Data Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Data Manager

About Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) is a social outreach ministry that has been empowering communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless since 1998. Founded in Austin, Texas, the organization serves its homeless neighbors through three core programs : Truck Ministry, Community First! Village, and Community Works. Often referred to as the most talked about neighborhood in Austin, Community First! Village is a 51-acre master planned development that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. We are now embarking on a new phase of community expansion, adding more than 1400 new neighbors over the next 5-10 years.

About the Role

Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) is positioned for significant growth over the next five years, aiming to scale its operations and expand its capacity to lift an additional 1,400 formerly chronically homeless individuals into permanent supportive housing and community at Community First! Village (CFV) in Austin, TX. The Manager of Data Operations will play an integral role in this growth, leading data assessment, collection, and reporting efforts. This position, situated within the Community Empowerment team, will support programs and departments organization-wide.

The Manager of Data Operations will evaluate current data, recommend improvements for collection and reporting, and collaborate with internal partners to ensure data is accurate, impactful, and aligned with their needs. As MLF continues to grow, this position will also expand to manage a team of other data specialists and system managers ensuring MLF's data infrastructure is robust, scalable, and capable of supporting both current and future needs.

This is a full-time, exempt position reporting to the Senior Manager of Community Engagement. Some nights and weekends may be required. The Manager of Data Operations will office at Community First! Village located at 9301 Hog Eye Road, Austin, TX 78724.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead all data programs and initiatives to ensure maximum impact and effectiveness in collection, reporting, and data-driven organizational change
• Define, set, and track key measurements for the Relationships & Giving, Neighbor Care, and Community Empowerment teams in collaboration with department and organization leadership
• Responsible for all monthly reporting of Community Empowerment key metrics to Executive Strategy Team
• Oversee data collection and cleaning efforts across key programs and functions
• Stay apprised of any emerging changes and trends in data management systems
• Introduce new data collection and analysis tools as needed
• Collaborate and build relationships with the other primary data functions across the organization
• Develop and drive project management of strategic plans and organization-wide data initiatives
• Assist in the development of a data roadmap and long-term strategy
• Lead and supervise the Data Team
• Other duties & responsibilities as needed

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Work Environment & Physical Demands

Benefits

MLF VISION

We empower communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.

MLF MISSION

We provide food and clothing, cultivate community, and promote dignity to our homeless brothers and sisters in need.

GOALS

BELIEF STATEMENTS

The vision is supported by belief statements centered on our belief that homelessness is the result of a profound, catastrophic loss of family :

CORE VALUES

MLF is committed to fostering a culture that prioritizes relational connection. We believe there is opportunity in every aspect of our work to be relational in a highly transactional world. In this culture, transactions are means to relational ends, not the other way around. This begins with the countercultural love poured out by Jesus Christ and grows as imperfect individuals strive to show this love to each other human-to-human, heart-to-heart. Each individual's openness to the journey of their own personal growth is essential in building our relational culture, and we believe this culture flourishes as we each continuously strive to more fully embody these four core values :

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

MLF is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Personnel are chosen based on ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation in accordance with federal and state law.