Metropolitan Council is the regional government for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. We plan 30 years ahead for the future of the metropolitan area and provide regional transportation, wastewater, and housing services.

The Metropolitan Council’s Community Development Division is accepting applications for an associate data scientist or a data scientist (depending on qualifications) for the position of Data Visualization Specialist within the community development research department.

Key opportunities of this position:

Collaborate with researchers and data scientists to create digital research content

• Build public-facing interactives such as dashboards, maps, dynamic tables, and digital reports using Tableau, ESRI ArcOnline, and other software/tools
• Support research product development from requirements gathering and iterative prototyping to refinements based on user requirements and ongoing web analytics
• Work with both source data and analyzed data/outputs to create interactives; use version control and other documentation to ensure accuracy, replicability, and clarity with collaborators

Use and grow your data visualization and design skills to enhance digital research content

• Use and expand your knowledge of data visualization, design, usability, and web accessibility best practices and share this information with research staff and other stakeholders
• Engage in virtual quantitative and qualitative user experience (UX) research efforts to improve and refine research products
• Present approaches and results to interagency practitioners’ groups, conferences, and other forums

Contribute to the community development research team’s strategic priorities

• Further the development of data visualization best practices and innovative uses of current tools/software
• Support the creation and implementation of the research team’s 2023 digital content strategy
• Build deeper, ongoing relationships with current and potential audiences within and outside the organization
• Play a key role in the reimagining of our current web pages and flagship data tools like Community Profiles

Please see the job posting for minimum qualifications and salary range for each level. Please note that we do require a work sample for this application; a cover letter and resume are encouraged but not required.