The State of Minnesota is looking to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans by developing policies and providing essential services, and this position will support goals, strategies, and implementation for extended producer responsibility under the new Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an Environmental Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or other natural or data-focused science, like Statistics, or other related degree
- Three (3) years of demonstrated experience building or designing databases, managing data; querying databases; performing quantitative analysis, spatial analysis, statistical modeling; and/or analyzing and reporting on data for both technical and general audiences
- Expertise in a wide variety of data science (data collection, analysis, processing, evaluation, visualization, etc.) software such as Tableau, SQL, ArcGIS, Python, R or other statistical analysis software
- Expertise in database design and development
- Expertise in quality assurance and data governance principles
- Expertise in querying MPCA data systems such as TEMPO, EQuIS, ReTRAC, etc.
Responsibilities
- Leads, facilitates, and participates in complex program evaluation and data analysis through the development, execution, and communication of statistical and visual data analysis
- Oversees data-related work for the program, ensuring data is accessible and can be trusted for making decisions
- Works with the division’s data steward to advocate for the appropriate use and management of the data, ensuring program staff and others follow established policies, procedures, and data standards
- Serves as a primary point of contact for these specific datasets, communicating data management decisions between subject matter experts, MNIT, MPCA leadership, and external stakeholders
Other
- Ability to conduct advanced data analyses to include manipulating large datasets with a wide variety of approaches and tools, and leverage opportunities for improvement, even in unfamiliar systems and business processes
- Technical writing skills sufficient to organize and effectively present ideas to a variety of audiences
- Human relation and communication skills sufficient to collaborate, work effectively, and create understanding within a wide range of clientele, partners, and interested parties
- Accomplished planning and organizational skills to meet priorities, goals and objectives, monitor work, and follow-up on implementation
- Willingness and ability to learn new data analysis tools, skills, and software
- Bachelor's degree in an Environmental Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or other natural or data-focused science, like Statistics, or other related degree
