Nevada Senior State Data Lead

Organization Overview

America Votes works year-round to build a more representative democracy strengthen every Americans right to vote and win elections in key states.

America Votes leads a robust growing coalition of more than 400 progressive organizations across the country building coordinated plans and executing shared strategies to win elections. America Votes provides a range of services to partners including strategic planning advocacy and electoral campaign coordination data tools and targeting services and on-the-ground leadership in states.

For more than 20 years America Votes has been the common link between many of the most influential and impactful issue and membership organizations in the country serving as the coordination hub of the progressive community. America Votes work has brought together a wide range of causes and built a unified coalition that has transformed how the progressive community works. Together America Votes and its partners have engaged communities across the country to act on critical issues from fighting for working families to defending reproductive freedom to protecting the environment and more and mobilized millions of voters.

Racial Equity Statement

As a leader of collaborative efforts to mobilize voters protect voting rights and win elections America Votes is committed to advancing racial equity within our organization and across our coalition. We acknowledge the systematic racism that permeates all facets of our society including the right to vote. America Votes is also engaging with an understanding of the ways gender sexuality and other forms of oppression intersect with race and how those relationships impact inequities our staff our partners and the communities that we engage in our work face.

America Votes strives to model our commitment to racial equity through our internal and external operations programs and partnerships. We acknowledge the inequitable structures that continue to exist and are moving forward with a sustained commitment in time resources and people to challenge structural racism and work towards creating a reflective organization and democracy.

Position Description

The Senior State Data Lead provides high-quality data services and analytical support to America Votes coalition partners and supports the State Director in data-informed planning and coalition alignment.

This role combines political analysis technical data expertise and partner-facing service. Primary responsibilities include administration and support of voter engagement tools applied data analysis for campaign and democracy work project management and coalition coordination. Works closely with state and national teams to optimize tools and deliverables develop cycle-specific products and ensure partners are able to effectively use data to advance shared goals. A high level of discretion accuracy and independent judgment is required.

Position Responsibilities

• Providing data tools access administration and technical assistance to coalition partners
• Translating political and voter data into actionable insights for partners and coalitions
• Supporting state-level voter engagement and campaign planning through analysis and reporting
• Managing priority projects related to data services and coalition support
• Responsibilities may shift during election cycles to align with organizational and state priorities.

The 3 -5 additional areas of responsibility that may be included in the role:

• Provide training and technical assistance to end users and troubleshoot data-related issues.
• Ensure availability and appropriate use of America Votesspecific data assets including universes and shared resources.
• Respond to data requests support tickets and export approvals in a timely and accurate manner.
• Develop written reports dashboards and data products to communicate progress toward goals.
• Deliver data presentations to internal and external stakeholders sometimes on short timelines

Key Qualifications

• Analysis and SQL Skills: Must have beginner to intermediate SQL skills able to write complex queries to pull and analyze data in BQ (experience in BQ specifically is not necessary snowflake aws etc would also be acceptable) Must have previous experience doing analysis work with large datasets.
• Intermediate - Advanced VAN skills: Experience using VAN as a user and some admin-esque experience
• Advanced google sheets / excel: Experience working with excel/sheets in complex ways writing complex functions and working with large datasets

Preferred

• Progressive tool experience: experience with other tools in the progressive space
• Campaign data experience: Experience working in data on a campaign
• R or Python skills (or even javascript/d3): other coding skills especially if used to analyze data or build visualizations (but programing/website work would still be a plus!) - strong shapefile experience / work with census data would be a huge bonus
• Previous BI / visualization tool experience: Experience creating dashboards / complex visualizations

Location

Las Vegas Nevada

Compensation

The salary for this position will be between $65000 and $75000 and depend upon the applicants experience. America Votes offers a competitive benefits package covering 100% of employee medical dental & vision insurance premiums life insurance long term disability coverage monthly cell phone reimbursement personal professional development funds parental leave and 401 (K) after four months of continuous service with the organization. America Votes provides a generous paid time off policy with paid vacation unlimited sick and safe leave paid personal days at least 10 Federal paid holidays including Juneteenth as well as paid organizational time off from at least December 23 to January 1. The position is represented by the America Votes Workers Union.

To Apply

Please submit a copy of your resume a cover letter and three references to the application form.

Please note that only applications received through the application form will be considered; please do not email us your application materials.

America Votes is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse inclusive and equitable workplace. America Votes does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability veteran status or any other protected category under local state or federal law. People of color LGBTQ candidates individuals with disabilities and neurodivergent individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Required Experience:

Senior IC