State Affairs is the nation’s leading news and policy intelligence platform focused on state governments. We combine nonpartisan coverage of Statehouses across the country alongside state government data and AI-native tools into a singular platform.
We inform and empower decision makers, policy professionals and citizens through our award-winning journalism and data – delivering profound insights to help our customers decode and act on state politics and policy. We’re building a category-defining business that will reshape America as we strengthen visibility into what’s happening and why at the state level.
We are hiring a Data Entry Specialist. This is a US-based remote position.
As the Data Entry Specialist, you will:
- Enter and update bill information, including bill actions, amendments, sponsors, summaries, and status changes.
- Ensure bill action histories are complete, properly sequenced, and aligned with official legislative sources.
- Maintain accurate committee and floor session schedules, including dates, times, agendas, documents, and locations.
- Enter and verify vote roll calls, including committee votes and chamber votes.
- Enter and update broader governmental and political calendar information, including: Fundraisers, Press conferences and media events, Government meetings, Public policy events, Stakeholder or advocacy events
- Monitor multiple official and external sources daily to ensure calendar data remains complete and up-to-date.
- Conduct regular audits to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across states.
- Correct discrepancies and omissions flagged by the Director of Legislative Data & Insights or data/operations staff.
- Follow State Affairs’ data standards, taxonomy, and naming conventions.
- Enter and maintain administrative rules, notices of rulemaking, and related state agency data.
- Support new feature rollouts and special data projects across the State Affairs platform.
Essential Qualifications for this position include:
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to learn and follow detailed workflows, data standards, and state-specific legislative terminology
- Ability to work in fast-paced environments with rapid updates during legislative sessions
- Ability to identify reliable sources and follow verification protocols
- Organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and states concurrently
- Communication skills
- Prior professional work experience working in a CMS, database, or spreadsheet-based data entry environment
Preferred Qualifications for this position include:
- Prior professional work experience in fast-paced data entry operations
- Prior professional work experience in government, politics, journalism, research, or policy analysis
- Prior professional work experience with legislative tracking systems or bill data entry
- Knowledge of legislative processes, bill lifecycles, and committee structures
This is a remote work opportunity that is based in the United States. The salary range for this role as it is posted is $20.00 per hour (this is an hourly position). State Affairs offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to employees.
The final job level and annual salary will be determined based on the education, qualification, knowledge, skills, ability, and experience of the final candidate(s), and calibrated against relevant market data and internal team equity. Benefits listed in this posting may vary depending on the nature of your employment with State Affairs.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
State Affairs is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. State Affairs does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with federal, state, and local law.
State Affairs is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as they go through our job application and interview process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected]
By submitting your application, you affirm the content contained therein is true and accurate in all respects. Please note that prior to employment, State Affairs will obtain background checks for employment purposes that may include, where permitted by law, the following: identify verification, prior employment verification, personal and professional references, educational verification, and criminal history. For certain roles, further background checks covering additional information and activities may be initiated.
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