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Role title Data Analyst Asset Retirement Obligation and Global Registry Programs Location Austin Based Reporting to Executive Director Start date ASAP Term Permanent (subject to three-month probation period) Organization Carbon Tracker Initiative is looking for a passionate data specialist to help support data system optimization and analytics in an award-winning, high impact think tank. This role will support research analysts and data scientists in designing and developing improved data pipelines to increase efficiency and impact across two work programsthe Global Registry of Fossil Fuels (Registry) and the Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO). They will help manage databases and web applications to aid in deployment of high-impact digital communications in order to help drive financial markets to accelerate the energy transition. U.S. Team overview Carbon Tracker Initiatives US entity is a 501(c)(3) charity that was established in 2017 and today has six team members based across the US in the New York area, Austin and Portland. The US team has plans to grow in 2023 and beyond, we are therefore now seeking an individual to support and enable our growing team. The US team works closely with the UK Carbon Tracker Initiative team in London, which currently has 40 employees. ARO Program Description Carbon Tracker Initiatives Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) program explains how the oil and gas industry is legally obligated to plug and abandon (P&A) wells, but it has not set aside the resources to do so. We estimate that plugging 2.6 million documented onshore wells in the U.S. alone will cost $280 billion. Available bonding data suggests that states on average have secured less than 1% of that amount in surety bonds. This means that oil and gas producing states are susceptible to serial operator defaults and exposed to hundreds of billions of dollars in orphan well liability risk. CTIs analysis explores the below questions regarding oilfield P&A obligations How much will it cost my state to plug of its oil and gas wells? How much will it cost my company to plug all of its oil and gas wells? What percentage of the plugging costs in my state are secured with some form of financial assurance? What is the overall picture for my state? Which companies have the largest liabilities? Global Registry Program Description The Global Registry is the first open-source database of oil, gas and coal production and reserves globally, expressed in CO2-equivalent. By increasing transparency and accountability around fossil fuel production, the Registry aims to improve understanding of extraction impacts on the remaining carbon budget and ultimately to inform its management by decision makers. RequirementsRole Responsibilities Manage Carbon Trackers new Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO) database and web portal Help analysts to deploy new analytics to the portal using the CMS Interface with developers and analysts to support continual development of Carbon Trackers growing data platform Help to identify and solve inefficiencies and bottlenecks in data systems across the organization Coordinate with management to implement the longer-term organizational data strategy Facilitate new data uploads and data versioning on the Registry Technical Skills Intermediate to advanced data management/analytics skills Strong understanding of the fundamentals of statistics and data analysis Skilled with data manipulation and wrangling techniques to create clean, valid data sets for analysis from multiple disparate sources (cleaning, filtering, merges, joins, pivots, stack/unstack, transpose, normalization, validity testing etc.) Experience working with moderately large data sets (millions to tens of millions of rows) Proficiency with Python or R for data analysis preferred Intermediate to advanced experience with data pipelines and RDBMSs Understanding of and experience with relational databases Ability to read and write SQL moderately complex queries Proficiency with one or more RDBMS, preferably PostgreSQL Analytical mind and ability to creatively solve data problemsAbility to talk through data problems with analysts and help develop efficient and functional pipeline solutions Ability to manage a website using a CMS Experience working with website CMS Experience with Sanity preferred BenefitsBenefit Package Circa $80,000 base salary depending on experience Discretionary Bonus (up to 10%) Pension Health and Dental Benefits Package Yearly off sites with our international team Applicant information Closing dates for applications is 12 June 2023 Applications without a covering letter explaining why you have applied to work at Carbon Tracker will not be considered Carbon Tracker can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the US