Data Support Intern (4-Month Contract)

Our Story & Purpose: We’re Vancity, a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. Since 1946, our relentless commitment to these values has helped us challenge the status quo and break down barriers. We’ve made bold commitments to become net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans, and we’re actively pursuing strategies in Indigenous banking and financial resilience for our members. As the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada, we’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the country’s Top Employers. If you’re ready to join our team of 2,700 diverse individuals, access competitive rewards and benefits, and be part of a greater movement - apply today! Your Role in Supporting Our Members: We’re seeking an intern to join our team for an four-month opportunity, supporting the development and operation of Vancity’s data platform. The team plays a key role in enabling reliable data pipelines, maintaining data infrastructure, and supporting scalable data solutions used across analytics and business functions. This is a Full-time, Temporary role, reporting to a manager within the data engineering and offers hands-on experience working with modern data tools such as Databricks and cloud technologies on Microsoft Azure in a collaborative, data-driven environment. This opportunity will run from September to December. How You'll Make an Impact: Supporting data platform operations by assisting with data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline monitoring across multiple sources Using tools such as SQL, Python, and platforms like Databricks to process, validate, and troubleshoot data workflows Assisting in building and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient data movement Collaborating with data engineers and analytics teams while creating documentation and supporting debugging of data pipeline issues What You’ll Bring to the Team: Customer-Centric - You define and measure success through the eyes of your internal customers and anticipate, understand, and respond to their evolving needs. Demonstrate strong follow-through: Consistently keep commitments to customers and team members. Results-Oriented - You have a demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders to elicit requirements gathering, analyze findings, generate appropriate solutions, and build deliverables all while securing team's commitment to these solutions. Technology Savvy - You have education and/or experience supporting technology development/ implementation efforts. A Critical Thinker - You seek to facilitate data-driven decision making, including "rolling up your sleeves" to elicit requirements, research, analyze data A Problem Solver - Your skills to diagnose challenges and issues, develop innovative business solutions, and assess risks and opportunities that may affect the business, are showcased on a daily basis. Curious & innovative - You always do your research and analyze it to assess and recommend a course of action considering industry best practices A team player - you can engage with members of your team as well as cross-functional teams and are willing to collaborate across projects and initiatives. You have: Current enrollment in an undergraduate program within an applicable field and eligible for co-op/internship opportunities An interest in data analysis, analytics and financial services A willingness to work in a highly flexible environment with multiple competing priorities. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills A high level of attention to detail Extra Skills That Set You Apart: Experience with SQL or data querying Exposure to Databricks and Power BI Familiarity with financial or operational data sets Prior coursework or experience in analytics, data engineering. We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills don't perfectly align with those listed. What You’ll Earn: This role offers a pay range of $27.85 per hour . Vancity Talent Programs: Vancity supports an inclusive hiring process for candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black, or Trans. With special permission from the BC Human Rights Commissioner, this initiative provides access to career development opportunities, prioritized job screening, and feedback. Any information you choose to share will be stored securely and used only for recruitment and career development connected to this initiative, in line with the BC Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). For details, please see our dedicated Talent Programs job posting. This role is an open vacancy, and our hiring process is grounded in fairness, transparency, and inclusion. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require any accommodations or support at any stage of the recruitment process, including the application stage, we encourage you to let us know. We’re here to work with you to ensure your needs are met promptly and effectively. All requests will be handled with the utmost respect and confidentiality, so you can participate fully in the process.