Data Analyst - Job ID 63976
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Job Summary
As a Data Analyst at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), you will lead, facilitate, and participate in complex, broad-based, and agency-wide program evaluation, data management and data analysis projects with an emphasis on the development, execution and communication of statistical and visual data analysis. Using data science principles, this position assesses the effectiveness of program business processes in meeting environmental and operational goals, identifies opportunities for improvement, and recommends strategies for enhancements to provide the MPCA leadership and its staff the ability to make and communicate informed, data-driven decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must clearly demonstrate the following qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in an Environmental Science or other Natural Science; or Statistics, Computer Science, or other related degree with a broad knowledge of environmental sciences, natural sciences or Geographical Information System (GIS) AND two (2) years of demonstrated experience managing data; querying databases; performing quantitative analysis, spatial analysis, statistical modeling; and/or analyzing and reporting on data.
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.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience manipulating large datasets with a wide variety of approaches and tools.
Skills to identify and extract factual information from a variety of sources to produce clear, concise analysis and reports.
Expertise in a wide variety of advanced analytical, evaluation or documentation software such as Tableau, SQL, ArcGIS, Python, R or other statistical analysis software.
Ability to design and conduct both summative and formative program evaluation.
Experience managing, querying, or analyzing environmental data (air, water, geology, climate, etc.) or pollution-related data (waste reduction, site remediation, cumulative impacts, etc.).