Salary
$22.00 - $24.64 Hourly
Job Type
Internship
Job Number
25SPA831MH013
Opening Date
03/11/2025
Closing Date
3/25/2025 11:59 PM Central
Description
The Integrated Data and Analytics (IDA) and Strategic Planning and Initiatives (SPI) departments are jointly seeking to hire a data analyst graduate fellow to contribute to the shared work between these two teams supporting departments across the county. The fellow will support the county’s priority of reducing disparities in the community by working alongside SPI Strategic Planners to analyze whether county programs and services are producing equitable outcomes for residents (equity analysis).
The fellow will be managed by IDA and will collaborate with SPI on the equity analyses that are done in parallel with strategic planning processes for county departments. The fellow will be responsible for analyzing census, community, and county data to gain insights into who is benefiting, who is burdened, and what are the unintended consequences of county services, programs, policies, and practices. The fellow will source, extract, and analyze data to create and present insights to diverse audiences.
Current Hennepin County employees who refer a candidate hired into an open competitive position may be eligible for a $500 referral bonus. For more information visit the employee referral program.
Location and hours:
This position is hybrid and will be performed both on-site at the Government Center 300 South 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487, other Hennepin County facilities, and remote as job duties require. This internship will start beginning of summer 2025 with flexibility on start date and last one year in duration. Work hours are Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The fellow will work 40 hours/week during the summer and 19 hours/week during the academic school year. While this position is designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or be willing to relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin.
About this position type:
This position is internally classified as a Graduate Fellow. Click here to view the job classification specification. This is a limited duration internship.
Graduate Fellow Benefits:
· $5,250 tuition reimbursement for one semester
· 12 days paid time off
· Professional development provided over summer
· Fellows who successfully complete the program will be given hiring preference for approved positions
In this position, you will:
· Collaborate with SPI Strategic Planners to develop and refine research questions for departments’ equity analyses.
· Source data for new and ongoing projects that do not already have pipelines set up.
· Query, transform, and clean data from a variety of sources.
· Analyze data using a racial equity lens to identify trends, patterns, and insights about who in the community is benefitting or being burdened by specific county services, programs, policies, or practices.
· Translate technical findings into accessible language and insights that can be used to inform strategy development to reduce disparities and improve the lives of all county residents.
· Develop and deliver reports and presentations, visualizing data in engaging ways, and effectively communicate insights to diverse audiences.
· Participate as a thought partner to develop the county’s approaches and practices of applying a data-informed, racial equity lens to county services and systems.
Need to have:
· Current enrollment for the 2025-2026 academic school year in a master's or PhD degree program.
Nice to have:
· Experience:
o Developing and scoping impactful research questions.
o Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, including identifying potential biases and errors in data and evaluating the validity of data sources.
o Querying and transforming data from large and complex databases using R, Python, SQL or similar tools.
o Developing effective, accessible products (for example, presentations, reports, briefs) to tell a story through data visualization using user-centered design best practices.
o Applying a racial equity lens to research, work, or projects.
· Knowledge of:
o A strong understanding of racial equity concepts and how to apply an equity lens in research.
o Statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (for example, R, Python, or SQL).
o Data science process and principles (in other words, business/data understanding, data preparation, modeling, statistics, evaluation, and deployment).
o Quantitative methods and tools (descriptive statistics & basic data visualization).
· Ability to:
o Manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously to deliver high-quality, on-time products to clients.
o Apply racial equity knowledge and tools to analyze data, communicate findings, and create actionable insights for client departments.
o Identify and solve problems using data and apply analytical and creative thinking to make data-informed recommendations for action.
o Build and maintain productive, collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, from leaders to frontline staff, including diverse teams and non-technical audiences.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Brooke McNamara