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Position Summary

With 5 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 Specialist supports strategic research and analysis for issue and electoral campaigns.

Duties:

• Implement surveying strategy including writing questions, collecting data, conducting analysis, communicating findings, and contextualizing / solving biases in data collection methods;
• Identify trends and generate insights in quantitative and qualitative data; conduct analyses of both qualitative and quantitative data; and make recommendations based upon the results of analyses;
• Create and maintain data visualizations and dashboards (Excel/Google Sheets) to help identify trends and forecast possibilities, as well as communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders across the campaign;  Implement Working America’s clinical research activities to include campaign and project design and execution, in-cycle evaluations and adjustments; development of best practices, evaluation, and analysis;
• Contribute to the design of methodologies and approaches to collecting new data and segmenting existing data; identifying trends; developing and contextualizing insights in quantitative and qualitative data; and conducting analyses of both qualitative and quantitative data;
• Assist in the analysis and cataloguing of Working America’s clinical research activities to include project design and execution, development of best practices, evaluation, and analysis;
• Assist in the on-going maintenance and sharing of analytics learnings;
• Draft, write, edit and assist in the production of research products including reports, Power Points, summary memos, fact sheets, talking points, etc.;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years’ related work experience.
• The following skills are preferred, but not required:
• Experience in survey research or clinical research
• Experience building predictive models
• Working in statistical programs such as R, SPSS, or STATA
• Experience with community, advocacy, issue, labor or political organizing
• Enjoy working with numbers and eager to learn
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in politically-sensitive and high-pressure environments and handle confidential information
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Must be able to work irregular and long hours
• Travel required to support research implementation
• Generous spirit towards teaching analytics
• Appreciation of the power and impact of each intervention, bringing thoroughness, insight, and honesty to interpretation of results
• Commitment to the usage of analytics to advance a working peoples agenda

The Step 1 salary is $75,421, with additional steps considered for candidates with experience and
qualifications beyond what is required above. Includes medical insurance, paid time off, and
401(k) with employer contribution.

The position is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild,
TNG-CWA, Local 32035.