WORK WITH US

DATA ANALYST

Expected hours: Full-time

Location: Worldwide Remote

Payment bracket : Up to $51,247 per year ($4,271 per month) (Pro-rata and based cost of living in location)

Application deadline: March 31st

Start date: ASAP

Contract Length: Permanent (Initial 3 month probation)

WANT TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT FOR ANIMALS?

Each year billions of non-human animals are born into the human-made system of animal agriculture. The majority spend their life confined in factory farms with as little space as is allowed to maximize production efficiency and profit. In these conditions, many are afflicted with diseases or injured, either through neglect or as their bodies are pushed beyond their biological limits to physiological extremes for the sake of productivity.

This is not even to mention the countless companion, liminal and wild-animals each with different relationships and interactions with human communities.

The animal advocacy movement is working to provide protection and consideration for animals using a wide variety of approaches. Some groups target consumers aiming to boycott animal products reducing their production; others target the institutions responsible to reduce the cruelty of the system and reduce its efficiency.

There is a wide range in the potential impact of the approaches or campaign goals pursued by organisations. Carefully considered and strategically targeted campaigns have the potential to have a huge impact on the systems they attempt to reform and ultimately abolish. While, sub-optimal campaign selection can result in either failing to improve the system as much as it could have been or, in some cases, being actively harmful due to lack of research into the effects of a policy.

Identifying the best approaches and goals is one of the most important decisions the movement faces, particularly given the amount of expertise and time that is devoted to achieving their campaign goals. Decision-relevant research is essential to ensure that advocacy organisations are as informed as possible and most able to strategically focus their advocacy efforts.

ABOUT ANIMAL ASK

Animal Ask is a research consultancy that aims to address this problem, supporting the global animal advocacy movement in its efforts to oppose animal exploitation. We achieve this by providing organisations and funders with research that assists them in making informed decisions about their advocacy efforts. Reallocating existing campaign resources and talent to the areas with the greatest potential for impact, exploring and unlocking new campaign opportunities in neglected regions or markets.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

You will contribute to our research to help inform the strategy of advocacy groups in several key regions around the world through ongoing data collection, synthesis and interpretation.

These could include industry conditions and system mapping in regions with poor government data collection. Estimating the number of animals represented in companies supply chains such as eggs sold by supermarkets or restaurants. The total number of animals alive or killed in a jurisdiction and the total number of animal life-years experienced per year. All these areas are particularly important in the global south where existing data is more difficult to work with or unavailable.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The role will largely focus on areas with very poor data availability. More of your time will be spent finding creative ways to around the limitations of currently public information.

Responsibilities could include:

Collection and synthesis of government, NGO or international organization data sets
Contacting companies, governments and other institutions for information requests
Data generation and estimation based on publicly available data
Coding and automation for ongoing updating

This job will involve rapid learning and application of knowledge. The ideal candidate will work alongside our team to develop and automate systems that will continue to serve the animal advocacy movement for years to come.

ESSENTIAL

Competence at fermi-estimation
Ability to critically assess data quality
Confidence working in low data availability environments
Attention to detail
Intuitive sense for data hypothesis generation
Good written communication skills and a high degree of reasoning transparency
Fluent in written and spoken English
Highly impact-driven
Able to work autonomously in a small team

BONUS FOR

Experience in any of the following:
Economics
Mathematics
Data Science
Computer Science
Originating from Latin America, Africa or South East Asia
Knowledgeable about effective altruism
Experience creating and evaluating cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs)

BENEFITS

An impact-driven role with a team of movement first advocates
30 days holiday per year (Pro-rata)
Flexible working hours
Fully Remote
Option to work from a shared workspace with a community of talented, dedicated and like-minded staff, located in London

APPLICATION PROCESS

The application process will consist of:

Application form (5 minutes) deadline for applications is March 31st
Task 1 (30 Minutes) [5th April*]
Task 2 (2.5 hours) [12th April*]
Interview (30 minutes) [19th April*]
Task 3 (5 hours) [26th April*]
(If needed) Final Interview [30th April*]

*please note that these are soft timeline predictions and could be subject to

change depending on the availability of both internal staff and applicants

EQUAL OPPORTUNITES

Animal Ask is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to maintaining a culture of inclusivity. All suitably-qualified applicants will receive consideration for this post regardless of race, religion, colour, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin or veteran status, as required by UK law. If you need any assistance with your application or have any other related questions about the application, please contact jose@animalask.org

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WORK WITH US

DATA ANALYST

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