6, 2023
Description: Reporting to and under the direction of the Chief of Educational Research, as the technical expert in the field of data, the primary purpose of this position, is to lead the TCDSB in revisioning and transforming approaches to analyzing and communicating information derived from data.
Qualifications sought include:
- Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of four (4) years’ experience in an analytics role preferably with an educational focus
- Demonstrated experience with descriptive and advanced inferential statistical analysis
- Demonstrated experience with automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and interactive data visualizations
- Experience solving real world business and product problems using modelling
- Experience using R, Python or SQL
- Experience with data visualization tools or packages (e.g., PowerBI, R Shiny)
- Experience with developing a Data Strategy, Data Governance Plans or Data Marketplace would be an asset
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to synthesize and explain complex problems to diverse audiences
- Superior oral and written communication skills as demonstrated by success in engaging, understanding and supporting data users, including proven presentation and public-speaking abilities