Data Analyst

America Votes; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% covered medical, dental, & vision insurance

Monthly cell phone reimbursement

Generous paid time off policy

Parental leave

401(k) after six months

Job summary

AMERICA VOTES is looking for a Data Analyst to drive insights for voter contact programs and elections. This role focuses on creating dashboards and actionable reports to support teams in understanding data trends. Ideal candidates will have political experience and strong SQL skills.

Position is remotely based with a preference for candidates in Washington, DC, and offers a salary ranging from $75,000 to $85,000 along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• At least one cycle of data experience at a political campaign or at a progressive organization.
• Worked in a cloud data warehouse environment, comfortable with complex SQL queries.
• Able to quickly turn investigations into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Create reports to inform programmatic and strategy decisions.
• Collaborate with internal staff to translate needs into analytics questions.
• Stay updated with best practices in political data analysis.

Skills

Political experience

Strong SQL skills

Experience gleaning actionable insights from data

Experience creating dashboards

Service-oriented approach

Strong interpersonal skills

Tools

Google Data Studio

Hex

R

Python

dbt

Job description

Position Description

America Votes is looking for a Data Analyst to find and communicate insights to improve our voter contact programs, win elections, and drive progressive change. The ideal candidate is excited about talking to staff across teams to understand their needs and questions, then creating dashboards, graphs, memos and slide decks to share answers. In particular, we're looking for someone with past political experience who loves the work we do supporting states, understands both the data and the program context, and can turn data into not just reports, but recommendations.

This is a permanent, full-time bargaining unit position that reports to the Analytics Director.

Responsibilities

• Dashboards and Reporting: Create reports used by AV staff and partners to make programmatic and strategy decisions; use reports and other tools to proactively highlight trends and insights that inform AV and partner programs.
• Analysis and Writing: Collaborate with internal program staff to translate their needs into analytics questions, investigate those questions using SQL queries and other tools, then communicate your findings in clear, accessible, and actionable ways.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with research and best practices from across the political data space, continually grow your own analytics knowledge, and help national and state staff incorporate new methods into our analysis work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Political experience – At least one cycle of data experience at a political campaign or at a progressive organization, including working with voter files and voter contact data.
• Strong SQL skills - You should have worked in a cloud data warehouse environment before, be comfortable writing queries with complex joins and aggregate functions, and care about writing clean and well-documented code.
• Experience gleaning actionable insights from data - You should be able to dig into data quickly, turn your investigations into recommendations, and communicate the results in presentations, graphs, and written memos.
• Experience creating dashboards - We use Google Data Studio and Hex, but we are platform agnostic for this role; we care that you understand how to communicate clearly in a dashboard, not necessarily that you have used a particular platform before.
• A service-oriented approach to data work that prioritizes collaboration, supporting staff and partners, and building products that center and advance racial equity.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a professional approach to communicating with team members, partners, and vendors.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Voter Registration, especially site-based programs using BLOCKs.
• More advanced technical skills, including advanced SQL skills, coding in R or Python, or experience using dbt (data build tool) for data transformations.
• More advanced knowledge of analytics and statistical methods such as regressions, predictive modeling, or time series analysis.
• Experience with additional political data sets such as Census data, FEC reports, DDx, and digital or TV advertising data.
• Past experience as a political organizer or field staffer.

Location

This is a remote position, with a sight preference for someone based in DC. Some travel and reasonable access to an airport is required. America Votes has offices located in DC and CO, FL, GA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, PA, and WI.

Compensation

The salary for this position will be $75,000 - $85,000 and depend upon the applicant's experience. America Votes offers a competitive benefits package covering 100% of employee medical, dental, & vision insurance premiums, life insurance, long term disability coverage, monthly cell phone reimbursement, personal professional development funds, parental leave, and 401 (K) after six months of continuous service with the organization. America Votes provides a generous paid time off policy with paid vacation, unlimited sick and safe leave, paid personal days, at least 10 Federal paid holidays including Juneteenth, as well as paid organizational time off from at least December 23 to January 1.

EEO Statement

America Votes is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. America Votes does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law. People of color, LGBTQ candidates, individuals with disabilities, and neurodivergent individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.