Company Overview: Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs. Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 101 programs across 138 sites, throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity is shown not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in downtown Brooklyn.

The Business Intelligence Developer is responsible for delivering data-driven solutions to meet data, analytic and reporting needs associated with organization and program specific projects and initiatives. They develop dashboards and reports for agency-wide initiatives and assist data management analysts in completing dashboards.

KEY FUNCTIONS & EXPECTED PERFORMANCES:    

1. Participate as a key stakeholder in the implementation and deployment of the Rising Ground Data Collection Plan
2. Deliver data-driven solutions to support the advancement of Rising Ground’s Strategic Plan and meet organization needs related to data collection, data management, analysis and reporting through:
1. Modernizing, improving, and advancing existing processes and systems by identifying process improvement opportunities and facilitating key decisions regarding data standards
2. Collaboration with project stakeholders to identify needs, goals and methodologies
3. Analyzing and dissecting user requirements to build front-end BI applications to specifications and needs
4. Designing systematic and procedural road maps for BI solutions
5. Engineering innovative and user-friendly databases, ETL protocols, applications, and tools for data collection and ETL automation (Tableau Prep, SQL, Power Query)
6. Designing and developing interactive dashboards at organization and program levels
7. Leading the deployment and management efforts of the Tableau Cloud platform
8. Providing mentorship and Tableau training to team members
3. Monitor data sources and perform routine maintenance by:
1. Executing routine performance-tuning to achieve optimal performance
2. Analyzing and resolving cross-functional data issues
3. Troubleshooting reported issues, determining root causes and implementing counter measures
4. Overseeing and validating integration of source data into the Tableau environment
4. Perform other related tasks as assigned by the Director of Data Management

KNOWLEDGE, TECHNICAL SKILLS & ABILITIES:

1. Ability to leverage advanced Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep functionality, including but not limited to, data blending, joins, parameters, dashboard actions, tooltip modifications, API, LOD calculations, formatting for mobile functionalities.
2. Advanced knowledge of industry standards and practices in descriptive & predictive analytics and business intelligence reporting concepts
3. Advanced knowledge and experience with data modeling, database design, data architecture and data analysis
4. Proficiency in MS Excel, including but not limited to, complex formulas, Power Pivot, data validation, Power Query, M language, application and form development & design using VBA
5. Experience working with executive management, employing the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

1. Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years experience in Data Science related field
2. Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years experience in Social Service-related field
3. Tableau Professional Certification or 4+ years proven experience using Tableau’s advanced features

1+ years experience as a Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server Administrator (preferred

SALARY $90,000-$100,000

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all

employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s

perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender

identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or

veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring,

compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.