New York State Center for Recruitment & Public Service · 9 hours ago
Program Research Specialist 2 Criminal Justice (CJ) - Special Projects Unit
Albany, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expThe New York State Center for Recruitment & Public Service is seeking a Program Research Specialist 2 for the Special Projects unit. The role involves data monitoring, cleaning, and analysis, along with coordinating outside research requests and projects.
Government Administration
Responsibilities
Responsible for data monitoring, data cleaning, and data analysis using statistical software programs such as Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Stata
Presentation of tabular and graphical data in Excel, dashboard data in Tableau and associated written reports
Serve as the outside research coordinator, tracking applications, acting as point of contact and assisting in the planning and management of internal and collaborative activities associated with outside research requests and projects
Supervisory responsibilities of Program Research Specialist I staff may also be required
Qualification
Required
must have a bachelor's degree including or supplemented by NINE semester credit hours in statistics, biostatistics, economics, econometrics, research methods, mathematics, data analysis, or data modeling
three years of professional research experience in the collection and evaluation of quantitative data directed toward review and analysis of criminal justice system topics, including crime; criminal justice trends; adult and youth case processing; incarceration; community supervision; recidivism; offender risk and/or reentry; correctional programming and impact of programming on crime factors; and/or performance indicators developed by State criminal justice agencies
Strong organizational and communication skills
Preferred
being well-versed in research methodologies and statistical techniques
proficiency using SPSS or Stata for advanced data analysis
proficiency with Tableau or other visualization software to create data visualizations
Benefits
Telecommuting: two days per week may be possible after six months of successful employment.
Company
New York State Center for Recruitment & Public Service
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Funding
Current Stage
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