Senior Data & Policy Analyst

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining research and policy collaborations with grassroots and movement organizations that are building the political power of Black and brown communities, and with other important stakeholders on democracy reform.
• Informed by those collaborations, conducting original research and policy work, including generating and analyzing election, campaign finance, and other quantitative and qualitative data, that advances Dēmos’s and partners’ efforts to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy.
• Authoring long and short-form publications including research reports, issue briefs, fact sheets, and opinion articles, and creating additional advocacy materials like talking points, slide decks, policy explainers, etc.
• Leading or co-leading projects within Dēmos’s democracy reform portfolio, both by working collaboratively across Dēmos teams, and by cultivating productive relationships with important contacts in various state and federal agencies, elected offices, grassroots movements, advocacy organizations, and academic institutions.

Skillset

• Data Analysis Proficiency. They are proficient in data acquisition, generation, and analysis, and in effectively synthesizing and communicating the findings from data analysis to diverse audiences.
• Developed Racial Equity Analysis & Practice. They have a well-developed racial equity analysis and consistently integrate this analysis into work projects and personal interactions by addressing structural implications and disproportionate impacts of policies, activities, and decisions on race, class and other group identities within the context of job responsibilities and projects.
• Content Expertise. They have content expertise in the areas of money in politics, immigrant justice, and/or voting rights.
• Excellent Writing and Analytical Skills. They have experience executing research and writing projects from initial concept stage to final drafting of research reports, issue briefs, fact sheets and other materials.
• Strong Project Management. They have experience leading a project through the conceptualization, execution, and completion phases. They are organized, pay attention to detail, and always follow through. They are excited about taking ownership of a body of work and about working with stakeholders, both internal and external, to achieve a goal.
• Outreach and Collaboration. They are skilled at identifying and cultivating productive external relationships with key individuals in movement building, academia, government, and policy and advocacy organizations. They also excel at building effective relationships within an organization and have managed productive, collaborative engagement with work by members of different teams with diverse vantage points.
• Democracy issue proficiency. They have a familiarity with democracy and voting rights-related issues (specifically issues of racial equity in voting access and policy, structural democracy reforms, voting trends, and electoral analysis). They are familiar with other organizations in the voting rights and democracy field and in racial justice work.