Seattle Office of Labor Standards · 1 day ago
Data Strategist
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$108K/yr - $162K/yrThe Seattle Office of Labor Standards is seeking a Data Strategist to support their policy team in data strategy and analysis. This role involves working with various stakeholders to analyze the impact of labor standards laws and ensure accurate data production from regulated companies.
Government Administration
Responsibilities
Supporting data analysis needs to better understand trends and impacts from the ABWMP and ABWDRO ordinances, including but not limited to: descriptive statistics on average earnings, working time, spatial analyses on origin/destination of delivery work, analysis of work trends and distributions, comparative analyses using the above factors and external data sets such as census demographic data
Recommending best practices for data collection, cleaning, and analysis (statistical and data) to OLS Policy Manager and Director for labor standards policy development and analysis
Working with the companies required to produce data to ensure timely, accurate, and complete data submissions according to legal requirements, including coordinating the data intake, quality control, resubmission, cleaning, and analysis
Analyzing and creating tools to understand and draw conclusions and meaning from produced data, including presentations, dashboards, reports, and data visualization tools
Providing input on administrative rules or ordinance language for data implementation, production, analysis, governance, and policy to OLS Policy Manager and Director
Assisting, supporting and making recommendations to OLS Policy Manager and Director regarding additional data strategy and analysis needs relating to Seattle’s labor standards laws (including, but not limited to Minimum Wage, Wage Theft, Paid Sick and Safe Time, Secure Scheduling, and other laws the City may enact in the future
Designing, drafting, and recommending internal standard procedures for collection, receipt, cleaning, analysis, and visualization of data, for labor standards policy analysis, to the OLS leadership
Assisting and supporting the Department’s strategy for collection, cleaning, analysis, modeling, visualization, and use of data by making recommendations to the OLS Policy Manager, Director, Deputy Director
Supporting the Department in development and deployment of data collection, analysis, and use in all its functions, as needed and assigned
Developing and delivering training to OLS staff on best practices for data collection, cleaning, analysis, and use
Working collaboratively with other OLS staff, including but not limited to the Senior Data Specialist (Senior Management Systems Analyst), in developing and delivering training and resources
Coordinating and carrying out work necessary to make OLS data available through the City’s Open Data portal, working collaboratively with OLS staff and other City staff
Qualification
Required
Expertise in the application of data analytics and modeling to policy analysis with a background in data analysis, statistical analysis, and/or open-source code development (proficient with version control systems, e.g. Git)
Providing analytics on data through query writing, modeling, and coding
Parsing and synthesizing large data sets, performing data analysis, and communicating findings to decision-makers
Coordinating data cleaning and quality checks, quality control, resubmission, and analysis
Applying strong analysis and reasoning skills to quickly understand, evaluate, and assess data and effectively communicate findings to decision makers
Using programming languages such as R or Python, query languages such as SQL and extract, transform, load (ETL) development methods and tools, or similar tools
Analyzing and creating tools to understand and draw conclusions and meaning from data, including presentations, dashboards, reports, and data visualization tools. (e.g. Python libraries such as Streamlit, Matplotlib, etc.)
Working in an independent, self-directed manner and as part of collaborative teams, as well as managing projects with multiple competing deadlines
Adapting easily to changing priorities to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, team-oriented, and political environment
Communicating with clarity and tact, creating trusted partnerships, and demonstrating strong interpersonal skills
Understanding of race equity, institutional racism, and its impact on inequality and the racial wealth gap, especially as it pertains to the workplace, workplace policies, and worker rights
Benefits
Vacation
Holiday
Sick leave
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents
Company
Seattle Office of Labor Standards
As a leader in wage, labor, and workforce practices that enhance equity, address wage gaps and create a fair and healthy economy for workers, businesses, and residents, the City of Seattle created a new Office of Labor Standards (OLS).
Founded in 2015
10,001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase