Environmental Data Scientist - Visualize & Defend Policy

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NRDC's Data Scientist conducts statistical analysis, geospatial work, and data visualization to support advocacy priorities. Based in our Washington, DC office, you will lead projects, mentor teammates, and collaborate with scientists, litigators, and policy advocates to turn environmental data into defensible findings and compelling visuals.

You will build interactive maps, dashboards, graphics, and blogs, while ensuring data quality and clear communication to non-experts in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, data science, environmental science, or related field.
• 2–4 years of data analysis experience, preferably in environmental policy or advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct statistical analysis of environmental data to produce defensible findings.
• Apply modern statistical methods to detect trends and quantify uncertainty.
• Develop interactive maps, dashboards, graphics, and presentations for NRDC advocacy.
• Build and refine data visualizations using ArcGIS Online and Tableau.
• Clean, validate, and manage data to ensure accuracy and credibility.
• Serve as project lead on data analysis and visualization requests with various stakeholders.
• Research, collect, and synthesize information for data science requests.
• Manage projects through data acquisition, analysis, visualization, review, and QA.
• Synthesize technical findings for non-expert audiences, including NRDC blogs.
• Participate in internal and external Science Office activities.

Skills

R/Python

Data visualization

Statistical analysis

SQL

Communication skills

Independent & deadline-driven

Team collaboration

Environmental policy knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in statistics/data science/environmental science or related field

Tools

ArcGIS

Tableau

Excel

Job description

NRDC's Data Scientist conducts statistical analysis, geospatial work, and data visualization to support advocacy priorities. Based in our Washington, DC office, you will lead projects, mentor teammates, and collaborate with scientists, litigators, and policy advocates to turn environmental data into defensible findings and compelling visuals.

You will build interactive maps, dashboards, graphics, and blogs, while ensuring data quality and clear communication to non-experts in a fast-paced