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The Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C., has an immediate job opening for a Researcher to conduct analysis on money in politics (political action committees, campaign spending and personal finances) at the federal level. Specifically, the Researcher will: * Manage the CRP databases of political action committees campaign expenditures. * Help with other data driven research projects. * Support the research needs of the communications staff and other journalists. * Have the opportunity to contribute to the OpenSecrets Blog. Qualified candidates must be committed to serving the public interest in a non-partisan manner and have a solid understanding of American government, including knowledge of federal elections, politics, and campaign finance, and have experience working with large sets of data. Ideally, the candidate will have experience with Microsoft Access or SQL database research. Candidate should be a team player, detail-oriented, and have strong organizational skills. Email resume, cover letter and references to [log in to unmask], subject: "Researcher Position." Please send cover letter, resume and three references as attachments only, not in the text of the e-mail. Due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be contacting those selected for an interview. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/5321/