Civic Data Specialist (APAC)

Civic Data Specialist (APAC)

• 12 months contract role

Our Client

• Tech Giant, Social Media Platform

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Civic Data Specialist to develop and organize civic data in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and India region. This role will require a deep understanding of international politics and governments with high attention to detail.

Job Responsibilities:

• Research and organize lists of company data belonging to governments, politicians, and political parties across Asia-Pacific and India, ensuring that the lists only include authentic accounts.
• Audit data on a regular basis to ensure data integrity, accuracy and quality.
• Contribute to Civic Integrity programs through collaborative efforts with cross-functional teams across Policy, Product and Operations.
• Lead improvement initiatives by analyzing data infrastructure and collaborating with Engineering teams to enhance existing workflows.
• Support risk management and integrity efforts to facilitate accurate and effective decision-making.
• Use advanced problem-solving skills to resolve complex business problems.
• Build and maintain books of business and assist with ongoing data architecture governance.
• Recommend and implement solutions to improve the research process, including data querying, data collection and storage with product development and analysis.
• Extract, import and export data from various database tables.
• Support with data visualization and table dashboards for data-driven decision-making processes.
• Support stakeholders in daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to company standards.
• Generate weekly and monthly reports on trends, patterns and changes in the database table.
• Understand and operate in accordance with defined company policies and procedures.

Your Background

• Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Economics or other relevant field.
• Has 2+ year's work experience with a focus on research.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and experience working with large datasets.
• Knowledge of international politics, political parties, world leaders and national legislators.
• Understanding of the political landscape in APAC and India.
• Ability and experience working independently with a track record of taking initiative in uncertain, dynamic environments.
• Ability to focus on repetitive tasks on a deadline while filtering out inauthentic information.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to understand the perspective of partner managers and problem solve around their needs.
• Basic programming skills in SQL.