Election Support Analyst
Democratic National Committee
IT, Customer Service
Remote
Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Democratic National Committee is hiring an Election Support Analyst to support data product development and improve our voter outreach efforts. The Election Support Analyst will help us develop data products related to election results mapping, voter file processing and QC, and templated workflows.
The Election Support Analyst will report into the Strategic Analytics Lead and work closely with the Product, Voter File and Digital Organizing Teams. The Analyst will build reports, conduct strategic analysis and provide technical guidance to support our data product development and organizing efforts. From building audiences for outreach to digging into Voter File trends, this role will help us reach and cultivate more volunteers and voters online.
Who we are:
The DNC Program Analytics team sits within the Technology department at the DNC. We are a team of analysts and technologists focused on improving the DNC’s strategic programs from national field organizing to grassroots fundraising to voter protection. As part of the overall Tech team, you will be working with a fully remote, distributed team living in 19 states and from a variety of backgrounds. We value diversity in perspective and believe deeply in the promise of building technology infrastructure that will support campaigns from cycle to cycle and will improve with every iteration.
Who you are:
We’re looking for an Analyst to support the DNC’s data products, as well as key organizing initiatives for Democrats up and down the ballot.
Core responsibilities
- Strategic Analysis: Dig into voter file trends and quality issues. Perform analysis to understand trends in volunteer engagement, areas of program strength, and opportunities for improvement.
- Stakeholder Management: Partner with key stakeholders to develop reporting and data standards across voter file data products and organizing tools.
- Reporting: Set up reporting to empower our team with key insights into program performance and data file trends. Help establish connections across different DNC products and programs.
- Targeting: Building audiences and ensuring targeted outreach for digital organizing teams.
- Ad Hoc Work: Manage ad hoc data requests from stakeholders, ensuring quick turnaround while maintaining data accuracy and quality, especially involving support for our national organizing program.
In addition, this role may also include, but is not limited to:
Role qualifications:
- Be proficient at SQL, Excel, and Google Sheets
- Have experience working with data in a political setting
- Have experience with some type of data visualization or reporting
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience explaining technical concepts to both technical and no-code audiences
- Be curious, collaborative, and humble – ready to work with a diverse, distributed team to solve interesting problems together.
- Have excellent stakeholder management skills and a track record of building consensus around technical concepts
- Are comfortable diving into new, messy datasets, and structuring them to allow quick analysis and insights;
- Have direct experience with Google Data Studio, VAN/ Votebuilder, or Reach
- Have experience working with Python
- Have experience on a previous political campaign or organization
The starting salary for the Election Support Analyst position is between $75,000 - $80,000 on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications. This position is not eligible for overtime wages and is fully remote. This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends, and has an end date of November 15, 2024.
Benefits:
The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:
- Paid time off, including Federal holidays, open leave, and personal days;
- Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents;
- 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee;
- Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase;
- Pre-tax Flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents.