Voting Rights Research Data Analyst

University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Voting Rights Project is seeking a Research Data Analyst to support research on voting rights, elections, and democracy. The role involves handling demographic, electoral, and geographic data to inform policy research and reports.

Under guidance from the Data Scientist and faculty, you will assist with data acquisition, cleaning, and visualization, and contribute to research design and project deliverables across university partners.

Qualifications

• Strong skills in R, GIS and data visualization.
• Experience downloading and cleaning data from Census, Election Administration and related publicly accessible datasets.
• Attention to detail and ability to organize and document workflow.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate and present technical results.

Responsibilities

• Support data acquisition, organization, cleaning, coding, analysis, and visualization using census, voter file, precinct election, and GIS data.
• Assist with research design and prepare research summaries and reports.
• Participate in project meetings and collaborate with the research team to support ongoing initiatives and partners.

Skills

R

GIS

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, political science, statistics, data science or related field

Master's degree (Preferred)

Job description

UCLA Voting Rights Project is seeking a Research Data Analyst to support research on voting rights, elections, and democracy. The role involves handling demographic, electoral, and geographic data to inform policy research and reports.

Under guidance from the Data Scientist and faculty, you will assist with data acquisition, cleaning, and visualization, and contribute to research design and project deliverables across university partners.