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Economic Development Data Scientist I

Salary

$81,429.00 - $122,143.00 Annually

Location

AZ 85296, AZ

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

24-0246

Department

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Opening Date

05/24/2024

Closing Date

6/16/2024 11:59 PM Arizona

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We Are Seeking

With every job we fill, our focus is on providing the best service to our citizens while offering the opportunity for professional growth in a rewarding and innovative work environment. Team Gilbert has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to fill the position of Economic Development Data Scientist.

The Economic Development Data Scientist reports to the Economic Development Deputy Director. The primary function of this position is to manage data throughout the entire information lifecycle. This position provides strategic research, analysis, and interpretation that supports key economic development strategies and initiatives, as well as organization goals when appropriate; creates reports and presentations through data management pertaining to community characteristics, labor force, economic/fiscal impacts, and land use and commercial development that are used to drive the business objectives of the Office of Economic Development and other Town departments; Creates data visualizations like dashboards and interactive maps that are used for business development activities, marketing campaigns, presentations, and internal reporting.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities:

• Gathering, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting research, making recommendations based on the data, and providing research results in a form that can be interpreted and understood by appropriate stakeholders.

• Building automated pipelines to collect, analyze and present information and make it easily accessible to internal and external stakeholders.

• Interpreting data, analysis and insight into maps, reports, and presentations.

• Data mining, cleansing and warehousing.

• Analyzing and manipulating data to generate insight.

• Working with internal and external stakeholders to collect and analyze data for economic development related request.

• Evaluating and implementing effective data management and visualization tools based on industry standards and best practices.

• Building land use, financial, economic impact, and other types of data models in support of economic and community development decision making.

• Other duties as assigned.

Remote Work: In alignment with the Town of Gilbert Remote Work Guideline, the Economic Development Data Scientist position has been identified as an eligible position for the “Hybrid” remote work category, defined as “Approximately half (50%) of the employees’ time is spent on-site and half (50%) can be spent working remotely”. At this time, the Office of Economic Development has identified Monday and Thursday as eligible remote workdays, bringing the team together in office on Tuesday and Wednesday.

About You

You are someone who effectively exceeds customer needs by building productive relationships and taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty. You actively participate as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals and produce quality outcomes. You take great pride in proactively managing time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently while accomplishing objectives and achieving goals beyond what is required.

You are skilled in navigating undocumented and new data sources, managing a continuous stream of data requests from multiple stakeholders, automating recurring analysis and building reusable processes to speed up future analysis, consistently delivering accurate data, using good judgement and decision making to evaluate the best method of research, and using written and verbal communication regarding technical and complex concepts with the ability to present in a way that can be understood by others who are not experts in those areas.

You also have experience with, and/or are willing to develop skills in, the following areas:

• GIS and SQL databases for the purpose of querying economic and/or financial modeling, data mining, warehousing, filtering, analyzing, and reporting.

• Technology and automation tools and workflows.

• Visual analytics platforms like Tableau and PowerBI for the creation of dashboards and visualizations

• Data quality, transformation and data asset management and platform APIs, Python, SQL, HTML, DAX, and other programming languages and general programming concepts.

• Commercial real estate markets, workforce characteristics, and taxation.

• Public policy particularly related to economic development.

• Microsoft Office products, Customer Relationship Management systems and other relevant software.

At Team Gilbert, we hire innovative, forward-thinking problem-solvers who love what they do! In addition to possessing the ability to live out our values daily, candidates must possess the following requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science/Analytics, Computer Information Systems, Geographic Information Science/Systems, Economics, Urban Planning, Finance, Business or a closely related field.

• 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience with data management and programming

• A valid Arizona driver's license

This position is an At-Will position and is FLSA Exempt – ineligible for overtime compensation.

We Are Team Gilbert

Gilbert is on a mission to be the City of the Future. We choose to “Anticipate. Create. Help people.” With over 100 years of history and growth, our focus is on keeping the thriving community that Gilbert is today well into the future. Gilbert has been named among the top 100 Healthiest Employers, the Most Prosperous City in the Country, Best Place to Live, Work and Play, Arizona’s Most Admired Companies to Work For, and more. (https://www.gilbertaz.gov/about-us/team-gilbert/awards-accolades)

We hire people who share our aspiration to be driven, kind, bold, and humble. Join Team Gilbert, and help us shape a new tomorrow, today: https://youtu.be/ftB0lKDltvc

Up For the Challenge

In addition to a competitive salary, Gilbert offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes self-funded medical and dental plans, life insurance, disability, pension, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, babies at work, and more.

Join Team Gilbert and make an income while making an impact! If you are looking for an opportunity to make a visible contribution to our community and get excited about doing interesting work that matters, then why not click that "Apply" button at the top there? We can't think of a better place to put your talents to work.

Let's get this adventure started!

Gilbert provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

ADA and Other Requirements:

Physical Demands and Working Conditions - Sedentary Work:

Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time and walking or standing occasionally. Also requires fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Town of Gilbert offers a comprehensive benefits package for qualifying positions that includes self-funded medical and dental plans, life insurance, disability, pension, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, babies at work, and more! Click Here (https://www.gilbertaz.gov/home/showdocument?id=42978&t=637793142009536761) to see a list of our benefit offerings at-a-glance.

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In the questions that follow, you will be asked for information about your work history, to include things such as dates of employment, names of employers and specific details of the work you did. In answer to questions asking you to describe your work experience, if you do not have that type of experience, enter "N/A". Answers provided in this supplemental questionnaire must be substantiated and verifiable in the employment history section of your application. Be aware that submitting a resume in lieu of completing the employment history section of the application and failing to provide all the information requested in these supplemental questions will disqualify you from further consideration, so be thorough in answering the questions. Please indicate whether you accept these terms by checking the appropriate response below.

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  Have you completed a Bachelor's degree or higher in Data Science/Analytics, Computer Information Systems, Geographic Information Science/Systems, Economics, Urban Planning, Finance, Business or a closely related field?

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  If you indicated in the previous question you do hold a Bachelor's Degree or higher, but your degree is in a closely related field, please describe your degree in the space below. If not, please enter N/A.

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  Do you have at least three (3) years progressively responsible experience with data management and programming?

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  Please describe why you are applying for this position.

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  Please describe your experience with conducting economic and/or fiscal impact analysis. If you do not have experience with this, please provide a response that demonstrates your understanding of the task and speaks to your ability to learn and execute this task should you be selected for this role.

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  Please describe your experience with building automated pipelines to collect, analyze and present information and with making it easily accessible to internal and external stakeholders. If you do not have experience with this, please provide a response that demonstrates your understanding of the task and speaks to your ability to learn and execute this task should you be selected for this role.

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  Please describe your experience with creating data visualizations and interactive tools that support scenario planning and impact assessment. If you do not have experience with this, please provide a response that demonstrates your understanding of the task and speaks to your ability to learn and execute this task should you be selected for this role.

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  Please describe your experience with analyzing and reporting on industry and market trends. If you do not have experience with this, please provide a response that demonstrates your understanding of the task and speaks to your ability to learn and execute this task should you be selected for this role.

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  Please describe your experience with using data quality, transformation and data asset management, and platform APIs, Python, SQL, HTML, DAX and/or other programming languages and concepts. If you do not have experience with this, please provide a response that demonstrates your understanding of the task and speaks to your ability to learn and execute this task should you be selected for this role.

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• Veteran's Spouse/Surviving Spouse

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Website

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