(Junior) Data Analyst - Python

About

Startupticker.ch is the information platform for the Swiss startup scene. In addition to daily news on the web portal, we publish the Swiss Venture Capital Report and the Swiss Startup Radar. Both have established themselves as reference publications due to their quality and neutrality and are used by authorities, media and economic development agencies. The JNB Journalistenbüro in Lucerne is behind the web portal and the publications.

Responsibilities

• Analyses on the performance of the Swiss startup scene based on our own database and with data from global databases for international comparison
• Preparation of results for the Swiss Venture Capital Report, the Swiss Startup Radar, traditional media and partners of Startupticker
• Writing background articles on the Swiss startup ecosystem (English/German)

Qualifications

• You are in a Bachelor's/Master's program and have initial experience with quantitative economic, political science or social science analyses or can demonstrate statistical prior knowledge.
• Data is usually shared and prepared in the form of Excel spreadsheets. Excel skills such as matching, filtering, cleaning datasets and preparing them for publication are an important prerequisite for the work.
• For data processing, we use Python and have created some scripts and functions. Therefore, basic knowledge of Python or possibly R is required.
• Testing hypotheses) and present the tools, and you can then decide for yourself how you prefer to proceed.

Benefits

• Work with impact
• In-depth insight into the Swiss startup scene