Data Associate

About EFI

Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) is a multi-stakeholder skill-building and certification organization committed to creating and sharing value in the produce industry for farmworkers, growers, retailers and consumers. Our mission is to transform agriculture and the lives of farmworkers through a collaborative, continuous improvement approach to building better workplaces and successful, inclusive growing operations. EFI certifies farms, packhouses and processing facilities that meet the highest labor, food safety and integrated pest management standards in the fresh produce industry. EFI is currently working with 80 agricultural operations in 5 countries which together employ nearly 60,000 farmworkers.

EFI’s 2026 strategy is rooted in the belief that our workforce development solutions can support workers and growers to achieve both better business performance and higher levels of assurance. Our approach will create value for all stakeholders, beyond safer food and more responsible labor practices, by improving job and product quality while making work processes more efficient. EFI offers a great work culture: our staff encourages one another to innovate, to act boldly and to broaden perspectives, and we support one another through the ups and downs of our “disruptive design” approach to learning by doing.

Job Location/Travel

This position is permanently remote. A successful candidate must be able to legally work for a U.S. company and is preferred to reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, DC, MD, OR, TX, VA, WA.

Overview of role

Reporting to the Technical Product Manager, the Data Associate is responsible for advancing and maintaining systems and data sets while capturing, cleaning and analyzing information related to Market-based Impact projects. In addition, they will be responsible for communicating with and supporting internal and client audiences and ensuring the systems meet their various needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform all data entry across platforms for the P2 team.
• Maintain box and google drive for P2 team.
• Support data collection and evaluation procedures of large data sets, including methodological design, project criteria and requirements, data compilation, relevancy, and usage.
• Maintain a deep understanding of our data sources, ensuring data integrity and accuracy across platforms.
• Utilize data analytics to track product performance, identify trends, provide internal and external-facing reporting, and inform decision-making processes.
• Provide exceptional user support for LAB users using HelpScout while ensuring data is updated and accurate.
• Follow up with users with overdue invoices, maintain reporting and tracking in Salesforce while working with operations department.
• Send all bulk invoice requests to ecipinvoice@ following protocol set up by operations department.
• Collaborate with the operations department to support the optimization of the invoicing process.
• Analyze and envision data capture to ensure the creation of effective data visualizations and impact storytelling.
• Support in the management and movement and hygiene of data across platforms, improve and maintain dashboards and reports
• Provide key support for the EFI control panel for all LAB instances to ensure completion of project deliverables on schedule and according to quality standards and requirements of program contracts.
• Perform regular quality control checks on end-users, data, and data management systems to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Perform research related to suppliers and growers to support reporting, analytics and feature add-ons
• Support the creation and management of an EFI LAB handbook of policies and procedures.
• Special projects and other related duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications

• 1+ years in data management.
• Bachelors’ degree in social science, engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of information systems, data architecture, analytics, impact assessments, data storytelling, automation, data quality, data/systems mapping, and software/database structures.
• Proficient in Salesforce user management, custom objects, page layouts, Lightning Record Pages, validations, formulas, reports and dashboards. Specific experience with Non-Profit Package is a plus.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize competing projects
• Effective communication across user base.
• Able to learn new software quickly and manage the data therein.
• Customer centric attitude, be responsive to multiple requests in a timely fashion.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred.

Salary and Benefits

Total compensation for this position includes an hourly rate of $33.65 an hour as well as the following benefits:

• Health and Dental Insurance: EFI will cover 80% of the employee premium and 60% of dependent premiums upon enrollment in a health plan provided through EFI’s membership in the TriNet benefits program.
• Employee assistance program.
• Retirement savings: EFI will make a fixed contribution based on years of service.
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death/Dismemberment Benefit: EFI will cover 100% of the premium for life and AD/D benefit equal to twice the employee’s annual salary.
• Short-term Disability: EFI will pay 60% of salary, to a maximum of $1,100/week.
• Long-term Disability: EFI will pay 70% of salary, to a maximum of $6,000/month.
• Sick leave: up to 12 paid days/year
• Vacation: 17 days paid vacation/year, rising to 23 days after 3 years of service.
• Holidays: all U.S federal holidays will be paid days off.

Optional Benefits not paid by employer:

• Flexible Spending Account
• Accident Insurance
• Personal Excess Liability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Services