Data Manager

About the Working Families Party

The Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.

We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.

The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Data Systems Ownership

Serve as an in-house data expert on organizing tools, including EveryAction, Mobilize, VAN, Votivate, and others. Design and implement approaches to organize data and processes in these systems and take ownership of data maintenance.

Develop systems, structures, templates, processes, and documentation that organizers can apply in practice to enter, modify, and retrieve data.

In addition to organizing tools, own Party infrastructure such as WFP’s endorsement and elected official processes and maintain these databases. Ensure that the systems design meets organizational needs, that data processes are clear and understood, that data is collected in a timely manner, and conduct quality assurance and quality checks.

Maintain Data Integrity

Ensure that our data systems serve as single sources of truth for our organizing work by maintaining clean, accurate, and well-documented data.

Develop quality assurance processes to ensure that data generation is standardized across our suite of voter contact tools.

Continuously conduct quality checks and standardize data to ensure datasets are a high-fidelity, usable reflection of reality.

Audit organizing tools regularly to ensure proper permissioning and that data protocols (e.g., naming conventions) are being used across the organization.

Data Support

Serve as one of the main points of contact for data needs across the organization, responding to requests from organizers, fundraisers, and all Divisions through the Data Department’s ticketing system.

Troubleshoot organizers’ data challenges with organizing tools, including those around permissions, bulk uploading, etc.

Train and support organizers on the data aspects of tool use: the mechanics of using the tools and our processes and structures for ensuring clean, usable data. Coordinate with other teams to support advanced training.

Supporting organizers by setting up API integrations between tools (e.g., VAN and Scale to Win).

Provide additional capacity to enter, modify, and retrieve data to organizers.

Work closely with organizers to resolve data issues, identify tool gaps, and implement improvements that streamline program work.

Data Requests and Reporting

Write accurate, efficient SQL queries in accordance with WFP DATA Department best practices in order to answer a range of inquiries and questions about our data spanning multiple programmatic areas.

Provide data visualizations and reporting that delivers actionable insight into WFP’s electoral and member organizing.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 2 years of experience working for candidate campaigns and movement organizations in data and organizer roles
• Experience and deep familiarity administrating electoral software tools (e.g., VAN, EveryAction, Mobilize, Scale to Win).
• Facility with SQL and BigQuery in political contexts.
• Experience using Google Sheets and/or Airtable in advanced organizing contexts.
• Deep familiarity with at least one and ideally multiple national voterfile products (TargetSmart, Catalist, L2), including scores.
• Experience with using Google Data Studio, Hex, or other platforms for data visualization and reporting.
• Experience self-organizing data projects from beginning to end: scoping, design, gathering input, implementation, maintenance, and improvement.
• Facility with analytical reasoning to troubleshoot both technical and stakeholder problems. Ability to recognize patterns and are careful to check assumptions–whether they are your own or someone else’s.
• Excellent attention to detail and a keen eye for design.
• Confident in their ability to design and implement a system that addresses the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in a fast-paced, stakeholder-support role (tickets, requests).

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Working Families Party is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at jobs@workingfamilies.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.