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Data Processing Specialist

Division: Community Engagement Deadline to apply: June 5, 2020, 5:00 pm Email resume to: Eric Leviten-Reid <eleviten-reid@newdawn.ca> Schedule: 8 weeks, 35 hours/week Salary/Wage: $20/hour

Job Description

Eligible Applicants

This position is funded through the Canada Summer Jobs Program. Eligible applicants must be between 15 and 30 years of age and be legally entitled to work in Canada. International students are not eligible.

Description

Working with direction and support from the project manager and a team of project partners, the Data Processing Specialist will:

  1. Help identify and access relevant data.
  2. Prepare Excel sheets for uploading data to the portal.
  3. Use the portal’s data management software to upload data.
  4. Prepare a description of each data indicator and add it to the website, including how the indicator is defined, why it is important and the source of the data.
  5. Share ideas with other team members about the ongoing design, planning and development of the portal to make it as user-friendly, attractive and relevant to the needs of potential users as possible.

Qualifications

  • Completion of at least one year of post-secondary education.
  • Proficiency in Excel and other data management software, including for data manipulation and data analysis.
  • Familiarity with census data and GIS an asset.
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to meet timelines.
  • Ability to work independently, but as part of a team.

AIP Employer

New Dawn is proud to be an Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) employer. This means that New Dawn has been approved as an AIP employer and, as such, can endorse the AIP-PR application of an eligible employee.

Note: employees are responsible for verifying that the employment position/category is eligible under the AIP program, or any other immigration program/stream for which they intend to seek the support/endorsement of New Dawn.

New Dawn

New Dawn is Canada’s oldest Community Development Corporation. Since 1976, we’ve been working to create a more just, healthy, and self-determined community by responding to local needs and driving long-term, systems-level change. Today, New Dawn continues to focus on self-reliance, resilience, and community-led transformation. Every day, we engage thousands of community members and employ over 150 Cape Bretoners through programs and services that are practical, creative, and grounded in care. Our work spans health and social care, housing, the arts, youth, immigration, and community development. Some of these services generate revenue, which we reinvest into our organization — fueling sustainability and deepening community impact.

Posted May 22, 2020 by New Dawn
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