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Posted Apr 10Data Acquisition Specialist
at Civitech
Austin, United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- experience (50%) Project Management: Lead a research project focused on the collection of data from public information requests Delegate tasks, monitor progress, and find creative solutions to meet tight deadlines Independently develop project checkpoints, milestones, and dashboards for assessing and communicating progress to the broader team Scope out new research projects and communicate
Requirements
- What You Will Do: (50%) Data Acquisition: File hundreds of public records requests to obtain publicly available data Work closely with technical staff to build and apply web scrapers Use internal data platforms, SQL and Google Sheets to extract, clean, explore and upload data Drive fast-paced, complex research projects through thoughtful planning, organization and delegation Troubleshoot data issues, resolve flags, and share learnings to enhance data quality and the end user
- Experience using web scrapers to collect data from both static and dynamic sources
- experience in data acquisition and project management Strong written and verbal communication skills Proficiency with SQL Strong attention to detail and excellent time management skills
- Experience working with political data
- Experience partnering with software engineers and technical staff to build simple tools About our Data Acquisition Team: The Data Acquisition team is focused on building processes to extract, normalize, ingest and regularly refresh large volumes of civic data.
Additional details
- Civitech is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating a fairer and more equitable democracy by building the tools and infrastructure needed to increase civic participation, empower Democratic candidates to win, and support the success of progressive causes.
- Since its founding in 2019, over 500 partners—a range of nonprofit organizations, national political committees, and individual campaigns—have utilized Civitech’s tools to reach tens of millions of voters to help create a more equitable and progressive democracy.
- The Data Acquisition Specialist will lead research focused on the extraction, normalization and ingestion of civic data.