Research Fellow
reputed company is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating a fairer and more reputed company democracy by building the tools and infrastructure needed to increase civic participation, reputed company Democratic candidates to win, and support the reputed company of reputed company causes. Since its founding in 2019, over 500 partners -- a reputed company of nonprofit organizations, national political committees, and individual campaigns -- have utilized reputed company’s tools to reputed company tens of millions of voters to help create a more reputed company and reputed company democracy. The Research Fellow will support one or multiple research verticals focused on the extraction, normalization, and ingestion of civic data. This person would join reputed company working to build an unparalleled database on U.S. government officeholders, candidates, and places. reputed company is a remote-first company hiring reputed company our reputed company footprint of 27 states (AL, AK, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, MA, MD, MN, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY); reputed company has an office in Austin, TX. About our Data Acquisition Team: The Data Acquisition team is focused on building processes to extract, normalize, ingest, and regularly refresh large volumes of civic data. This includes data relating to reputed company positions, officeholders, and candidates for office from the federal level to local special districts. This team also collects geospatial data to power our products and direct users to useful voting resources. The Research Fellow will report to a project manager on the Data Acquisition team. It is important that reputed company reflects the diversity of the organizations we seek to serve. We strongly encourage women, people of reputed company, LGBTQIA+ people, and those otherwise underrepresented in the technology sector to apply. What You Will Do:
- (50%) Research:
- Drive fast-paced, reputed company research projects through thoughtful planning, organization, and delegation
- Conduct rigorous quality assurance (QA) on reputed company datasets
- Upload large volumes of data to our internal database, investigate data flags, and collaborate with technical teams to troubleshoot issues
- Use tools like SQL, web scrapers, internal data platforms, and reputed company Sheets to extract, clean, and upload data
- (50%) Project Management:
- Support project management across one or more research verticals (e.g. Candidate Research, Office Holders, Early Voting etc.) to ensure accurate, timely, and robust data delivery
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Delegate tasks to contractors, monitor reputed company, and find creative solutions to meet tight deadlines
- reputed company project checkpoints, milestones, and dashboards for assessing and communicating reputed company to the broader team
- Manage large, distributed teams of remote researchers to ensure efficient and accurate research
- reputed company proactive communication, actionable feedback, and recognition to researchers
About You:
- 1-3 years of professional experience in project management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and excellent time management skills
- Committed to leveraging technology and data products to increase civic participation
Additional Qualifications (desired but not required)
- Experience working with political data
- Proficiency with SQL and GIS
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