Research and Analytics Assistant

at  Working America

With 4 million members, Working America mobilizes working people who don’t have the benefit of a union at work to fight for good jobs and a fair economy. As the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, we unite working people around a shared economic agenda.
The Research and Analytics Assistant will support strategic research and analysis for issue and electoral campaigns.
This is a fixed-term position with an expected end date of Nov. 8, 2024.
Reports to: Director of Research and Analytics

Duties:

• Support implementation of surveys including writing questions, monitoring and tracking data, and conducting analysis;
• Develop tools, including using Excel and Google Sheets, to facilitate data analysis, including but not limited to creating and maintaining data visualizations and dashboards and communicating findings;
• Gather publicly-available data to analyze social and economic trends to include but not limited to identifying trends; developing and contextualizing insights in quantitative and qualitative data; conducting analyses of both qualitative and quantitative data; and making recommendations based upon the results of analyses;
• Maintain data clean-up processes and procedures including the standardization and organization of large data sets;
• Establish metrics, analytics frameworks, and reports to assess the performance of various campaign initiatives, and Field and Digital teams;
• Collaborate with the Working America staff to make sure that data is used to inform decision making across campaigns;
• Creating and maintain data visualizations and dashboards to help identify trends and forecast possibilities, as well as communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders across the campaign;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Knows, or are eager to learn and apply, any of the following software: VAN, Google Sheets, SQL, GIS, Python, PowerPoint, and/or R
• Knows and understands how to apply statistics to mine for actionable insights
• Curiosity and mindset to understand the meaning behind data trends
• Enjoys working with numbers and eager to learn
• Understanding and interest in furthering usage of quantitative and qualitative data in political and organizing campaigns
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and able to adapt quickly to meet project needs
• Strong background in, or desire to work in, the labor movement, movements for progressive social change, and political or issue campaigns
• Demonstrated interest in making a career in the labor movement
• Individuals of all education levels—including recent graduates from 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and technical schools—encouraged to apply
• Must be able to work irregular and long hours
• Ability to travel as needed

• Support implementation of surveys including writing questions, monitoring and tracking data, and conducting analysis;
• Develop tools, including using Excel and Google Sheets, to facilitate data analysis, including but not limited to creating and maintaining data visualizations and dashboards and communicating findings;
• Gather publicly-available data to analyze social and economic trends to include but not limited to identifying trends; developing and contextualizing insights in quantitative and qualitative data; conducting analyses of both qualitative and quantitative data; and making recommendations based upon the results of analyses;
• Maintain data clean-up processes and procedures including the standardization and organization of large data sets;
• Establish metrics, analytics frameworks, and reports to assess the performance of various campaign initiatives, and Field and Digital teams;
• Collaborate with the Working America staff to make sure that data is used to inform decision making across campaigns;
• Creating and maintain data visualizations and dashboards to help identify trends and forecast possibilities, as well as communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders across the campaign;
• Other duties as assigned