Job details
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Vacancy TypeRemote
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Pay$48,000 - $72,000 a year
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Job TypeFull-time
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Shift and ScheduleChoose your own hours
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Benefits
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- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Work from home
Are you a perfectionist? Driven crazy by typos, inconsistencies and bad information? Capable of learning a lot of arcane details that might inform whether the data is correct or not? Able to follow a reasonably long series of logical rules that all flow from the simple premise that data should be accurate and manageable?
If so, this might be the job for you. LegiStorm is looking for a keen-eyed Data Editor and Scrubber. We need someone who can spot errors quickly, make sound judgments and stay on top of a mountain of data flowing in.
As a key member of our content team, you will need to become an expert on congressional, political and lobbying data and be responsible for noticing and connecting the smallest of details. You will also become an expert at all of our content systems that manage a ton of data, mostly focused around people and organizations that make Washington and state governments tick.
We need someone who focuses on the minutiae and can review data by others and work through results from our many dozens of error-detection programming scripts to figure out how best to represent the truth in our data.
You must have:
- An eye for detail and the ability to recognize irregularities
- A love of clean, verified information
- Strong logical-reasoning skills
- An understanding of complex and conflicting facts and situations to figure out what information has the most “truthiness”
- A skeptical attitude towards data, questioning it and seeking out potential issues
- An enterprising work ethic and the ability to work independently, while maintaining connection to a geographically diverse team
- Experience with data cleaning of some kind is strongly preferred
- Solid internet research ability is a must
- The ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-moving environment
- General political awareness and a keen interest in learning minutiae
- A quiet, professional work space with a reliable internet connection and (ideally) two external monitors.
- Strong Excel skills helpful but not mandatory
- A minimum of two years of work experience
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Benefits:
- 100% employer-paid health insurance after two months
- Annual paid vacation and major holidays
- Sick leave
- $120 per month tech stipend
- SIMPLE IRA plan after first calendar year
- Work from home
- Flexible hours
- Ability to grow in the job and rise in the organization if you show data/research talent and process or people management capabilities
- Learn how to build complex data systems and processes to manage the data
About us: LegiStorm is a growing and much-heralded authority that is cited frequently by top media outlets and known among insiders as a high-quality source of information about Congress, lobbying and beyond. We specialize in making difficult and messy data sets crystal-clear before making them available online with an accuracy, timeliness and comprehensiveness that is unmatched by others in the marketplace. We achieve this through a combination of skilled research, highly efficient processes and a deep integration of technology at every possible step. Check us out at www.legistorm.com.
Application Requirements
Please send a cover letter, resumes without a cover letter will not be considered. Absolutely no calls.
LegiStorm is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $48,000.00 - $72,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- Choose your own hours