Position:Data Associate

Tier / Category:Tier 3

Reports to:Data Director

Employment Status:Full-Time

FLSA:Exempt

Location:Remote

NLRA:Bargaining Unit Member

Showing Up for Racial Justice(SURJ)is a national organization that brings white people into fights for racial and economic justice. We work to build the white flank of multiracial majorities fighting for the things all communities need. We organize white people by engaging their shared interest– what they stand to gain by joining alongside people of color. We do this through about 100 local chapters across the US and Canada, a National Membership base, and local base building projects in the South.

We ground our organizing in a framework of shared interest and have an inclusive, open-hearted approach to organizing – calling people into this work rather than creating barriers to participation – while maintaining a clear political line. We believe that together, as part of a powerful multi-racial, cross-class movement for collective liberation, we can force the systems of white supremacy and racialized capitalism to crumble.

Summary of Position:

SURJ is seeking a Data Associate to assist SURJs cross-departmental Data Team in troubleshooting tech and data issues throughout the organization, ensuring data integrity and validity, tracking and maintaining new data across departments, and providing data insights to all departments across the organization.

This position will report to the Data Director within SURJ. This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit, and specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESEssential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

Priority 1: Data Support(75%)

• Understand and support the flow of all the data SURJ gathers fundraising, community organizing, and electoral organizing.
• Field a wide variety of data-related requests from across SURJ and our broader network of chapters and members.
• Meet regularly with the cross-departmental Data Team to assess organizational data needs and problem solve data questions.
• Act as a strategic partner with organizers around data for campaign planning and field organizing.

Priority 2: Systems Administration(25%)

• Help administer and maintain SURJs data warehouse by:
  • Transforming raw data from other platforms into tables that can be used for data visualization.
  • Collaborate with staff from other departments to ensure data needs are being met by the structures created in the data warehouse.
• Create documentation for workflows and tables used by staff.
• Work with Organizing Systems Coordinator and other staff to maintain data hygiene across all data-generating platforms
• Provide ongoing support to SURJ staff on the systems, both from on-call support requests and in regular check-ins with the different SURJ staff teams.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 3 years administering EveryAction or a similar CRM required.
• Minimum 3 election cycles of field organizing experience preferred.
• Alignment with the core values and strategy of SURJ and a heart for organizing in white communities.
• Alignment with the strategic and political values of a movement-oriented communications team.
• SURJ policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodation under federal, state, and local law. Accommodations may be not possible for positions that require in-person contact with other staff or members of the public.
• Compliance with SURJ remote working policies and procedures (calendaring, availability online, response time to communications, receipts, etc.)
• While driving for work is unlikely, all those who drive for work must abide by ourdriving policy.
• SURJ policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodation under federal, state, and local law. Accommodations may be not possible for positions that require in-person contact with other staff or members of the public.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Demonstrated understanding of the kinds of data that are produced by community and electoral organizing efforts.
• Demonstrated ability to use Data Visualization software
• Experience in designing and leading training and presentations for audiences with varying degrees of comfort in data systems including experience training casual users in interacting with CRMs.

SKILLS:

• Advanced proficiency in the volunteer management side of EveryAction, My Voters in VAN and various dialer/texting platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in the financial and communications side of EveryAction strongly preferred.
• Proficient in SQL and Google BigQuery

ABILITIES:

• Enthusiastic relationship builder with a service orientation who loves helping colleagues.
• Capacity to think creatively about solving problems and supporting others to do the same.
• Solid time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Help recruit, build, and manage volunteer data team who will help maintain clean organizational records.