Job Title: Senior Data Analyst/Data Scientist/Data Analyst
PVN ID: JJ-2108-004187
Category: Research
Location: JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Job Description

General Description

The Research and Evaluation Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice (JohnJayREC) is an applied research organization established in 1975. We respond to the needs of justice practitioners locally, nationally, and internationally. The Research and Evaluation Center is part of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the City University of New York.

JohnJayREC seeks three candidates to join the analytics team working on projects for the City of New York. These positions will be responsible for creating innovative and effective data analytic processes, efficient data workflow, and thorough documentation of data-related tasks working under the direction of the Center’s Deputy Director for Analytics with oversight from the Center Director. Successful applicants will participate in planning research activities, collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data as well as authoring various publications arising from the research.

Terms of appointment are contingent on the availability of funding but expected at least through December 2022.

Other Duties

  • Work as a member of research teams to identify and answer important research questions
  • Become familiar with all Center data-related projects
  • Acquire a strong understanding of research topics and a thorough knowledge of the data and programming efforts involved
  • Answer research questions by using appropriate data analytic techniques
  • Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
  • Establish and implement a respectable data quality process
  • Clean and prepare data files
  • Prepare and deliver written and verbal presentations as needed
  • Communicate findings to both technical and non-technical staff
  • Assist other staff with data analysis methods
  • Attend project meetings with staff and external funders
  • Address client feedback in a timely manner
  • Perform other related duties as needed

Qualifications

  • Creative problem solvers
  • Experienced data managers and analysts
  • Familiar with programming languages (e.g., R)
  • Knowledge of statistical & GIS programs (e.g., R, Stata, QGis)
  • Ability to manipulate large data sets
  • Comfort analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
  • A passion for empirical research and answering policy questions using quantitative methods
  • A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
  • Successful candidates will be highly motivated self-starters with abilities to solve data analysis problems independently
  • Passionate about social justice
  • Driven by curiosity and a desire to improve

Minimum Qualifications
Senior Data Analyst/Data Scientist
Effective team leader
Masters degree and 3 years of relevant experience or Bachelors with additional experience

Data Analyst
Effective team member and eager learner
Bachelors degree and 1 year of relevant experience

 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Data Team
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$50,000.00 - $75,000.00
Closing Date
Feb 28, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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