Job role:
As a data manager, you will be responsible for compiling actionable insights from data and assisting legal services directors and managers build data-driven processes. Your role will involve driving initiatives to optimize for operational excellence and service.
Responsibilities:

• Ensure that flows smoothly from source to destination so that it can be processed
• Utilize strong database skills to work with large, complex data sets to extract insights
• Filter and cleanse unstructured (or ambiguous) data into usable data sets that can be analyzed to extract insights and improve business processes
• Identify new internal and external data sources to support analytics initiatives and work with appropriate partners to absorb the data into new or existing data infrastructure
• Build tools for automating repetitive asks so that bandwidth can be freed for analytics
• Collaborate with program managers and business analysts to help them come up with actionable, high-impact insights across product lines and functions
• Work closely with top management to prioritize information and analytic needs
• Work closely with the technology team to test existing backup and restore operations
• Test exportability and importability of data

Requirements:

• Knowledge and familiarity with MySQL/MariaDB, MS SQL, and php.
• Related work experience of over 2 years.
• Familiarity with R and statistical packages are preferred.
• Proven problem solving and debugging skills.
• Familiar with database technologies and tools (MySQL & MS SQL), data warehousing, transformation and processing. Work experience with real data for customer insights, business and market analysis will be advantageous.
• Experience with text analytics and data mining.
• Statistical knowledge in standard techniques: Logistic Regression, Classification models, Cluster Analysis, Neural Networks, Random Forests, Ensembles, etc.
• Basic knowledge of geographic data modeling (e.g. heatmaps).

Other:

• This hourly position reports to the Information Technology Director.
• The expected hours for this position are 18 hours per week.
• The rate of pay for this position is up to $22 per hour worked.
• This hourly position is expected to work out of Advancing Justice's Los Angeles office 2 days a week.