Strategic Data Architect for Social Impact

This Volunteer Placement is Located in: Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

Start Date: November 2026

Placement Length: 5 months

Language Requirements: Spanish Level 4-Advanced and English Level 5-Fluent

Please submit a Spanish Resume and Statement of Interest

Eligibility: Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only

The Volunteer’s Role

Help local foundations turn data into insight, action, and stronger community impact. In this volunteer role, you will support partners to organize information, develop practical tools, and create a strategic framework that strengthens learning, collaboration, and evidence-based decision-making.

Your work will help improve data governance, social impact measurement, operational efficiency, and digital readiness. By helping build a reliable “single source of truth,” you will contribute to more informed decisions and stronger community philanthropy across regional foundations.

As a volunteer, your duties will include:

• Assess, organize, and consolidate data from Regional Foundations by reviewing existing sources and designing a standardized model with useful segmentation categories, such as entity type, region, topic, and target population.
• Develop practical templates, dashboards, and analysis models that help partners report consistently, visualize results, and use data more effectively.
• Compile regional methodologies and propose knowledge management approaches, including a repository of local initiatives and metrics to compare results across organizations.
• Recommend digital security protocols to protect sensitive personal and organizational data, especially in territories affected by active armed conflict.
• Propose simple, concrete, and context-specific actions to strengthen digital security practices for TerritoriA and the Territorial Foundations.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in areas related to Economics, Statistics, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Information Science, Business Administration, or other related fields.
• Experience in research and with social organizations, NGOs, or social impact projects is highly valued, especially in contexts involving vulnerable populations and confidential data. The ideal volunteer can translate technical data guidance into clear, practical processes that non-technical teams can confidently use.

Essential Background:

• Three to five years of experience implementing information systems, managing data, controlling data quality, or supporting analytical processes in medium or large organizations.
• Experience designing and managing data capture and storage systems that support analysis, visualization, automation, and reports with key findings and recommendations.
• Experience in data analysis, beneficiary information systems, and data collection or visualization tools that support reliable monitoring, stronger decision-making, and effective exchange networks. Proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools is desirable.

What’s in it for YOU? A life-changing experience!

About Us

Cuso International (Cuso) is an international cooperation and development organization based in Canada that works to create social and economic opportunities for equity-deserving groups. Building on over sixty years of impactful work, we address global challenges by tackling the root causes of inequality. Working alongside our partners, we are focused on efforts to improve economic resilience, advance equity and inclusion for all, and deliver progress on climate action. We believe that by sharing skills, we can build better futures. Guided by our values of courage, inclusion, sustainability and accountability, Cuso combines innovative strategies and enduring partnerships to create lasting, meaningful change in communities across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. 
Project:  Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE) 

Partner: TerritoriA

Benefits

Volunteer Support and Requirements 

Support Package

Cuso International provides a comprehensive support package to ensure volunteers maintain a modest and healthy lifestyle aligned with local standards. This includes: 

• Monthly living allowance 
• Accommodation 
• Health insurance (including required vaccinations and antimalarial medication) 
• Round-trip airfare and visa/work permit costs 
• Pre-placement, in-country and reintegration training (along with access to self-directed materials and online resources) 
• Ongoing local support 
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program during and after placement 

Selection and Screening

If you are shortlisted, you will need to: 

• Confirm passport or permanent resident details for travel 
• Provide two professional references and one personal reference 
• Complete a language assessment during the initial phone interview 
• Pass a police check and medical clearance before departure 
• Comply with anti-terrorism checks 
• Agree to uphold the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy and Code of Conduct 

Residency and Citizenship: Candidates are responsible for confirming how volunteering internationally may affect their citizenship or residency status. Canadian Permanent Residents should verify requirements with Immigration Canada before travel. 

Inclusion and Accessibility: Cuso International welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and equity-deserving groups. We provide reasonable accommodations throughout recruitment and placement. If you have accessibility needs, please contact us for support. 

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply to volunteer today!