• Permanent Part time – With flexible working days
• Located in the heart of Sydney CBD
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

About Us

Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian charity that has been helping vulnerable Australians move towards independence for more than 160 years.

Every day we support people nationwide by combating homelessness, assisting disadvantaged families and children, addressing mental health issues, fighting substance dependencies and much more. We are generously supported by our funders, partners and tens of thousands of everyday Australians, who make the work of our tireless volunteers and staff possible.

Mission Australia is committed to keeping children and young people safe with zero tolerance of harm or abuse, and expect all our employees and volunteers to reflect this commitment. 

Your Opportunity

Mission Australia is seeking a Data Scientist/Engineer to help enhance the organisation’s Fundraising Analytics capability. Working in the Fundraising & Marketing team you will play a central role in the design and implementation of analytics solutions. Being naturally inquisitive and focused on how data can be used to solve problems, you will work collaboratively  with the team to indentify donor insights and help drive continuous improvement of fundraising outcomes.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Troubleshoot, optimise and improve database structure, transformations and data flows
• Manage and enhance the CRM data model, definitions and meta data
• Develop and implement predictive models and reporting on Power BI
• Identify analytics tools, services and feature enhancements and work with IT to implement
• Present insights and findings to fundraising managers and recommend actions to improve fundraising outcomes: donor acquisition, retention, value upgrade, and cost reduction
• Provide thought leadership on reporting and drive adoption of available reports and relevant Power BI features
• Implement new analytics solutions, evaluate outcomes and improve as required
• Maintain and extend database and process documentation

Requirements for Success

• Experience working with and creating data architectures.
• Strong SQL skills (DDL and DML)
• Experience with common data science programming languages such as Python or R
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.)
• Understanding of database marketing and experience analysing marketing or fundraising campaign results

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people. 

Culture & Benefits  

A career with Mission Australia will offer you rewarding experiences to make a difference to the lives of Australians in need. We have an innovative and supportive culture guided by our values of compassion, integrity, respect, perseverance and celebration.

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered and celebrated we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• NFP salary packaging benefits reducing taxable income (details via Advantage)
• Generous discounts with hotels, travel insurance and major retailers
• Free, confidential counselling services via our EAP
• Discounted health care with Medibank Private

Diversity & Inclusion

Mission Australia is an inclusive employer. We celebrate our diversity and strive to reflect contemporary Australian society and all the communities in which we work, in order to better serve our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, People with Disability, Sexually and Gender Diverse people, people with lived experience of adversity and from people of all ages.

As such, if you require any adjustments to submit your application, we invite you to get in touch via email [email protected].

For more information, feel free to view the Position Description via PD - Data Scientist-Engineer.pdf. For further information regarding working with us visit Working for Mission Australia.