Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.
Dexis embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion and strives to build and maintain a safe environment where we celebrate diverse backgrounds, treat everyone with respect, and value the unique lived experiences each person brings based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, military or veteran status, national origin, age, marital status or family status and related conditions.
At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.
About the Project
Through the Private Sector Engagement Modernization Contract (PSEMC), Dexis supports the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) PSE Hub to expand and deepen collaboration with the private sector to achieve greater development outcomes. The PSE Hub’s mission is to create the institutional conditions, operating infrastructure, and capacity necessary to expand engagement with the private sector in the United States and partner countries. The PSE Hub works to transform and modernize how USAID does development by institutionalizing USAID’s PSE policy and delivering capacity- and systems-building support for PSE across all sectors, operating units, and countries where USAID operates.
About the Position
The USAID Center for Economics and Market Development (EMD) is the Agency’s primary resource for knowledge and technical assistance on economic growth and trade. EMD leads and supports USAID missions and other OUs in working with civil society, the private sector, and governments to build better enabling environments and trade capacity for the development and profitability of private enterprise, toward advancing the effective design and implementation of regulations.
The Data Analyst position is located in EMD’s Economics Team (EMD/E), which together with its implementing partners provides technical assistance and thought leadership in development economics, poverty reduction, and economic growth. The Economics Team also leads analytical and empirical studies for USAID Missions and other operating units. EMD analytic services, such as inclusive growth diagnostics and jobs diagnostics, are used to evaluate potential investments, design activities and strategies, and help leverage financial resources from potential investors. This position will help EMD/E by acquiring and cleaning data, ensuring its accuracy and readiness for analysis. The position will help to apply econometric techniques, automate data processes, and implement machine learning models to uncover insights and trends. By leveraging these tools, the position will help improve our organization's efficiency and effectiveness in decision-making and operations. This position will help the EMD/E team design, coordinate, and conduct economic analysis and related analytics to inform USAID programming and strategy design.
Successful EMD Economics Team members work collaboratively, seek opportunities, demonstrate persistence, are risk-takers, set goals and see them through, systematically plan, and work with minimal direction and oversight.
This is a telework-eligible position requiring occasional travel (15–25%) to USAID partner countries.
Responsibilities
Data Acquisition and Management:
- Collect, organize, and maintain datasets from various internal and external sources.
- Clean, validate, and ensure data accuracy for analysis.
- Manage databases and ensure proper data storage, security, and accessibility.
Data Analysis and Interpretation:
- Conduct statistical and econometric analyses to identify trends, patterns, and correlations.
- Use data modeling techniques, including predictive analytics and machine learning, to support decision-making.
- Provide insights for policy development, program monitoring and evaluation, and performance assessments.
Reporting and Data Visualization:
- Create clear, actionable reports using charts, graphs, dashboards, and other visualizations.
- Present findings to stakeholders, policymakers, and decision-makers in a simplified, understandable manner.
- Communicate complex data insights for use in legislative or executive decision-making.
Project Management
- Support project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with goals, timelines, and budgets.
- Monitor program performance through data analysis and reporting, making adjustments to optimize outcomes and meet objectives.
- Track expenditures and monitor budget variances, providing timely recommendations for adjustments as needed.
Relationships
- Builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders throughout the Agency.
- Coordinate and support stakeholder communication, providing regular updates and resolving issues as they arise.
Performs other related duties as assigned
Required
- Bachelor's degree and five years of work experience, or Master’s degree with three or more years of work experience, or nine+ years equivalent relevant work experience (e.g. Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or a related field).
- Ability to clean, organize, and prepare raw data for analysis, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Proficiency in statistical methods and techniques for analyzing data and drawing meaningful conclusions.
- Expertise in creating clear, informative visualizations (charts, graphs, dashboards) to present data insights using tools like Tableau, Power BI, or Excel.
- Knowledge of programming languages commonly used for data analysis, such as Python, R, or Stata, for manipulating data and automating tasks.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets for data analysis, modeling, and reporting.
- Ability to approach data with a critical mindset, identify patterns, and propose data-driven solutions to complex problems.
- Precision in handling data to avoid errors and ensure the accuracy of analysis and reporting.
- Demonstrated strong communications skills, with a focus on translating data into usable information for non-experts.
- Demonstrated evidence of excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and team building skills.
- Ability to attain and maintain a Secret-level clearance.
Preferred
- Current holder of an active Secret-level security clearance
All applicants are measured on how they foster a climate of respect in interactions with others, value differing perspectives, and treat others in a fair, equitable, and culturally sensitive manner. All employees and consultants are expected to value diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in performing everyday duties and responsibilities.
Min. Salary
$85,000—$105,000 USD
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?
If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!
Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.
If you are hired for a position that is paid from the Dexis home office, you will be required to submit proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine unless you qualify for a legally recognized medical or religious exception to the vaccine requirement. This does not apply to AL, AZ, FL, KS, MT, NH, ND, or TX residents.
Top Skills
What We Do
Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.
We advance the mission of leading global engagement agencies, including USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. We specialize in stabilization and conflict mitigation, security sector assistance, rule of law, anti-corruption, and inclusive economic growth.
Our staff of over 500 full-time employees maintain an active presence across 80 countries. Our ISO 9001-certified quality management system (QMS) makes us a reliable partner with our clients.
Established in 2001, Dexis has grown at double-digit rates for over a decade and is now a solidly middle-market company, a feat demonstrated by 2.5% of small government services firms. Dexis’ agile, digital-forward workforce and robust business platforms ensure adaptive management is built into everything we do.
As a minority-owned company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as the foundation of our corporate culture. Women make up seventy percent of staff and half of our executive leadership team. Forty percent of our staff and leadership team are from minority or historically under-represented communities.
We are an active member of the communities where we work and provide matching donations to employee-driven social causes. Our employees have top ranked Dexis in Glassdoor as a company with the best growth prospects among its peers.
