The Puget Sound Regional Council is working to implement the coordinated strategies, policies, and actions of VISION 2050 to address the region’s long-term needs. Data helps planners and policy makers better understand who lives in our region, what activities they do and challenges they face.
Requirements
- Apply common statistical concepts and data analysis techniques.
- Use common software packages to analyze and transform data, such as Excel and relational database packages (e.g., Access, SQL Server, MySQL), ArcGIS, and Tableau.
- Familiarity with SQL, R Python, Git, or JavaScript programming languages and web mapping, ArcGIS Online, OpenStreet Map, and web-based visualization packages would be a plus.
- Collect, analyze, and perform quality control measures on large datasets.
- Familiarity with commonly used demographic, land use, and other planning datasets is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Data analysis of Census data, regional housing data, and surveys, such as the 2019 and 2021 HTS Household Travel Survey
- Conduct and synthesize research and data analysis
- Support evaluation of regional policies and practices
- Processing and mining complex datasets
- Collect, analyze, and perform quality control measures on large datasets
- Assist with research projects for regional planning studies related to growth management and transportation planning topics, including land use, housing, transportation services and infrastructure, and economic development.
Other
- The position may be eligible for hybrid or remote work (within Washington state).
- Temporary part-time position up to 32 hours per week and up to 3 months with flexibility to adjust hours and duration; nonexempt FLSA status.
- Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Effective oral and written communication abilities to work with professionals, and agency staff.
- Interest in the local and regional planning context in the central Puget Sound region.
