Entry Level Climate Data Analyst Jobs in California

About the Opportunity 

Start Date: September 1st, 2026

Length of Fellowship: 10 months

Location Type: Hybrid

Are you passionate about tackling climate challenges and driving sustainability solutions? As a Decarbonization Data Analyst in the Climate Corps Fellowship program, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to impactful sustainability initiatives with Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority. This is a hybrid position with the expectation of on-site work periodically as needed.

In this role, you will support SVCE in exploring electrification programs data. To support this analysis, the Fellow will be able to leverage SVCE's cloud-based energy data warehouse (RADaR) that contains customer attributes, energy usage, vehicle registration, and building characteristics data. You will work closely with staff across teams at SVCE to understand what data, models, visualizations (dashboards, mapping tools), and reports (research reports, slide decks) would be most helpful, develop visualizations, interpret results, and present recommendations.

About Our Partner: Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority

Formed in 2016, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) is a Community Choice Energy provider serving approximately 280,000 residential and commercial customer accounts in thirteen Santa Clara County communities. The SVCE mission is to provide customers with electricity generated from renewable and carbon-free sources at competitive rates and further accelerate decarbonization through the deployment of innovative local programs. Key program areas include: building electrification, electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, supporting local policies that advance electrification, and demand management.

SVCE is a joint-powers agency governed by a Board of Directors comprised of an elected official from each of the thirteen SVCE member communities. By providing reliable and responsive electricity service at competitive rates, SVCE maintains a 96+% customer participation rate and a strong financial foundation. Access to clean electricity has helped our communities take a major step in fighting climate change by reducing local emissions. Yet, supplying clean electricity is just one part of the solutions needed to ensure a pollution-free future. It is essential that SVCE continues to proactively engage with our customers and community stakeholders in the electrification journey - helping to inspire, educate, and enable action in transitioning from fossil fuels to clean electricity - in homes, buildings, and transportation.

What You'll Do

• Work to integrate our historical and current program participation data into our centralized data warehouse.
• Build out reports within Power BI to better support our Customer Success Team and the Decarb Roadmap Plan.
• Develop expertise in a wide tech stack, including, but not limited to, SQL, Power BI, GitHub, GCP, and Salesforce.

What We Provide

• A fixed, monthly stipend of $4500.
• $1000 end-of-program financial award.
• Health care coverage with 100% of health care insurance premiums covered by SEI.
• 10 Personal Days (for a standard 10-month Fellowship), in addition to all holidays off that are observed as closure days by the partner placement site.
• Comprehensive career-readiness training, including interview prep, salary negotiation, and resume building.
• Panels, workshops, and networking with climate resilience industry professionals.
• Professional networking and learning opportunities.
• The University of California Climate Stewards Certification equips you to lead community and ecosystem resilience initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Proficiency in R or Python for research, data analysis, and data visualization.
• Working SQL knowledge.
• Ability to think creatively and critically while approaching data-driven (statistics and machine learning models) analyses.
• Self-directed and comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced start-up environment, with the ability to work individually and in teams.
• Strong organization skills and ability to be agile and nimble to evolving work products and deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including distilling complex information simply and understandably.
• The ability to work onsite on a hybrid basis. Only candidates currently residing within commuting distance of the site address will be considered.
• Commitment to a fair workplace that honors the experiences, voices, viewpoints, and values of all individuals.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the duration of the fellowship (SEI is unable to sponsor visas).
• May require occasional moving about to accomplish tasks, moving from one worksite to another, or adjusting or moving objects under 25-50 pounds in all directions.
• Must be 18 years or older to apply.

Nice-to-haves

• Any prior experience working in research, non-profit, government, utility, or start-up spaces.
• Experience working with data warehouses and relational databases, as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
• Experience with GIS or other geospatial software tools.
• Experience with project management software - Trello, Asana, Monday.com.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Familiarity with version control (GitHub) and coding best practices.
• Experience with data visualization/BI tools such as Tableau, Looker Studio, Power BI, etc.

We encourage everyone interested in this position to apply, even if you don't meet every qualification. We value all perspectives and believe that a unique background can bring significant strengths to this role, even if some qualifications are not fully met.

Climate Corps Fellowships are classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as temporary, educational internships that emphasize training and career development, and thus no employment relationship exists, nor is compensation required. However, while not considered traditional employment, Fellows receive a living stipend and professional development support throughout the program.

Recruiting Timeline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage early submissions, as we may stop accepting new applications once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates is identified.