Data Specialist

Data Specialist 

Closing Date: 28th February 2025 

Location:  UK (remote), Germany (remote), Czech Republic (remote) or Geneva, Switzerland  (Hybrid)

Due to the growth of the Gold Standard Foundation, our Digital Systems team is looking to bring on board a Data Specialist who will be responsible for managing data systems from design to implementation. 

This is an exciting role for an experienced Data Specialist who is looking for an organisation that will allow them to work with autonomy and allow them to introduce their favourite ways of working to the organisation, whilst working with cutting edge technology to aid in the continuous evolution of the Gold Standard Foundation and its systems 

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. 

Please note that remote workers can be based out of the UK, Germany or Czech Republic. If based in Geneva or commutable to the office the role will be hybrid with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office, and welcome cross border applicants.

WHO WE ARE: 

Gold Standard is a standards body and thought leader that promotes the best that can be achieved in climate and development projects. It was established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs as a best practice standard to ensure projects that reduced carbon emissions under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) also delivered sustainable development benefits. Today, our standard, ‘Gold Standard for the Global Goals’, allows climate and development initiatives within carbon markets, corporate supply chains, and sustainable finance to manage, measure and maximise their impacts toward the Net Zero ambition of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.  

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING: 

• Developing a centralised data platform that integrates data from various business applications, operational systems, and custom sources, creating a cohesive and accessible data repository. The platform will build on the existing ecosystem of applications and data repositories.
• Enabling efficient data processing, analytics, and reporting by leveraging advanced data integration techniques and tools.
• Facilitating data-driven decision-making across the organisation by providing comprehensive insights into various aspects of the organisation's operations and projects, building data reporting tools, and responding to internal and external data requests.
• Proactively identifying and addressing data quality issues to ensure that the data used for analysis and reporting is accurate, consistent, and reliable.
• Developing and implementing data management strategies that promote data sharing and collaboration across different departments and teams. 

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR: 

• Extensive experience in managing the full lifecycle from design to implementation of data systems
• A degree or equivalent in information systems, computer science, data management, data engineering or a related field preferred, or on the job experience
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.  
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft DP-203, DP-300, DP-600. 

Technical skills required for the role of Data Specialist: 

• SQL and noSQL data and database management.
• Spark/PySpark, PowerBI with M & DAX, R.
• MS Fabric, Databricks, Data factory, Warehouses and Lakehouses, Data pipeline.
• API development.
• Familiarity with Power Platform is a plus.
• Familiarity with dMRV (digital measurement, reporting and verification) standards and tools is a plus. 

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU: 

• All Employees are entitled to 30 days of holiday, pro-rated for part-time Employees.
• Remote Working Contribution for remote workers
• Home office set up allowance  
• A mission-driven organisation working at the leading edge of climate and sustainability.
• Rewarding work in a dynamic non-profit environment.
• A collaborative workplace within a multicultural team.
• An ambitious, agile and flexible environment.
• We are unable to sponsor VISAs and only candidates with the correct right to work documents in the allowed locations will be considered. 

OUR VALUES: 

Pioneering - We focus on those that have the most promise to contribute to our vision and mission, bringing them to market with the requisite planning and resources.  

Rigorous - We build on our reputation for quality and rigor with more robust measurement of outcomes, stronger safeguards and greater impact across the Sustainable Development Goals. Our objective is to make rigor simpler and more achievable at scale.  

Collaborative - We work with key partners who share our goals and complement our strengths. Our partnership strategy aims to move beyond working opportunistically as a delivery partner in favor of collaborating in long-term strategic synergy.  

Transparent - We were established to bring confidence, trust, and accountability to carbon markets. We will continue to take strides to improve transparency in our own processes, in the broader market and in non-market mechanisms 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

Gold Standard provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together.