Best Friends Animal Society · 5 hours ago
Data Scientist
Best Friends Animal Society is dedicated to saving the lives of animals and promoting no-kill shelters across the nation. They are seeking a Data Scientist who will turn shelter and community data into actionable strategies to support their initiatives and communicate data trends effectively to various audiences.
EducationGovernmentNon Profit
Responsibilities
Use shelter and community data to aide in lifesaving by identifying deficits and opportunities
Create timely and meaningful reports, analyses, forecasts, etc. to fulfill organizational planning, strategy, and measurement needs
Work with leadership to identify gaps in data collection, inconsistencies, and imperfections across various internal programs and propose solutions to best measure and improve lifesaving efficiency
Collaborate with the data engineering team to help build our data ecosystem necessary for the innovations that will reach our lifesaving goals
Partner with data visualization specialists to make relevant data and insights accessible via dashboards and other visualization modalities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience
2+ years of professional experience in quantitative analysis, predictive modeling, data science, and machine learning
Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills
Ability to turn analysis into directly actionable insights and explain using simple language to diverse audiences
Preferred
Proficiency with languages such as Python, R, or SQL, Snowflake, data visualization tools, and Microsoft Office suite preferred
Experience with the animal welfare movement and understanding of animal sheltering data is a plus
Benefits
Great benefits
Company
Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society is a nonprofit organization,operates the nations largest sanctuary for homeless animals,provides adoption.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.31MKey Investors
Maddie's Fund
2023-06-28Grant· $0.03M
2022-12-23Grant· $0.78M
2019-07-17Grant· $1.5M
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