Data Specialist
24 days ago
Austin
Job Description Data Specialist 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 The Data Specialist at Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) will play a vital role in stewarding organizational data to support strategic decision-making. As part of the Data Analysis Team, this position functions as a shared service across the organization and is responsible for maintaining data integrity, analyzing key metrics, and generating insightful reports. The work of the Data Specialist supports a wide range of internal stakeholders, including the Community Empowerment (CE), Neighbor Care (NC), Relationships & Giving (R&G), and Executive teams, helping them carry out MLF's mission with clarity and insight. This is a full-time, non-exempt position reporting to the Data and Special Projects Manager. Standard hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., including a one-hour lunch break. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required. The Data Specialist will office at Community First! Village, located at 9301 Hog Eye Road, Austin, TX 78724. Duties & Responsibilities • Steward information in various databases, including entering and cleaning data, • Report patterns and trends found during data analysis to support data-informed decision-making, • Collaborate with the Data and Special Projects Manager to improve data practices (data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting) for the CE, NC, and R&G teams, • Assist in training other staff members on the use of methods for storing and tracking data, • Build and maintain interactive dashboards, charts and other ad hoc reports, • Maintain reporting requirements for grants and other required reporting, • Assist in developing procedures for collecting data required for future projects, • Ensure confidentiality compliance for neighbor, donor, and volunteer related information, • Attend regularly scheduled staff and team meetings, • Assist MLF in achieving our goals, especially caring for neighbors and empowering the community into a lifestyle of service with the homeless, • Assist CE, NC, R&G leadership and other departments as needed, • Other Duties & Responsibilities as needed Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Principles • MLF is a faith-based organization whose ideals and philosophy come directly from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As an organization, we strive to reflect this precept in our communications, both internally and externally., • Commitment to serving those who have experienced homelessness and personal alignment with MLF's vision, mission, core values, and goals., • Work experience as a data specialist, administrator, analyst, or in a related field, • Highly proficient in Microsoft 365 (Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc.), • Experience utilizing data analytic tools, such as Power BI, Python, or R, • Demonstrated experience working with large datasets and relational databases, • Skilled in analyzing data, identifying trends, and presenting insights clearly, • Experience building data visualizations and dashboards, • Strong attention to detail and accuracy, especially in repetitive tasks, • Familiarity with Salesforce and AppFolio is a plus, • Excellent organizational, multitasking, and problem-solving skills, • Clear and concise written and verbal communication, • Willingness to pursue continued education or certifications in data analytics or statistics, • Positive attitude and ability to work both independently and collaboratively, • Patience, professionalism, and compassion when working with diverse populations, • Demonstrates integrity and a commitment to excellence, • Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, • Ability to move about all phases of Community First! Village, • Requires prolonged periods of sitting/standing and working at a computer Benefits • Day one 100% Employer paid, Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD & LTD Insurance, • Generous Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay, • Matching 401(k) Retirement Plan, • Corporate Discount Program, • Professional Development Opportunities, • Employee Assistance Program, • Paid Parental Leave, • Wellness Partnership 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 • Transform the way people view the stereotype of those who find themselves homeless, • Reconnect the homeless to self, family and community, • Help the chronically homeless rediscover and utilize their God-given talents to do purposeful work, • Connect human to human, heart to heart through the fellowship of food and hospitality, • Inspire people into a lifestyle of abundance by giving their best first 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: • God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life, • By virtue of being created by God in His image, we are all called to live in community and relationship with Him through each other, • The family is the original cell of social life, • You shall love your neighbor as yourself, • All members of the human family are equal in dignity, • The Lord God took the man and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and care for it. Gen 2:15 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: • Faith: We define Faith as the foundational belief that our world and all our work belong to God. This allows us to engage our work with joy and lightheartedness, knowing that we are not ultimately in control., • Humility: We define Humility as rightly viewing oneself as a single piece of a grander story. This humility leads to a view of oneself that is neither too high nor too low., • Generous Spirit: We define a Generous Spirit as a readiness to give more grace, mercy, and hospitality than is necessary or expected. This posture allows us to see others for who they are, not what they do., • Integrity: We define Integrity as a wholehearted commitment to doing right by God, ourselves, and others. This wholeheartedness shows itself in consistently choosing honesty, responsibility and ownership in all actions and decisions. 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.