Data Analyst

Avaaz is one of the world’s largest online global campaigning movements. We enable 70 million members worldwide to channel their voices into a powerful collective force for change on pressing global challenges. We are deeply mission-focused and funded exclusively by members to maintain our independence. We’ve achieved a broad range of victories over the last 15 years that you can read about here.

Avaaz is currently undergoing a Digital Transformation Project to amplify our global impact. This transformation is about reimagining how we engage with our members, optimize our data systems, and develop new strategies to drive change on a global scale.

As part of this initiative, the Data Analyst role is crucial to our new structure, helping to ensure that our data processes are streamlined, secure, and insightful, supporting Avaaz’s goal to be the world’s most impactful campaigning community.

The ideal candidate should have experience in data analysis and visualization, creating and managing dashboards, and generating actionable insights to support our mission. They should have a strong understanding of data architecture, data security, and data management practices. This role reports to the Data Lead. 

• Design and maintain reliable, secure, and scalable data systems.
• Deliver clear, maintainable, and insightful data reports and visualizations.
• Be responsible for the lifecycle of our data processes, including documentation.
• Continuously improve our data collection, analysis, and reporting automation.
• Improve team efficiency through innovative data solutions for daily challenges.

The following list of qualifications is what we believe gives you the experience required to work in our environment and deliver on the responsibilities listed above. You should apply for this role if you believe you have the necessary experience, even if you don't meet all the requirements below:

• Passion and commitment to our nonprofit’s mission and values.
• Strong teamwork skills, comfortable in a highly collaborative and dynamic team culture.
• High professionalism, efficiency, and results-oriented delivery, performing well in a fast-paced environment meeting tight deadlines.
• Fluency in spoken and written English, additional languages are an asset.
• Experience in handling ambiguity, simplifying requirements, and distilling use cases down to deliver solutions.
• Good problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• 3+ years of data analysis experience.
• High proficiency in data visualization tools such as Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to apply statistical methods effectively, elevating the organization's data maturity and understanding.
• Strong fundamentals of working with databases (SQL, NoSQL, etc.).
• Ability to apply statistical methods to analyze and interpret data, providing meaningful insights.

It would help if you have…

• Familiarity with the nonprofit sector and the unique challenges and opportunities related to donation and revenue data.
• Understanding of fundraising strategies and principles, with the ability to align data insights with fundraising efforts.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R for data analysis.

Avaaz is a virtual organization, with most of our work done online. Our staff are based all over the world. For this position, the candidate would ideally be based in the EMEA or Americas time zones, although other locations may be considered.

Salary varies with location and experience and is highly competitive with leading international nongovernmental organizations. The full-package salary for this position ranges from $59,000 - 98,000 USD. Candidates will be provided with an accurate range in local currency.

The development of our employees is paramount. To support this, we include these benefits:

• 5 weeks paid vacation per year
• 10 paid holidays per year
• $3,000 USD for training and development per year
• $1,500 USD for language development per year
• Out-of-Home Workspace Rental

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and encourage all candidates to submit applications as soon as possible. 

As a global organization with millions of members worldwide, it’s important to us that our team reflects the diversity needed to lead a movement of people from across the planet, rising to meet some of the most complex challenges humanity has ever faced. We believe we can only succeed by building a diverse team full of fresh perspectives and original ideas, and we are committed to creating a working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Our team includes speakers of English as their first or second language, self-taught and university-educated, and people with all sorts of professional backgrounds. If doing the job you just read about would excite you to come to work every day, we want you to apply if you’re talented, hard-working, and committed to making a difference. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, language and accent, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, family/parental or marital status, political affiliation, religion, socioeconomic class/caste, disability. 

We’ll provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities or special needs to participate in the application process, so please let us know if you have such a request when you apply.

Please do not send your application via email. Only applications received via the form online will be considered. Thank you!