Climate Action Data Analytics and Impact Lead – Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency

About Our Job

Climate Action Data Analytics and Impact Lead – Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $91,373 – $150,766. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site 3 days per week and off-site as needed. The Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency requires 3 days in office at the Wellington Webb Municipal Building. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

What You’ll Do

The Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency’s (CASR) mission is to build a carbon pollution free, sustainable and resilient Denver for all.

The City and County of Denver is committed to cultivating a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. CASR fosters this culture among staff through a variety of actions, including team equity conversations, professional development, and training, embedding equity into all aspects of its workplans, and building a collaborative team environment. Our goal is to build a team that is as diverse as our community, with different perspectives and unique ways of thinking. If you share these values and our enthusiasm for equity, we encourage you to apply to join our team.

As the Climate Action Data Analytics and Impact Lead, you will provide impactful analysis, insights, and evaluation for CASR leadership to ensure CASR can make data driven decisions to do the highest impact work for our community. Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Strategy & Leadership – Aligning data management priorities with the CASR executive leadership team goals and priorities. Implementing and leading an office-wide Data Leadership Team that will engage program managers in a consistent data strategy and approach. Managing contractors and vendors used by CASR to support data related outcomes. Hiring and supervising one associate data analyst in support of this work.
• Data Policies, Procedures, and Standardization - Developing and implementing policies, procedures, business practices, and control mechanisms, to assure data integrity and access. Establishing qualitative and quantitative data management practices for standardized data collection, storage, retention, governance, organization, and quality control from CASR programs, participants, vendors and contractors, other city agencies, external partners and relevant climate data sources.
• Data Source Management & Integration – Building the data fabric for the disparate data sources across multiple programs and projects to bring needed data into a common analytics platform.  This will include a combination of tools and techniques (API, Snowflake/Data Hub, AWS services, etc.) to cost effectively integrate data sources into a secured and cleansed single source of truth.
• Managing Budget, Contracts, and Vendors – Establishing and managing a yearly budget and contractors. Managing work with our vendors to assist in developing data solutions for CASR teams.
• Impact Monitoring and Evaluation – Establishing KPIs, other metrics and data analysis tools (i.e., dashboards) to continuously monitor program performance and provide decision makers the ability to report and evaluate across programs/projects/investments.
• Analytics and Information Visualization – Designing and creating interactive dashboards, charts, graphs, maps, and other visualizations using various tools and software to help stakeholders understand information and make informed decisions.
• Collaboration and Storytelling - Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver tailored analyses and visualizations that effectively communicate information to stakeholders. Understand the goals and support the work of climate action policy and programs throughout the various teams in CASR: Buildings and Homes, Adaptation and Resiliency, Communications Team, Environmental Justice, Green Workforce, Mobility and Energy Transition, and Zero Waste and Circular Economy teams. Work with other agencies to collect data from key partners, such as Community, Planning and Development.

CASR’s work is of interest to many stakeholders including taxpayers, news organizations, business owners, elected representatives, and more. This nature of this role requires the ability to quickly receive, understand, and respond to requests for information. The role may also be expected to fulfil other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Research shows people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups tend to apply only when they check every box in the posting. If you are reading this and hesitating to click “apply” for that reason, we encourage you to apply.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Experience translating complex data into easily understandable visual representations
• Strong data analytics experience with different platforms integrating different data sources
• Solid knowledge of and experience in implementing data stewardship practices and processes
• Experience building an architecture that integrates various pipelines and cloud environments
• Supervisory experience in leading analysts to achieving organizational goals

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Business Administration, or other related field.
• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of senior level data analytics experience.
• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
• Licensure: None

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until April 6, 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than that date at 11:59 p.m. to ensure consideration.

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

• Cover letter
• Resume

Everything Else

Job Profile: Data Analytics Specialist

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Position Type: Full Time

Position Salary Range: $91,373 – $150,766

Starting Pay: $92,000 – $125,000

Agency: Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

This policy covers the administration of all personnel actions at the City and County of Denver, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs or terminations.  

Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.  

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About Everything Else

Job Profile

CD3340 Data Analytics Specialist

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$91,373.00 - $150,766.00

Starting Pay

$92,000 – $125,000

Agency

Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. 

It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days’ notice.

Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

For information about right to work, click here for English or here for Spanish.