The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) seeks motivated professionals who want to use their talents and skills to make a difference. Our 750+ FTE staff are adaptive problem solvers and passionate about enriching people’s lives. If you are mission-driven, dedicated to superior service and support, can diligently work independently and in a collaborative environment, join our team. LAHSA is leading the fight to end homelessness in LA County. Here, not only would your work have a real impact on the community, but we also offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package.
Created in 1993, LAHSA is a joint powers authority of the city and county of Los Angeles. As the lead agency in the HUD-funded Los Angeles Continuum of Care (CoC), we coordinate and manage federal, state, county, and city funds for programs providing shelter, housing, and services to people experiencing homelessness.
The functions listed below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not to be interpreted as an exhaustive list of responsibilities.
Essential Job Functions
- Build useful, well-designed dashboards in Tableau, liaising with programs, systems, government affairs, and finance teams as necessary to scope and collect business requirements.
- Update dashboards, be responsive to change requests and ensure dashboards are always operating with full functionality.
- Explore and keep abreast with emerging BI technologies and best practices that support or enhance the team’s processes, tools, and capabilities.
- Participate in meetings with cross-functional teams to gather required reporting and dashboard requirements.
- Curate datasets and ensure there are documented procedures and guidelines for data access.
- Build, maintain, and update datasets dependent on the needs of internal and external stakeholders
- Support standardization of datasets and data metrics used across queries, reports, dashboards, and data feeds.
- Analyze business requirements and functional specifications for technical implementation(SSRS reports, dashboards, data services, etc.).
- Be a resource for how homeless service data is collected, stored, and analyzed.
- Compile and update documentation for all datasets, dashboards, processes and any other work assigned.
- Think critically to review business operations, identify opportunities for improvement and collaborate with internal departments and stakeholders to complete requests.
- Provide technical assistance and cross-training to other team members.
- Assist in assembling complex ideas, issues and observations into useful explanations and clear directions for the team.
- Complete other duties as needed to help drive to our vision, fulfill our mission, and abide by LAHSA's values.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities