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 Specialist supports 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, Research and Analytics

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:
  1. Experience in survey research or clinical research
  2. Experience building predictive models
  3. Working in statistical programs such as R, SPSS, or STATA
  4. 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

Location:

Position Type:

• Full-time/Regular
• FLSA Classification: Exempt

Starting salary is $64,526. Includes medical insurance and 401(k) with employer contribution. Working America is an equal opportunity employer.

Working America is an equal opportunity employer.  Working America is committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from women, people of color, LGBTQIA and other non-conforming individuals, and individuals with disabilities.