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Department Summary
The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) is an interdisciplinary academic research center aimed at ensuring equitable and accessible voting for all Americans.The UCLA VRP was founded by Dr. Matt A. Barreto (Division of Social Sciences, Luskin School of Public Affairs) and Chad W. Dunn (School of Law, Luskin School of Public Affairs) to address three significant and overlooked gaps in the voting rights field: training newly graduated lawyers and social science expert witnesses; developing new legal…
and social science theories for voting rights cases; and advancing voting rights through national and local public policy. The mission of the UCLA VRP is to provide hands-on clinical training to future lawyers, public policy officials, and social scientists while calling attention to the voting rights obstacles faced today in underserved towns, cities, and counties across the country. In the past six years, we have trained hundreds of students through our course and clinic, with more than 75% being students of color.The UCLA VRP focuses on three action areas: - Inter-disciplinary and hands-on clinical education with students from UCLA School of Law, the Luskin School of Public Policy and Division of Social Sciences; - Impact litigation and legal advocacy focused on creating representation and access to voting for communities in underserved towns, cities, school boards, and counties; and - Academic research on voting issues such as voting patterns, voter turnout, and language justice that can be directly translated into policy advocacy and policy implementation.The focus on local, historically and routinely disenfranchised communities as the first stop for voting rights litigation marks the UCLA VRP as a unique public-service project.
Position Summary
The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) seeks a Research Data Analyst to support research projects focused on voting rights, elections, and democracy. Under the direction of the Data Scientist, Faculty Director, and research team, the incumbent will assist with research activities involving demographic, electoral, and geographic data to support policy research, public reports, and other project deliverables. Responsibilities include supporting data acquisition, organization, cleaning, coding, analysis, and visualization using census, voter file, precinct election, and GIS data. The incumbent will assist with research design, prepare research summaries and reports, participate in project meetings, and collaborate with the research team to support ongoing research initiatives and organizational partners.
Salary & Compensation
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Qualifications
- Strong skills in R, GIS and data visualization. (Required)
- Experience downloading and cleaning data from Census, Election Administration and related publicly accessible datasets. (Required)
- Attention to detail and ability to organize and document workflow. (Required)
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team. (Required)
- Superior verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate and present technical results. (Required)
- Substantive knowledge or experience in voting rights. (Preferred)
- Knowledge of quantitative research methods including machine learning and statistics. Knowledge of causal inference methods a plus. (Preferred)
- Ability to work discreetly with sensitive and confidential data. (Required)
Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science, political science statistics, data science or related field. (Required) Or
- Master's Degree in computer science, political science statistics, data science or related field. (Preferred)
Special Conditions for Employment
- Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
- Age Requirement: Candidate(s) must be 18 years or older to be eligible to be hired.
- COVID and Flu Vaccinations: The position is subject to providing evidence of inoculation.
Schedule
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Union/Policy Covered
RP-Research and Public Service PR
Complete Position Description
Organization
Working at University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1919 and is the second oldest of the ten campuses affiliated with the University of California system. UCLA offers over 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines and enrolls about 26,000 undergraduate and about 12,000 graduate students from the United States and around the world every year.
UCLA features the College of Letters and Science, seven general campus professional schools, and four professional schools for the health sciences. The UCLA College of Letters and Science has 34 academic departments and 900 faculty, and houses the majority of UCLA's 129 undergraduate majors as well as the students in the Graduate Division of Letters and Sciences. The UCLA College Honors Program is also housed in the College. The College of Letters and Science's programs are divided into five academic divisions: humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, and the International Institute. UCLA also offers certificate programs, undergraduate degree-credit and continuing education credits for non-full-time students through its UCLA Extension education program.
The 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Reportranked UCLA as the 24th best university in the nation and 32nd best in the world. In the 2007 edition of U.S. News and World Report, UCLA Medical Center was ranked best in the West, as well as one of the top 3 hospitals in the United States alongside Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 15 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.
The campus' location in Los Angeles makes excursions to local museums, theaters, or other entertainment venues relatively quick and easy.
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