Data Analyst

Safer Foundation is a social service provider supporting individuals with arrest and conviction records through employment, education, case management, and advocacy services. The Data Analyst will support the Healthy Chicago Mental Health Collective program by developing data collection tools, maintaining accurate records, preparing grant reports, analyzing behavioral health data, and helping transition reporting processes to an EHR system.

What you'll do:

• Develop and maintain program data collection tools, tracking spreadsheets, data logs, and reporting templates
• Collect, organize, clean, and validate client-level and service-level data from multiple sources
• Support manual data gathering during early implementation while helping prepare for transition to EHR-based reporting
• Maintain accurate documentation of data definitions, reporting fields, and data collection procedures
• Work with program and clinical staff to ensure required information is collected consistently and accurately
• Identify missing, incomplete, or inconsistent data and follow up with appropriate staff to resolve issues
• Assist with the transition from manual tracking to EHR-based data capture and reporting
• Work with behavioral health leadership and clinical staff to support accurate documentation workflows
• Help test, review, and validate EHR reports against manual tracking records during implementation
• Support data extraction, formatting, and submission processes as required by the grant
• Help identify practical ways to reduce duplicate data entry and improve reporting consistency
• Perform other duties as assigned

What they're looking for:

• * Ability to turn raw data into clear, useful information
• * Ability to work with imperfect or evolving data systems during early program implementation
• * Ability to build practical tracking tools when formal systems are still being developed
• * Strong organizational skills and comfort maintaining multiple data sources
• * Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, program, and administrative staff
• * Ability to protect confidentiality and handle sensitive client information appropriately
• * Comfort working in a developing program environment where processes may change over time
• * Commitment to health equity and culturally responsive services
• * Interest in supporting behavioral health access for justice-impacted individuals
• * Hands-on experience and self-sufficiency with Microsoft productivity tools, including Outlook (for email), Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), and online collaboration tools (video conferencing, Zoom/Teams, messaging)
• * Ability to work at a computer for extended periods
• * Ability to participate in meetings with program, clinical, and administrative staff