Data Cleaning Assistant

Our Organization

The Center for Good Food Purchasing uses the power of procurement and partnerships to create a transparent and equitable food system for people, animals, and the environment. We do this by helping major institutions nationwide adopt and implement the Good Food Purchasing Program.

Over 65 institutions in 25 major US cities have enrolled in the Program. With a collective annual food spend surpassing $1 billion, these institutions and cities are committed to directing their purchasing power toward the five Program values: local and community-based economies, environmental sustainability, valued workforce, animal welfare, and community health and nutrition centered around the principles of equity, transparency, and accountability. Using the Program’s metric- and data-driven framework, they measure and improve food purchasing practices over time.

We also work with national partners, local grassroots coalitions, and institutions to shift toward values-based purchasing from farm to fork and build a cohesive network movement to support more resilient and equitable food systems.

Data Cleaning Assistant Summary

The Center for Good Food Purchasing seeks a motivated and detail-oriented person with a strong appreciation for the ways in which high-quality data and analysis can be a powerful tool for policy change. Data management and assessments based on high-quality data are foundational to our work. Supply chain research, data management, and analysis are foundational features of the Good Food Purchasing Program and central to our vision for improving food supply chain transparency to create meaningful shifts in how food is produced. The Data Cleaning Assistant supports the Assessment & Analytics team with data cleaning, involving data normalization, quality control, product research, and other data management and analysis projects.

This is a 16-week part-time role. It is a remote role and can be performed anywhere in the United States. The Center for Good Food Purchasing is based in Berkeley, California.

Essential Functions

Responsibilities may include:

• Cleaning line item purchasing data from institutional vendors, including product name normalization, attribute assignment, and conducting quality control.
• Assisting the Assessment & Analytics team to clean the supplier and food product databases.
• On an as-needed basis, assisting with other data-related or analysis projects.

Required Qualifications

• Fluency with Google Suite, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Access.
• Detail-oriented with a strong appreciation for the ways in which high-quality data and analysis can be a powerful tool for policy change.
• Highly motivated and organized with the ability to maintain high work quality while conducting repetitive tasks.
• Quantitative analysis and qualitative research skills and experience.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a virtual environment.
• Ability to work with a remote team, including regular access to a computer, phone, internet, and video conferencing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or interest in building sustainable, equitable, fair, and humane food systems.
• A passion for data management or interest in learning and gaining experience with data management techniques and/or tools.
• Strong analytical skills.

Compensation & Benefits

The Data Cleaning Assistant is a part-time, non-exempt temporary position with an hourly rate of $18/hour. The anticipated workload is 20 hours per week for 16 weeks. While all staff have a regular work schedule, there may be flexibility depending on your work or school schedule and the nature of the assigned projects.

The Center for Good Food Purchasing, a fiscally-sponsored project of Community Partners, is a people-first workplace that values flexibility, work-life balance, and restoration. In addition to offering competitive benefits (i.e. medical/dental/vision, disability/life insurance, vacation, and a 403(b) plan with employer match after two years), we also offer generous paid holidays (25 days in 2024, including annual summer and winter breaks, in addition to vacation time) and remote work stipends. Benefits eligibility is determined by hours worked in a week.

Community Partners® is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage and seek applications from people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as women, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. In addition, the organization will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.