Senior Data & Policy Analyst / Data & Policy Analyst, Democracy Reform

About  Dēmos. Dēmos is a non-profit public policy organization working to build a just, inclusive multiracial democracy and economy. We build power with and for Black and brown communities through our strategic partnerships with state-based and grassroots organizations. 

On the eve of the organization’s 25th anniversary, we are celebrating a successful legacy that institutionalized the inherent connection between our democracy and economy. From campaign finance reform to credit card debt to student debt, Dēmos has built campaigns and won structural reform that has changed the way communities wield civic, political, and economic power in this country.  

Over the next three years, we will work to realize the next iteration of Dēmos' legacy by transforming our strategies and organizational structure to unapologetically build power with and for Black and brown communities. As a national public policy institution, we see our role as the nexus between federal and state strategies, leveraging our policy, research, and narrative expertise to uplift and enhance the insights and experience of our state-based and grassroots partners, advancing comprehensive campaigns to realize the promise of a just, inclusive multiracial democracy and economy. 

(Senior) Data and Policy Analyst, Democracy Reform. Dēmos seeks a Senior Data and Policy Analyst or Data and Policy Analyst who will conduct data analysis, research, writing, and advocacy on voting rights, money in politics, immigrant justice, and other democracy issues. The role aims to leverage Dēmos’s policy and research capacity in support of Black and brown-led movements. The portfolio will be diverse and nimble to be responsive to the moment while also moving Dēmos’s long-term power-building agenda. Responsibilities will include statistical and qualitative analysis of election and demographic data; development of, analysis on, and advocacy for voting and democracy policies; and creation and presentation of effective advocacy materials; all through deep collaboration across Dēmos and with key partners in the movement to build a just, inclusive multiracial democracy. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Developing and maintaining research and policy collaborations with grassroots and movement organizations that are building the political power of Black and brown communities, and with other important stakeholders on democracy reform. 

• Informed by those collaborations, conducting original research and policy work, including generating and analyzing election, campaign finance, and other quantitative and qualitative data, that advances Dēmos’s and partners’ efforts to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy. 

• Authoring long and short-form publications including research reports, issue briefs, fact sheets, and opinion articles, and creating additional advocacy materials like talking points, slide decks, policy explainers, etc. 

• Leading or co-leading projects within Dēmos’s democracy reform portfolio, both by working collaboratively across Dēmos teams, and by cultivating productive relationships with important contacts in various state and federal agencies, elected offices, grassroots movements, advocacy organizations, and academic institutions.