Climate Data Analyst Jobs

Climate Data Analyst

Description

Who We Are

The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), founded in 1991, is an international climate organization with a mission to create equitable, climate change solutions around the world. We do this by forming collaborative, people-focused partnerships that support communities disproportionately impacted by the global climate crisis. For more than 30 years, ISC has utilized a unique, bottom-up approach to ensure solutions emerge from within communities, rather than being imposed from the outside.

Through a deep understanding of and commitment to communities that are the least likely to cause global climate change yet face the highest impacts, ISC develops creative and inclusive solutions, demonstrated in our work in the US and across Asia in China, India, the Mekong, and Bangladesh. We actively partner with frontline organizations, subnational governments, and the private sector to co-create programs that support underinvested communities, women, and people experiencing poverty who comprise the global majority. ISC remains cognizant of communities' varying needs, and we tailor our approach to support those needs. We believe equity and inclusion are fundamental to building healthy, prosperous, and peaceful communities and are committed to furthering equitable climate action. ISC is implementing programs in the U.S., India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. Learn more at sustain.org.

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Climate Data Analyst*

ISC is seeking a dynamic and agile Climate Data Analyst to join our US Programs team and our new role as the EPA Environmental Justice National Technical Assistance Center. For the next five years, this position would be responsible for supporting ISC’s program monitoring and evaluation approach and providing high quality analytical support. This position would collect and analyze the necessary data to ensure the technical assistance programs are useful and impactful. ISC will conduct needs assessments of the regional Technical Assistance Centers and develop programs and training to support regional environmental justice needs. The goal of the data analysis is to assess whether technical assistance is leading to increased knowledge and skills to address environmental injustice. In order to show ISC is meeting program deliverables, the analyst will collect and analyze data to create reporting as required by the EPA.

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What You’ll Do*

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Develops equitable data analysis protocol to provide information and insights to stakeholders for decision-making or solution development.

• Propose recommendations and conclusions based on the processing, cleaning, validating data for analysis; analyzation of large environmental data sets for trends and insights

• Prepare and present environmental data reports for government agencies, local communities, non-governmental organizations

• Measures impact of program activities using quantitative and qualitative methods.

• Implements data standards and deploys automation tools to extract, clean, synthesize, and validate data from different sources and transform data into usable metrics.

• Constructs data sets, monitors data quality, troubleshoots and resolves database issues to ensure data integrity.

• Utilizes scripting and querying tools using data analysis and statistical programs to produce reports, data files, and dashboards.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs, objectives, and requirements.

• Assist with GIS analysis of specific community areas related to climate and resilience

• Use and/or develop computer tools to facilitate research and analysis tasks

• Review technical reports, compile technical information, and develop other written materials as requested

• Ability to understand data management using excellent computer skills to create spreadsheets and databases

• Create data visualizations using a range of programs

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What You’ll Bring*

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2-4 years of data analysis experience, preference for experience in the climate/environmental field

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• Experience with GIS/Data visualization, data quality

• Strong quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills using SPSS or R and NVivo or Dedoose (for example)

• Experience with program evaluation and project monitoring

• Experience presenting data to staff internally as well as external partners

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Organization and time management skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Commitment to ISC mission & values

• Experience in equity centered data frameworks and analysis

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Work, Location, and Travel*

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Work: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer and video platforms*

• Location: Remote, United States, preference for East Coast

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Travel: *Up to 10% of travel required

Salary
$74,000 - $83,000 per year

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $74,000.00 - $83,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote