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The United Methodist Children's Home

of the North Georgia Conference

"Healing Children, Uniting Families, Saving Lives"

Position Opening

Title: Data Analyst

Reports to: Director Business Project Management

Status: Exempt

Location: Decatur, GA

Are you ready to fully utilize your communications skills and experience to
help transform an organization and make a real difference in the lives of
others?

Come join our dynamic and growing organization with a strong legacy of
organizational and financial stability. We provide meaningful, positive
change that dramatically impacts the lives of children and families within
the North Georgia community. Maximize your data analysis skills and
experience collecting, analyzing, and reporting on financial and operational
data. Serve as a support resource for departments to identify the types of
data needed for analysis that will improve quality while driving operational
efficiencies. Become part of our team and experience the true joy of helping
us effectively fulfill our mission: to help children to heal emotionally and
spiritually, to unite families and to bring the wholeness of God's love to
each of them through Jesus Christ.

Organization

The United Methodist Children's Home - An Exciting and Important Ministry

The United Methodist Children's Home is a safe haven for children, youth and
their families, and we have been since the founding of the organization in
1871. Our stable, resilient organization has a strong foundation and legacy
as a steadfast source of hope and healing to those whom we serve.

We provide a loving and safe home for abused and neglected children in the
state foster care system. Our service offerings include Foster Care and
Adoption for children of all ages, Independent and Transitional Living for
older youth, Nurturing Connections Second Chance Program for parenting teens
and their babies, and Higher Education assistance.

We also work to prevent abuse and strengthen families and believe that the
best way to provide a safe and loving home for a child is to help create
that same safe and loving experience in his or her own family. Our family
preservation services - Family Counseling, Parenting Classes, Financial Aid
and residential Family Housing - help families stay together and become
stronger. Our summer and after-school program, Jesse's House, also provides
a safe place for children. Whether through adoption, reunification, staying
together or standing independently, we help our children, teens and families
find their permanent home.

History:

The United Methodist Children's Home has a rich history of serving children
and families in our area. The Home was originally established in 1871 to
care for children orphaned during the Civil War. Originally called the
Methodist Orphans' Home and located in Norcross, the Home moved in 1873 to
our present location in Decatur. By the early 1930s, the Home was serving
large numbers of children who could not be termed "orphans"; therefore, in
1934 the trustees approved changing the name to Methodist Children's Home.
Elementary students continued in the on-campus school until about 1950, when
they were absorbed into the DeKalb County system.

In 1977, the United Methodist Children's Home opened the first district
office in Augusta to better serve children and families throughout north
Georgia. The district office in Dalton opened in 1984, the office in Rome
opened in 1996, and the office in Gainesville opened in 2006. Over the
years, the Children's Home began offering additional programs and services
to children, teens and families.

In 2010, the United Methodist Children's Home made significant changes to
the program offerings, including the Family Housing program on our campus
and the addition of a new program in 2011: Jesse's House (an after-school
program and summer day for under-served children). We also serve increasing
numbers of older youth in our Independent Living and Transitional Living
programs, and children and youth of all ages in Foster Care.

Today, we are again in the midst of exciting organizational change! UMCH is
working to build increased awareness in the community for our programs and
services and to increase funding designed to help us strengthen existing
programs and services and provide new offerings to serve even more children
and families in our area.

Mission:

To provide redemptive, healing services that bring meaningful change to the
lives of children and families. Grounded by scripture and the tradition of
the church, we seek to bring the wholeness of God's love to persons through
Christ.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Business Process Management, the Data Analyst
will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting on financial
and operational data to ensure regulatory compliance and improve
performance. This position will serve as a support resource for departments
and will be responsible for identifying the types of data needed for
analysis that will improve quality while driving operational efficiencies.
The Data Analyst will be highly analytical, hands on, results-oriented
change agent who is able to interpret and translate complex data. Leadership
experience, combined with a strong passion for the vision, mission and goals
of the United Methodist Children's Home (UMCH) is critical to success in
this role.

This is a full-time opportunity working onsite in the offices at the UMCH
headquarters in Decatur, Georgia. No travel is required.

PLEASE NOTE: No relocation assistance is available for this opportunity.

Duties and Responsibilities

Data Collection

. In collaboration with others, design and build data collection
methods to gather information for programs and operations that optimize data
quality

. Manages data collection associated with the Balanced Scorecard.

. Acquire data from existing internal or external data sources

. Identify the types of data that need to be collected to comply with
regulatory requirements, improve quality and increase operational efficiency

. Develop and maintain databases and data systems necessary for
projects and department functions

. Design and implement surveys that measure quality, brand
recognition and affinity, satisfaction, market opportunity, and perceived
need.

. Perform data entry when needed or required.

Data Analysis

. Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data
sets

. Use software tools to conduct statistical analysis, create
databases, build data sets, and design reports

. In collaboration with others, interpret data and develop
recommendations based on findings

. Act as a liaison for departments as it relates to the quality and
accuracy of their information

Reporting

. Report on weekly and monthly performance metrics including
generating ad hoc reports

. Develop graphs, reports, and presentations of project results

. Creates dashboard views of business metrics and operational
statistics including a Balanced Scorecard.

. Gathers business requirements from multiple sources, asking the
right questions to ensure reports meet the needs of the requestor.

. Apply advanced reporting techniques such as filtering, ranking,
user-defined variable to create reports.

. Research and identify data issues and discrepancies represented in
reports

Supervision and Responsibility

. Reports to: Director Business Process Management

. Direct reports: none

Other Functions

. Perform other duties and ad hoc assignments as defined by the
executive team.

Qualifications

. Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, or
related discipline required

. A minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible experience in one
or more of the following business management disciplines required:
operations analysis, process efficiency, process management, process
mapping, and/or project management

. Knowledge of financial processes including budgeting and
forecasting

. Prior experience with benchmarking activities, metrics development,
measurement techniques and business reporting

. Knowledge of quality initiatives and management techniques such as
the Balanced Scorecard

. Experience using filtering, slice and dice techniques to produce
custom operational reports for a diverse audience using Excel pivot tables
and Access

. Solid understanding of database tools and logical interactions of
data tables.

. Experience designing and utilizing surveys to collect and analyze
data

. Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to
individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers

. Keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which allows
for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting

. Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in
effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior
management, board or other outside partners

Computer Skills

. Microsoft Office - strong proficiency and experience in working
with Access, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Skills:

. Ability to use advanced reporting tools such as Crystal Reports
and/or MS Reporting Service preferred

Ideal Candidate Attributes

. Self-directed, detail oriented, problem solver who is effective at
creating structure in a challenging environment

. Hands-on, relationship builder who will work shoulder to shoulder
with staff and the ability to "manage by influence"

. Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate, uncover,
analyze and translate data into meaningful format that can be used to drive
solutions

. Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks
simultaneously, often under time pressures

. Excellent organizational and communication skills; demonstrated
team player

. Ability to reason and draw accurate conclusions, then use business
skills to assess the most appropriate way to display and distribute the
information

. Balanced approach to work

Contacts

. Internal Contacts: Executive leadership, Administration & Program
staff

. External Contacts: State of Georgia, Vendors, Donors, Business
Partners

Compensation and Benefits

United Methodist Children's Home offers a competitive salary and benefits
package including:

. Major medical insurance, plus dental and vision covered 100% for
UMCH employees

. Discounted family medical coverage program

. Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

. Paid company holidays

. Vacation and sick days accrual program

. Defined contribution benefit pension program

. 403b plan

. Expense reimbursement program for mobile phone and mileage

How to apply

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may register, view a listing of our current open positions and apply by
submitting a copy of your most current resume and cover letter including
salary history and requirements.

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Additional Information

Please, NO phone calls or third party recruiting agency submittals or
inquiries.

Due to the volume of applicant submissions, we regret that we are unable to
respond to each inquiry. If you are selected to move forward in the
process, we will reach out to you concerning details and next steps.

The United Methodist Children's Home supports a diverse workforce and is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.