Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ACT is an organization dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success through education, assessment, and research. The Senior Insights Consultant will help school, district, and state education agency customers interpret and leverage ACT data, develop scalable post-test training content, deliver professional development, and build data-use capacity among educators and internal field staff.
Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive content strategy and training library to maximize impact and reach of ACT's post-test data products across diverse customer segments
- Create comprehensive training content and resources for delivery to states, school districts, and educators at scale
- Compile and document best practices from customer engagements to inform product enhancements and inform global impact of strong data use
- Develop internal frameworks, tools, and templates that enable ACT field staff to deliver consistent, high-quality data literacy support ("plug-and-play" resources)
- Work directly with school districts and state education programs on post-test results interpretation, outcome analysis, and intervention planning
- Conduct state, regional, and national webinars and in-person training events
- Represent ACT at regional education conferences, state agency convenings, and customer events
- Assist with RFP response efforts related to post-test data literacy and professional development training—both response development and delivery readiness
- Assist ACT in reaching overarching Revenue Office goals by increasing the retention levels of existing users and introducing new solutions to help customers reach desired outcomes
- Train and coach internal field staff to effectively use elements of the post-test data training library
- Build institutional knowledge about customer challenges, field-tested solutions, and emerging best practices in data use
Skills
- At least 5 years of professional experience in education data/professional development roles using data and analysis to inform decision-making in education, government, nonprofit, or social impact contexts
- Experience in professional development, training delivery, or instructional support in education settings
- Experience producing external-facing content and resources (trainings, presentations, guides, etc.)
- Strong quantitative analysis skills and demonstrated experience working with K–12 or postsecondary education data
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate data concepts for diverse audiences
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence across stakeholder groups (educators, state officials, school leaders, etc.)
- Demonstrated commitment to improving educational outcomes and advancing equity
- Proficiency with data visualization and analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, or Power BI), virtual training platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams), and content-development or e-learning authoring tools (e.g., PowerPoint, Articulate 360, or Adobe Captivate)
- Ability to travel at least 25% of time
- Bachelor's degree in education, policy, public policy, economics, statistics, data science, or a related field of study; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship
- This is a remote position, based in the United States
- Master's degree in education policy, public policy, economics, statistics, data science, education, education administraion or related field of study; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Direct experience at a State Education Agency (SEA), Local Education Agency (LEA), or assessment provider
- Familiarity with the K–12 educational assessment and accountability landscape
- Experience designing and delivering large-scale training involving complex datasets
- Background in instructional design or curriculum development
- Experience partnering directly with school districts, state education agencies, or higher education institutions on data initiatives
Benefits
- Company paid life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible health spending accounts
- Flexible dependent spending accounts
- 401(k) retirement savings with company match
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
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