Who We Are
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) empowers Ohioans with disabilities through employment, disability determinations, and independence. Our agency works with partners in businesses, education, and non-profit organizations to facilitate customized employment plans for Ohioans with disabilities; helps Ohio companies recruit and retain employees with disabilities; and is the sole agency determining medical and vocational Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs in Ohio. We help connect the people of Ohio who have disabilities with the resources, support, and opportunities that fit their unique needs, abilities, and interests so that they can find and retain meaningful employment. To learn more about what we do, please visit our website at ood.ohio.gov.
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What You'll Do
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) is seeking a Data Analytics Specialist to support our mission of empowering Ohioans with disabilities through services that lead to employment and independence. In this role, you’ll help transform data into meaningful insights that guide program decisions, improve service delivery, and strengthen the impact of OOD’s vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs. This is an exciting opportunity to use your technical skills in a public service environment where your work directly supports individuals, partner agencies, and teams across the organization.
In this position, you will:
- Develop automated reporting solutions and create dashboards that help staff access consistent, reliable information. Validate report calculations and data outputs, troubleshoot reporting issues, and maintain recurring reports and workflows that support compliance monitoring, performance measurement, and Vocational Rehabilitation operations.
- Review and process data requests, determine business requirements, prepare approved data for release, and support compliance reporting by maintaining accurate and timely performance measures.
- Ensure the quality of analytical deliverables by performing validation checks, resolving complex reporting issues, and collaborating with teammates on analytics projects.
- Support interagency data-sharing efforts by preparing authorized datasets, participating in agreement reviews, presenting data-sharing agreement justifications to the Data Governance Council, and maintaining datasets and reporting resources used for cooperative program reporting
- Document reporting standards, manage Vocational Rehabilitation data definitions, maintain cataloged metadata, and provide training, guidance, and technical assistance to staff.
To be successful in this role, you should bring:
- Strong knowledge and experience of data analysis methods and electronic data processing tools such as SQL, Python, R, Tableau, and Power BI.
- The ability to learn agency specific systems.
- Strong organizational and planning skills, the ability to handle many variables at once, and the capacity to prepare accurate reports and maintain detailed records.
- Comfort working with government processes, understand agency policies, manage sensitive inquiries, and communicate effectively to both technical and non technical audiences.
If you’re looking for meaningful work that supports statewide services and enhances the quality of programs that change lives, we encourage you to apply and grow with OOD.
Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) The Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation provides vocational rehabilitation (VR) services to eligible individuals with disabilities to assist them to attain and maintain competitive integrated employment. OOD works with adults seeking to enter the workforce or retain a job, and with youth beginning at age 14 to assist them as they transition from high school into college and/or the workplace. For more information, Click Here for the Vocational Rehabilitation Fact Sheet
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities does not provide sponsorship for employment-based visas or work authorization.
Additional Information
Pay Information:
Starting salary will be step 1, subject to law or union contract requirements. New hires advance to the next step in the range after 6 months and annually thereafter. There are cost of living increases to these rates each year and additional longevity supplements begin after 5 years. You can find pay tables for all State of Ohio classifications at das.ohio.gov.
Location Information
Position availability in the following locations:
- 150 OOD Cmplx - 150 E Campus View Blvd Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43235
- Akron BSVI/BVR - 172 S. Broadway, Akron, OH 44308
- OOD Middleburg (Cleveland) - 7261 Engle Rd Ste 104, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
- Canton BSVI/BVR - 816 30th St NW, Canton, OH 44709
- Dayton Service Office - 3401 Park Center Dr., Dayton, OH 45414
- OOD Springfield - 239 E Columbia St, Suite 50, Springfield, OH 45502
- OOD West Chester - 9650 Cincinnati Columbus Rd Cincinnati, OH 45241
- Montana - 2300 Montana Ave Cincinnati, OH 45211
- Toledo BSVI/BVR - 5241 Southwyck Blvd., Ste. 200 Toledo, OH 43614
- Defiance BSVI/BVR - 101 Clinton Suite 1100, Defiance, OH 43512
- Lima Office BSVI/BVR - 2190 Allentown Road Lima, OH 45805
- OOD Norwalk - 105 Cleveland Road, Suite A, Norwalk,
OH 44857
- Mansfield BSVI/BVR - 800 Park Avenue West Suite 105, Mansfield, OH 44906
- OOD Newark - 195 Union Street, Suite A1, Newark, OH 43055
- Wooster BVR - 2148 Eagle Pass, Wooster, OH 44691
- Youngstown BSVI/BVR - 242 Federal Plaza West, Youngstown, OH 44503
- Zanesville BSVI/BVR - 601 Underwood St., Ste. C, Zanesville, OH 43701
- OOD Portsmouth - 1001 4th Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662
- Athens BSVI/BVR - 86 Columbus Rd., Ste. 104, Athens,
OH 45701
- Sharonville - 11150 Woodward Lane Cincinnati, OH 45241
Our roles are primarily in-office to encourage collaboration and connection; however, some locations may have adjusted on-site requirements based on space availability at this time. Reporting details will be provided by the supervisor before the start date. Employees must reside at a location that allows for reasonable response time to workplace reporting requirements.
Daytime travel within Ohio may be required. The selected candidate must provide own transportation or, in order to operate a state vehicle, must have a valid driver’s license.
Applications and Selections:
Please ensure your online application and work experience clearly indicates how you meet minimum qualifications (MQs). Applications that fail to demonstrate how they meet minimum qualifications will not be considered. If you meet the MQs through education, transcripts are required for consideration by attaching directly on the Additional Attachments section of the application (Step 7) or via email to OOD.TalentAcquisition@ood.ohio.gov.
Applicants can check their application status and all vacancy-related email correspondence on “My Jobpage.” On the Careers.Ohio.Gov job search webpage, once signed in the link to My Jobpage is displayed under the TeamOhio logo. Applicants who require technical assistance (e.g., issues logging in or other system-related issues) should contact careers@ohio.gov.
This position shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the OCSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement. The selection process consists of an assessment and a structured interview. As we approach the holiday season, we want to provide candidates with advance notice that interviews are planned for the week of November 30 through December 4, allowing time for scheduling and planning. All communications are sent via email. Candidates should make sure their account contains an email address that is checked regularly including checking junk and/or spam.
Background Check:
The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant’s prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement:
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is amongst the top-ranked state agencies implementing inclusive and accessible planning and programming into businesses operations and services. We strive to hire, sustain, and promote a workforce that not only embraces this mission but is also reflective of the Ohioans we serve. If you require an accommodation based on a disability for any step of the selection process, please contact OOD.TalentAcquisition@ood.ohio.gov so proper arrangements can be made.