Clean Energy Fund, Reporting Services Lead (Analyst III-CPPW)

City of Portland•Portland, OR

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) team at the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) as our Reporting Services Lead. This position will lead implementation of improved data standards, reporting processes, and reporting support. This is an exciting opportunity to help ensure data is relevant and meaningful to everyone served by PCEF and data is used to guide decisions and tell compelling stories. Improved data processes, training, tools, systems, and data products will provide staff and partners with clarity and understanding to meet reporting requirements for over $200 million annually in climate action and climate justice investments. This role helps improve effective and transparent reporting for all programs and projects in the Climate Investment Plan (CIP). Additionally, this role will help document learnings for future investment plans to keep improving PCEF’s ability to measure and share impacts of PCEF investments and how well PCEF dollars are being administered.

Requirements

Experience leading or performing data-focused projects including gathering reporting requirements, scoping work, and translating business needs into actionable plans for technical and program staff.
Ability to design and oversee quantitative and qualitative analyses including defining meaningful metrics, choosing defensible methods, and interpreting results for decision-makers.
Experience implementing data governance and data management practices in complex organizations, with knowledge of how governance, data tools, training, and reporting reinforce one another and influence operations.
Ability to move work forward across teams through expertise and partnership, resolve competing needs, and build shared understanding across technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience developing clear, logical, and persuasive data training, documentation, and resources that help staff and partners meet reporting requirements with less friction, including communicating complex analytical topics to non-technical audiences.
Ability to collaborate with communities of color and people traditionally underrepresented in local decision-making, and to operationalize equity in data and reporting decisions.

Nice To Haves

At least 6 years of professional related experience in climate, sustainability, or public-sector program work.
Familiarity with the roles and workflows of data analysts, data engineers, and program evaluators
Experience coordinating external evaluation consultants or research partnerships

Responsibilities

Lead implementation of the PCEF Data Strategy across five focus areas: purposeful data collection, staff and partner experience, modernized data systems, data products, and data governance
Work with funding area teams, policy, and analysts to gather, refine, and maintain reporting requirements across PCEF programs and grants, ensuring each data ask is connected to a clear purpose
Design and deliver reporting training, resources, and support for staff, grantees, and contractors
Build the materials and workflows that help partners understand and meet PCEF reporting requirements
Provide training and access to Q&A support for quality-control data reporting
Direct and support high-level analysis, applied research, and internal program evaluations to inform Climate Investment Plan implementation and development
Help design analysis approaches and coordinate with analysts and content leads
Scope, procure, and manage external research and evaluation consultants and quality assurance providers when needed
Support the PCEF Data Governance Committee
Help mature the committee’s practices and connect governance decisions to day-to-day operational work