Overview
Role at a glance
- The hourly rate is $32.19 or $36.05 dependent on candidate location (see below for details on compensation and benefits).
- This role is a non-exempt, temporary, full-time position (32 hours a week/average) for approximately six months
- We are currently working in a 100% remote environment. This role can work remotely from anywhere in Washington, Oregon, or California.
- The expected start date for this position is November 7, 2022.
About Beneficial State Foundation and Our Mission
Beneficial State Foundation is a financial justice nonprofit whose mission is to change the banking system for good. Our insights on how to best advance economic justice come from implementing several intersectional initiatives like California’s Clean Vehicle Assistance Program as well as a national working group focused on Underwriting for Racial Justice. By partnering with influential and innovative practitioners like Beneficial State Bank, we aim to cultivate better banking throughout society. Learn more about our impact in our latest Impact Report. You can read more about Beneficial State Foundation’s core values here and on our website.
We have staff located in Washington, Oregon and California.
Position Overview
The temporary Impact Data Analyst reports to and works closely with the Social Impact Research and Evaluation Director to conduct data analysis on the social and environmental impact of our affiliate, Beneficial State Bank. This work aims to change the banking industry by demonstrating the impact that triple bottom banking can have.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Collect and maintain monthly impact data on loans and deposits. This includes tracking the mission-alignment of business sectors, borrower business practices, borrower certifications, etc.
- Run reports using MS query and update excel databases using information from reports
- Refer to third-party data to conduct impact metric calculations, such as calculating the greenhouse gas emissions related to the Bank’s loan portfolio.
- Collect and maintain data related to housing affordability for the Bank’s affordable housing loan portfolio; conduct analysis on this data and create summary reports
- Collect and maintain data related to renewable energy production for the Bank’s renewable energy loan portfolio; conduct analysis on this data and create summary reports.
- Use publicly available map data to geocode and summarize the geographic characteristics of the Bank’s loan portfolio.
- Conduct analysis using available internal datasets to provide impact metrics for use in collateral and other purposes
Qualifications
The following are our preferred qualifications for an Impact Data Analyst.
If you are excited about this role but do not meet every qualification listed below, we urge you to apply. Be sure to describe any transferable skills in your application question responses and clearly explain how they apply to this position. Transferable skills are any skills gained through education, work experience (including the military), or life experience that are relevant to this position.
- Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and transferable experience
- 2+ years work experience, with 1+ years experience in functional areas
- Highly proficient with Excel
- Familiar with creating MS queries
- Highly organized
- Delivers work in a timely manner and meets deadlines
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Thrives working independently
- Commitment to contributing to social, economic, and racial justice movements
- Comfort with working remotely and supporting and collaborating with remote staff
- Demonstrated experience with change management and creating and implementing new policies in a growing non-profit organization
- Demonstrated interest in contributing and working by Beneficial State Foundation’s Core Values
- Strong technology knowledge and comfort working with various software and apps including Microsoft Suite / Microsoft 365, Google Suite, Slack, Basecamp and Zoom – and the adaptability and learning mindset to learn and become effective with new and unfamiliar systems
Position Information
Location: We are currently working in a 100% remote environment. This role can work remotely from anywhere in Washington, Oregon, or California.
Classification: Temporary, Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Work Environment
All staff are currently working from home. We provide staff with support for remote work, including a monthly stipend, expense reimbursement, ergonomic assessment resources, etc.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Beneficial State Foundation has a strong commitment to social justice and racial equity. We invite candidates of all identities and lived experiences to apply for this position.
You are welcome here.
We acknowledge the extensive history of racism, injustice, and oppression in the United States. We acknowledge the systemic marginalization of Black people, Indigenous people and all people of color. We acknowledge that inequity is woven into the financial services industry. Just as it manifested in condemned historical practices such as redlining, it continues in many forms today.
As individuals and as our two organizations, we are dedicated to recognizing and continuously addressing how our biases show up. We intentionally work to foster a culture of inclusion where everyone is a valued member of our teams and treated with empathy, respect, and dignity. We commit to supporting today and each day to dismantle systemic racism. We commit to hearing feedback when our actions fall short of our intentions. And we firmly believe that in order to build more just world, we must demolish white supremacy.
We strive to ensure that those who work and bank with Beneficial State, no matter their identity, truly feel in their hearts the words Beneficial State Bank customers experience when they walk into our branches: YOU ARE WELCOME HERE.
How to Apply
Application review will begin on October 11, 2022 with phone interviews to follow. We strongly encourage interested applicants to apply by October 11, 2022 but we’ll consider applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Our target start date for this position is November 7, 2022.
Please submit a resume and answer our application questions through our job application form. More information about our team can be found on our website.
A cover letter is not required. Applications without responses to the required application questions and skills assessment will not be considered.
If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application or interview process, please let us know.
Beneficial State Foundation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in all company facilities without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.