Job Description

Data Analyst

Calgary, AB, Canada \xe2\x97\x8f Mississauga, ON, Canada \xe2\x97\x8f Ottawa, ON, Canada \xe2\x97\x8f Regina, SK, Canada \xe2\x97\x8f Toronto, ON, Canada \xe2\x97\x8f Winnipeg, MB, Canada \xe2\x97\x8f Virtual Req #899

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Are you looking for more than a job? At World Vision Canada we offer challenging careers that change the lives of children all over the world and it will change yours too. Come and be part of a team of 400 Canadians with a vision for the world: Life in all its fullness for every child.

You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world\'s most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good:

For Children. For Change. For Life.

Position: Data Analyst

Reports to: People Manager, Employee Centric Delivery

Position Term: Full Time, Contract until March 2024

Primary Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Workplace Type: Remote (within Canada)

Job Purpose

The Data Analyst will act as a general consultant to the business regarding business intelligence (BI), analytics initiatives, designing, implementing and maintaining end-to-end solutions through the use of well-established and leading edge BI and analytics tools and techniques.

This role is responsible for collaborating with the business, defining business requirements, determining the appropriate solution to address the business problem at hand, and executing and deploying the solution in collaboration with various stakeholders as needed.

Additionally, the ability to support in the development and maintenance of sophisticated business intelligence infrastructure and databases is a key deliverable for this role.

The ideal candidate will possess acute analytical abilities, demonstrated experience with statistical analytics, strength in data visualization, along with excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Duties and responsibilities

• Act as a technical and strategic partner to internal clients across the organization, defining requirements and identifying the appropriate research approach/design to address business needs.
• Help lead staff through the adoption and utilization of analytics in their day-to-day decision-making ensuring analytics drive opportunity identification and appropriate investments.
• Consult on and deploy analytics solutions in collaboration with other areas of the division as needed.
• Extract and manipulate data from various sources and perform data analytics using suitable techniques to uncover insights that guide and inform relevant business decisions.
• Support in the design, development, and maintenance of visually appealing, intuitive, and functional Business Intelligence outputs (reports, dashboards, smart alerts, etc.) to enable all levels of the organization to constantly be aware of performance and effortlessly understand what is impacting it.
• Develop clear, concise, and comprehensive presentations of analytics results that emphasize actionable recommendations and insights to support the development of new strategies and tactics.
• Work to solution existing data, reporting and analytics inefficiencies ensuring identified solutions are consistent and scalable.

Qualifications

• A university degree in analytics, mathematics, statistics, business or related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant analytics, insights, or BI experience.
• Strong understanding of data management concepts to effectively integrate and analyze data; ability to engage in meta-analysis, statistical analysis, big data, predictive modeling, and forecasting.
• Experience with Business Intelligence, data manipulation, and data science tools and their application (Cognos BI, Power BI, SiSense, SQL, Python, and/or similar tools).
• Proven ability to think strategically and to come up with solutions to loosely defined business problems.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and problem-solving skills; a strong team player and collaborative with other departments.
• Experience working in an Agile environment is advantageous.

We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world - and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.

Our Core Values: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People.
We are Partners. We are Responsive.

Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.

World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Other details

• Job Family Resource Development & Fundraising
• Job Function Individual Contributor
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator Fully Remote

• Calgary, AB, Canada
• Mississauga, ON, Canada
• Ottawa, ON, Canada
• Regina, SK, Canada
• Toronto, ON, Canada
• Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• Virtual

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