Data Systems Administrator

Data Systems Administrator
Bronx, NY

Seton Education Partners seeks a mission-driven, adaptive individual to be the founding Data Systems Administrator  for the Brilla Schools Network. The Data Systems Administrator is an entry-level role crucial for managing and maintaining the data systems across our organization. This position requires a detail-oriented individual who is willing to work across various organizational functions, ensuring the integrity, security, and efficiency of data systems.

About Seton Education Partners

Co-founded in 2009 by KIPP pioneer Scott W. Hamilton and Teach for America alumna Stephanie Saroki de García, Seton Education Partners is a response to the dramatic decline of urban Catholic schools in America, which have served the economically disadvantaged so well for decades.

In 2013, amidst the shuttering of 60+ urban Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York, Seton launched Brilla College Prep Public Charter School in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. Brilla, which means “shine” in Spanish, has achieved academic results that parallel the nation’s most acclaimed high-poverty schools. Alongside Brilla, Seton launched El Camino, an optional, privately funded extended-day Catholic faith formation program. In only five  years, 99 children have been baptized through their participation in El Camino.

Seton is working to take these remarkable achievements to scale by managing a network of schools and programs that ensure that thousands of underserved children whose Catholic schools close—and other local children—have access to an academically excellent, character-building, and, for those who choose it, faith-nurturing education. This network is a national model for how other cities facing the shuttering of Catholic schools can continue to serve children and families with limited educational options. For more information on Seton Education Partners, please visit www.SetonPartners.org.

About the Brilla Schools Network

Brilla Public Charter Schools is a network of K-8th grade schools that currently serves nearly 1,600 students from Mott Haven, University Heights and other neighborhoods in the Bronx. The network plans to grow from a current four elementary and one middle school to four elementary and four middle schools educating some 4,000 students in the Bronx. Core to our mission is that our students become young men and women of good character and spirit and be prepared for excellence in high school, college, and beyond. Brilla combines a classical approach to education -- an emphasis on virtue formation, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness, and direct instruction of a content-rich curriculum that has stood the test of time -- with co-teaching practices and individualized online learning. We approach the formation of our students holistically and also set high academic expectations. Ours is a joyful community that honors the dignity of each student, family member and staff. 

About El Camino Network

El Camino, which means “The Way” in Spanish, is an optional, privately-funded Catholic after-school faith formation program that is closely partnered with Brilla charter schools. El Camino helps children, their families and their catechists to know, love and serve Christ and His Church; develop the habits, dispositions and beliefs that are indispensable to human flourishing and happiness; and live as disciples in this world and saints in the next. El Camino honors the teaching authority of the Catholic Church.

El Camino currently serves approximately 40% of Brilla’s students for 90 minutes a day, Monday through Thursday. Children receive homework help from experienced teachers, a nutritious snack, and 30 minutes each of catechism and physical fitness. Additionally, children and families have opportunities for shared and personal prayer and character formation. This video provides a snapshot of El Camino. El Camino will grow to serve children through 8th grade, growing a grade level at a time each year.

About the job of Data Systems Administrator

Reporting to the Senior Director of Data and Data Strategy, the Data Systems Administrator will be at the forefront of managing our Student Information System (SIS) and supporting campus operations teams. This position is pivotal in ensuring the accuracy and validity of data across disparate systems. The Data Systems Administrator will play a key role in integrating and harmonizing data from various sources, maintaining system integrity, and providing reliable data support to facilitate effective decision-making and operations at the campus level. Your work will directly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of our educational and administrative processes, making it essential to our organization's success.

Main Responsibilities

• System Administration: Manage system configuration, user access, and data integrity across various systems including PowerSchool SIS, Google Workspace, and others
• Data Handling: Oversee the process of data extraction and importation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with data policies.  Develop custom reports/extracts as needed
• System Maintenance: Handle system maintenance/upgrades, customizations, backups, and restores, maintaining system health and efficiency
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work collaboratively across different departments to understand and meet their data system needs
• User Support: Provide training and support to system users, ensuring they can effectively utilize the systems.  Develop online resources and knowledge base for user community
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with system upgrades, new features, and best practices in data management
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Desired Characteristics:

Candidates for the position must possess the following personal characteristics:

• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to Seton’s mission and values
• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to Brilla’s mission, including its commitment to a classically inspired curriculum and character formation
• Personal responsibility with humility
• A relentless drive for excellence
• A strong belief that all children can achieve both moral and academic excellence
• An unwavering determination to be better today than you were yesterday

The ideal candidate will bring experience and skills in the following areas:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Strong understanding of data systems and databases
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively with various teams
• Experience with PowerSchool suite of products preferred
• Experience with Google Workspace administration preferred
• Experience with Python preferred
• Experience with Tableau preferred
• Experience in creating documentation and PD resources for organization
• Demonstrated history of learning new technologies either independently or through external PD resources

Diversity & Inclusivity

We are building an organization in which talented individuals from all walks of life and past work experiences can join our team and make significant contributions. We are particularly committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences or backgrounds of the students we will serve.

*At Brilla, education in the classical tradition is understood to mean the education of the whole person - mind, body and spirit - in the service of human flourishing. People flourish by living out the virtues. A time proven way of learning how to live out the virtues is to learn about, contemplate and discuss how these virtues have been expressed by fictional and nonfictional people throughout history represented in time-tested works. 

Secondarily, a classical education is pedagogically consistent with modern cognitive science. Many current pedagogies are not fully consistent with what we know today about brain development. In contrast, classical pedagogy  (referred to as the Trivium) perfectly corresponds to how the brain develops. It emphasizes patterns, routines, and facts that young brains crave (Grammar stage); It leverages the brain’s orientation to asking “why” in the middle years (Logic stage); And it focuses on communication and persuasion in the high school years (Rhetoric stage).

To Apply

Initial application materials include: a cover letter, contact information for three references, and a resume that includes information on your background and leadership experience.

Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed.

Seton Education Partners provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.

The base salary range for this position is  $75,000 to $90,000 per year, along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, financial, and other benefits. New hires will typically start at the lower end of this range, depending on their relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and internal equity considerations. Compensation is determined based on our salary scales.

Last updated on Nov 21, 2024