Hybrid Environmental Data Scientist

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salaries

Excellent benefits

Job summary

NRDC invites applications for a Data Scientist to join the Science Office in Washington, DC. The role Leads data analysis and visualization efforts to support environmental advocacy, delivering defensible findings to inform policy and campaigns.

You will mentor teammates, develop maps and dashboards in ArcGIS Online and Tableau, and translate complex results for diverse audiences while collaborating with scientists, litigators, and external partners.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Conduct statistical analysis of environmental data, producing defensible findings.
• Apply modern statistical methods to detect trends and quantify uncertainty.
• Develop interactive maps, dashboards, graphics, factsheets for NRDC advocacy.
• Build data visualizations in ArcGIS Online and Tableau for project needs.
• Clean, validate, and manage data to ensure accuracy.
• Serve as project lead on data analysis and visualization requests.
• Research, collect, and synthesize information for data science requests.
• Manage lifecycle of projects from data acquisition to QA and delivery.
• Communicate findings clearly to non-expert audiences, including NRDC blogs.
• Participate in internal and external Science Office activities.

Skills

R

Python

ArcGIS

Tableau

SQL

Excel

Technical writing

Team collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics, data science, environmental science, or related field

Tools

ArcGIS Online

Tableau

Job description

NRDC invites applications for a Data Scientist to join the Science Office in Washington, DC. The role Leads data analysis and visualization efforts to support environmental advocacy, delivering defensible findings to inform policy and campaigns.

You will mentor teammates, develop maps and dashboards in ArcGIS Online and Tableau, and translate complex results for diverse audiences while collaborating with scientists, litigators, and external partners.