Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada (GGC), a national membership-based organization, empowers every girl in Guiding to discover herself and be everything she wants to be. Our mission is to be a catalyst for girls empowering girls. Together, we’re building our vision of A better world, by girls.
Girl Guides of Canada is actively seeking a Data Developer
(12-months Contract)
Remote working arrangement
About This Opportunity
The Data Developer supports Girl Guides of Canada’s (GGC) efforts in becoming a data-driven organization. As part of the Technology and Transformation team, this role plays a critical part not only in supporting business as usual data needs, but also in the Digital Transformation (DT) initiative - an enterprise-wide program to modernize systems and processes. The data engineer designs and maintains analytics and reporting solutions using Microsoft Power BI and related technology, ensuring data is centralized, accurate, accessible, and leveraged to guide decisions and shape GGC’s desired future state.
Position Specifics
In this role you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL processes using Microsoft Fabric, SQL, and Python/Scala to extract, transform, and load data at scale
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code for data integration, transformation logic, and automation frameworks
- Develop, manage, and optimize ETL and data integration processes using Microsoft Fabric and associated components
- Design, develop, and maintain business intelligence and analytics solutions using Microsoft Power BI and related Microsoft technologies
- Build scalable, intuitive, and actionable BI reports and dashboards that support decision-making across the organization
- Collaborate closely with business teams to gather requirements and translate them into data engineering solutions and analytics deliverables
- Support the organization's Digital Transformation initiative, including data migration, data validation, and alignment between legacy and future-state data models
- Develop a deep understanding of GGC's business data across systems, becoming the go-to resource for data definitions, structures, and usage
- Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency through validation, reconciliation, and cleansing routines in both code and automated processes
- Contribute to the implementation of GGC's data strategy and data governance framework, including maintaining data models, metadata, and business definitions
- Build analytics and reporting leveraging enterprise platforms such as CRM, member/volunteer portal, accounting, inventory, and order management systems
- Provide support, guidance, and training to enable self-service analytics and data literacy within the organization
- Stay current with emerging data engineering, BI, analytics, and Microsoft technologies, proactively recommending enhancements to GGC's capabilities
- Participate in and help establish a Data Centre of Excellence, contributing to the growth of GGC's internal data literacy and analytics maturity
- Partner with business leaders and stakeholders across departments to align analytics solutions with organizational priorities and outcomes
- Perform other data-related duties as assigned by the direct manager in support of organizational objectives
General
- Adheres to all relevant policies, procedures, and practices.
- Provide general, ongoing support to members/volunteers, responding to/directing inquiries and consulting with the appropriate groups and individuals to support the mission and vision of GGC.
- Apply organizational policies regarding diversity, inclusivity and equity to content, member communication and customer service.
- Other duties as assigned.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent(s) of this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and activities required of the position.
Requirements:
- Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or BI solution development
- Strong proficiency in SQL and demonstrated ability to write optimized, complex queries
- Experience with Python, Scala, or other programming languages for data processing and automation
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Power BI, and related Microsoft data technologies
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes
- Experience managing large-scale data platforms, ideally in digital transformation or enterprise-wide systems implementations
- Proficiency in designing and maintaining dimensional data models and star schemas
- Familiarity with data governance, data quality, data lineage, and privacy standards
- Understanding of version control systems and collaborative development practices
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with experience engaging senior executives and leaders
- A creative problem solver with strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Customer-focused and collaborative with colleagues from all levels and departments
- Highly organized, detail-oriented and deadline-driven
Assets:
- Familiarity with not-for-profit organizations, membership-based structures, or volunteer-driven environments is an asset.
Hiring Range: $80,000 to $90,000 Annually
Application Deadline: July 1, 2026
Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Please note that GGC accepts all genders for job applications. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if they do not meet all the job requirements.
GGC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free, and we encourage applications from people who are racialized, Indigenous, people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and other equity seeking groups. GGC welcomes girls and women – cisgender and transgender – as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of girls.
Upon request, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada will make available accommodations during the recruitment process. Please note we do not require applicants to identify as a person with disability, or to disclose their disability, to request or access accommodation. Accommodation requests should be made
in advance to People & Culture at HR@girlguides.ca.
We thank all candidates for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
