Description and Responsibilities

Full job listing available at https://www.pecanstreet.org/2020/08/analyst/

Pecan Street Inc. seeks a Data Analyst to be part of its award-winning team accelerating innovations for climate and conservation solutions. The selected candidate will be part of a passionate, dynamic team that works on a range of exciting programs in partnership with public and private entities. An Austin-based candidate is preferred however remote work is an option for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide data science and analytics on large streams of residential energy data, residential water data, home energy audit data and demographic data.
• Assist in identifying marketable sets of data from within Pecan Street’s data archive for offering to research and commercial partners.
• Using SQL, query Pecan Street data sources to extract information for internal requests of data.
• Coordinate with internal staff on data needs external to the organization, and assist with creating and running queries to fulfill external requests.
• Perform unassisted research towards the goals of the firm
• Provide analysis and reporting of results

Experience and Skills

Pecan Street seeks a candidate with:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Building Science, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or other relevant field. Graduate degree preferred.
• Ability to take large and/or complex data and make it more accessible, understandable and usable
• Proven track record of performing applied research and analysis
• Understanding of building science and/or residential construction
• Proficiency in SQL
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
• Experience in visualizing data to effectively communicate research findings

Professional Qualities

• Communication and relationship building skills – candidate should be comfortable dealing with all levels of an organization, including delivering presentations to executive level audiences, and community groups.
• Teamwork – candidate should be able to work effectively in a team environment.
• Planning and organizational skills – candidate should be able to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast paced and demanding work environment.

Benefits

Benefits are competitive and include:

• health insurance requiring no contribution from the employee including dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and affordable family plans;
• 401(k) retirement planning;
• 15 days of annual paid-time off plus 10 additional holidays;and,
• 3 months of fully paid maternity and paternity leave.

Applications will be accepted through September 15, 2020. Please apply at https://www.pecanstreet.org/apply/. Application package should include resume, cover letter, and a report sample detailing the results of a statistical analysis.