Public Lands Data Visualization & Curriculum Lead

ADP, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP, Inc. is seeking a Program Associate for the National Center for Public Lands within NACo’s Research, Policy and Governance Studies.

The role supports literature reviews, data analyses, and development of curricula using multimedia tools to train county officials on public lands topics. The position involves coordinating content, preparing primers and explainer series, and collaborating with federal/state partners to ensure policy messaging consistency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, communications, economics, GIS, environmental management, natural resources or a related field.
• Two or more years of experience combining data analysis with digital content or media production.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, carrying a single dataset or policy question through to a finished visualization, video or training module.
• Strong writing, editing and presentation skills, with the discipline to verify claims against primary sources.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the NCPLC Director to conduct literature reviews, case studies and data analyses on key public lands topics.
• Draft primers, explainer series briefs, member alerts and Knowledge Hub content, verifying statutory and regulatory citations against primary government sources prior to publication.
• Examine the roles, responsibilities and interactions among federal, state, tribal and county governments within the public lands intergovernmental system to inform the NCPLC’s research and communications products.
• Coordinate logistics, participant recruitment and content framing for intergovernmental roundtables and conference panels, working with state associations, federal agencies, and county officials to support Center convenings.
• Draft communications, including newsletters, blog posts, explainer articles and webpage updates, to keep county officials and Center stakeholders informed.
• Coordinate with NACo’s Government Affairs Department as well as directly with federal and state partners to ensure messaging consistency and promote understanding of policy changes impacting public lands counties.
• Analyze federal public lands datasets (PILT, SRS, PAD US, USFS/BLM administrative data) to inform public lands county needs, including wildfire mitigation, county revenue sharing and federal-county collaboration.
• Demonstrated experience cleaning, analyzing and visualizing large longitudinal datasets using statistical software such as Stata, R, Python or similar.
• Track year-over-year trends in federal payment data and land management activity, such as PILT and SRS funding levels and PAD US acreage changes, to identify patterns relevant to public lands counties.
• Collaborate with web developers to create visualization methods and interactive dashboards, such as PILT/SRS payments over time, that convey complex public lands data in formats accessible to county officials and staff.
• Build and maintain documented methodology for the Center's core statistics to ensure figures are defensible for member counties, partners and federal policymakers.
• Develop county-level and state-level data profiles that can be refreshed on a regular cycle.
• Build out the Center's digital content, including infographics, data visualizations and video, for use in reports, social media and the Knowledge Hub.
• Collaborate with NACo’s Public Affairs department to produce and edit video content for the Center's video series, including coordinating filming with county officials, scripting and post-production editing.
• Support and shape content for the Public Lands Knowledge Hub.
• Support the design of conference session curriculum, including panel structure, learning objectives and pre-session materials, in coordination with the Director.
• Assist in building curriculum modules that use multimedia, including video, interactive tools and visual guides, to train and onboard new county officials and staff on public lands topics, in coordination with the Director.
• Calibrate curriculum for different audiences, including introductory sessions for newly elected commissioners and working sessions for experienced staff.
• Develop structured learning sequences that combine video, written and case study resources into cohesive training tracks rather than standalone materials.
• Coordinate logistics, participant recruitment and content framing for intergovernmental roundtables and conference panels, working with state associations, federal and state agencies and county officials to support NCPLC convenings
• Build dashboards to track progress and report on NCPLC activities.
• Attend weekly public lands office hours, fielding questions and tracking county needs to ensure prompt and accurate responses.
• Collaborate with the NCPLC Director to manage fundraising plans and coordinate with stakeholders in fundraising activities.
• Support general NCPLC administrative operations, including scheduling, printing, packing and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data analysis

Digital content

Public policy

GIS

Writing

Project management

Communication

Collaboration

Editing

Source verification

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ArcGIS

Python

R

Stata

Job description

ADP, Inc. is seeking a Program Associate for the National Center for Public Lands within NACo’s Research, Policy and Governance Studies.

The role supports literature reviews, data analyses, and development of curricula using multimedia tools to train county officials on public lands topics. The position involves coordinating content, preparing primers and explainer series, and collaborating with federal/state partners to ensure policy messaging consistency.