Data Associate

About EFI
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) is a multistakeholder skillbuilding 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 60000 farmworkers.
EFIs 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 Marketbased 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 externalfacing reporting and inform decisionmaking 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 endusers 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 addons
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 NonProfit 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 EFIs 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 employees annual salary.
Shortterm Disability: EFI will pay 60% of salary to a maximum of $1100/week.
Longterm Disability: EFI will pay 70% of salary to a maximum of $6000/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