Position: Data Scientist Location: Remote Duration: 12 Months (Possibility of extension)
Job Description: We’re looking for a People Data Scientist contractor to join the client’s People Insights & Analytics (PIA) team. PIA is a team of analytics experts, research scientists and dashboard wizards delivering evidence-based answers, business intelligence solutions, and data-driven insights to help our leaders make better decisions. We are a highly collaborative team, partnering across the People Team and the Business on all the programs we deliver.
The People Data Scientist will be responsible for uncovering patterns, trends, and correlations within HR data to enable evidence-based decision-making, enhance workforce management, and support strategic HR initiatives. They will collaborate with PIA teammates and HR functional leads and organizational leaders to perform and productionize analyses on a broad spectrum of people initiatives, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, compensation, productivity and motivation, etc. The ideal candidate will have strong quantitative skills and experience consulting with organizations to design the best methods that lead to the right impact.
Responsibilities:
Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data science and data visualization to critical people initiatives, and automate your output through enduring and self-serve tools and compelling visuals.
See beyond the data to identify solutions that will raise the bar for all things people-related
Collaborate with our data engineer and Business Intelligence Analysts to access, mine, and manipulate data, and build tools with the business and end-user in mind.
Communicate actionable statistical analyses and results, along with implications, to technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrate exceptional judgment and discretion when dealing with highly sensitive people data
Required:
Expert knowledge of and experience applying multivariate statistical methods such as GLM, analysis of quasi-experimental research designs, SARIMAX, longitudinal analysis, classification, dimension reduction, clustering, hierarchical linear (random effects) modeling, etc.
Experience managing and analyzing structured and unstructured data using tools such as Python. Experience with machine learning, text mining/NLP, or modeling high-dimensional data
Experience with Workforce Planning, talent acquisition and best methodologies to model their components and metrics: Hiring impact, demand planning, internal movement, attrition forecast, organization structure modeling, etc.
Proficiency in reading and writing SQL queries
2+ years of experience consulting, including working with stakeholders to understand and clarify their people insight needs, and communicating analyses to technical and non-technical audiences
Experience conceiving, developing, and implementing empirical research and experiments
Experience designing and collaborating to build tools that communicate practical analytics to stakeholders in simple and easy to understand visuals and terms.
Knowledge of best practices in talent & organization management areas such as employee selection, employee engagement, performance management, diversity, organizational structures, or retention.
Relevant degree and experience in a field emphasizing employee data science in organizations (e.g., Data Science, Decision Science, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Economics, or related degree)
Tope 3 must have:
Python
Experience with employee data; data scientist using employee type data
SQL; has worked in or able to work in a Snowflake environment
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $60.00/hr.
