Research And Data Associate, Felony ATI

THE ORGANIZATION

The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996, we’ve worked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable neighborhoods. With a team of over 900 staff and an annual budget of $130 million, the Center carries out its mission through three core strategies:

• Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
• Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t;
• Providing expert assistance and policy guidance to reformers across the country and beyond

The Data Analytics and Applied Research (DAAR) Department collaborates with the Center’s operating programs to inform new and existing programming through data tracking, analysis, evaluation, and surveys. The work frequently includes measures such as case outcomes and program impacts, case processing, community needs and concerns, and perceptions of justice‑involved individuals. The team also provides technical assistance to community court and diversion programs across the country.

The DAAR Department is seeking a Research and Data Associate to support Felony Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) operating programs across the city, including the Brooklyn Mental Health Court and Manhattan Felony ATI, and advance community justice through data analytics and applied research. Working on the team overseen by the Associate Director of DAAR for Specialized Programming and reporting to the Senior Research and Data Associate, this position offers an opportunity to conduct on‑ground research and data analysis on innovative community justice projects and, more generally, to manage data‑driven program practices, outcomes, and policy implications through data tracking and analysis.

The successful candidate must bring a real interest in this work and have a strong preexisting skill set in using statistical software, along with a basic knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methodology.

• Partner with the Senior Research and Data Associate, Associate Director of DAAR, program management and staff, and the technology team to develop specs for, set‑up, and test Salesforce‑and/or Oracle‑based case management systems and other data collection systems;
• Ensure all data quality assurance and reporting deliverables are met;
• Query, download, code, clean, merge, manipulate and analyze data from program databases of various scales and complexity;
• Implement standardized procedures to streamline data processes and improve team efficiency;
• Produce regular statistical reports and analysis (e.g., regarding program volume, service linkages, or outcome metrics) for program staff, funders, government officials, court stakeholders, and others to inform operations and meet contractual data deliverables;
• Regularly present data at staff and management meetings;
• Interface with program staff, directors, and stakeholders as needed to track data and troubleshoot case management issues;
• Conduct ad hoc data analyses to respond to time‑sensitive requests for information, both internally and externally;
• Ensure that all ad hoc and regular reports are clear and accurate;
• Communicate analytic and research findings, including drafting reports, factsheets, policy memos, presentations, infographics, and data dashboards for a range of audiences;
• Help maintain the case management systems;
• Assist with the creation of and amendments to data tracking and reporting tools with operations staff and the technology department;
• Collaborate with the Center’s technology department to streamline internal data processes, translate operational needs into technical specifications, and manage internal databases;
• Work closely with program staff at various operating sites to understand programmatic data needs;
• Develop and maintain data collection protocols and training materials;
• Lead data entry trainings for program staff at various operating sites; promote universal and standardized data collection;
• Translate operational needs into technical specifications and maintain…