Job Description

Are you looking for more than a job? At World Vision Canada we offer challenging careers that change the lives of children all over the world and it will change yours too. Come and be part of a team of 400 Canadians with a vision for the world: Life in all its fullness for every child.

You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good:

For Children. For Change. For Life.

Position: Data Scientist, Data Intelligence

Reports to: People Manager, Data Intelligence

Position Term: Full Time Permanent

Primary Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Workplace Type: Remote (Within Canada)

Job Purpose

As part of the Data Intelligence team, the Data Scientist strengthens decision-making in alignment with World Vision Canada’s mission and impact. The role delivers advanced analytics that enable confident action, improve experiences, and support digital enablement and innovation.

Key responsibilities include designing and delivering end-to-end analytics solutions, from data sourcing and preparation through to development, ensuring data is reliable and fit for purpose throughout. The role applies statistical and machine-learning techniques to solve complex business problems, partners with cross-functional and technical teams to support deployment and maintenance, and communicates insights clearly to drive understanding, adoption, and action. The role contributes to scalable, integrated solutions in a digital environment.

Through this work, the Data Scientist advances insights-led decision-making and supports the Data Intelligence mandate to provide trusted data, reduce friction, and enable clear decisions. It brings strong capability in integrating diverse datasets, working within modern data environments, and translating analysis into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Leads the design and development of advanced analytics solutions (e.g., customer lifetime value, churn prediction, segmentation) that address business priorities, producing models and outputs that are accurate, repeatable, and scalable
• Defines analytical approaches to ambiguous problems by partnering with stakeholders to clarify objectives, shape hypotheses, and select appropriate methodologies
• Sources, integrates, and prepares complex datasets from internal and external systems, proactively identifying new data sources for analytics models, and ensuring data quality, integrity, and readiness for analysis
• Applies statistical, machine learning, and data mining techniques to identify trends, patterns, and drivers that inform strategic and operational decisions
• Enables deployment and ongoing performance of analytics solutions by collaborating with technical and business teams to support production-grade implementation, workflow integration, and effective ongoing model monitoring and maintenance
• Translates analytics outputs into actionable recommendations through clear storytelling, data visualization, and presentations tailored to diverse audiences
• Supports adoption and effective use of insights by guiding stakeholders in interpreting results and applying them to decisions, planning, and performance management
• Strengthens data trust and accessibility by contributing to well-structured data assets and practices that reduce friction in how data is accessed and used
• Identifies and implements improvements to analytical methods and tools to increase efficiency, accuracy, and impact within a modern digital environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in data science or advanced analytics, including relevant academic research (e.g. Master’s or PhD work)
• Strong foundation in statistics and machine learning, with experience applying techniques such as regression, classification, clustering, forecasting, and experimentation
• Strong Python or R (e.g. pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL for working with large, complex datasets
• Experience working with modern data platforms (e.g. Azure, Snowflake)
• Expertise in Natural Language Processing, prompt engineering, and applying domain knowledge to extract insights from unstructured data and translate LLM outputs into actionable recommendations
• Experience designing and delivering end-to-end analytics solutions, from problem framing and data preparation through to model development
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into analytical approaches and actionable insights
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex analysis clearly and influence non-technical stakeholders
• Certification in machine learning or big data and experience working in Agile environments considered assets

Why Consider Us?

• Our competitive compensation & benefits include:
• Health Spending Account
• Up to 6% matched pension contributions
• Parental leave top-up
• Generous paid vacation, sick days, wellness and personal days
• Office closed extra days before long weekends (6x/year)
• World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada and GTA top employer awards.
• We are Canada’s largest development, relief, and advocacy non-profit organization.
• We embody an Agile mindset here.

This is a current vacancy that we are actively recruiting for. The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with Ontario’s pay transparency requirements under the Employment Standards Act.

Placement within the range will be determined based on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. The final offer will reflect the successful candidate’s background and demonstrated capabilities.

We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world - and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.

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Our Core Values: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People. We are Partners. We are Responsive.

Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.

World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.