Judiciary Research Manager; Court Executive 2B

When you come to work for New Jersey Judiciary you will join an 8500-member strong TEAM that operates with the highest standards of independence, integrity, fairness and quality service. You will be engaged with work that has purpose, meaning and makes a difference in lives of the public we serve. We work hard every day to build the public’s trust and confidence in our court system, which includes issues such as bail reform, marijuana decriminalization and recovery court.

Whether it be in a courtroom, an administrative office, a courthouse training room, an IT office or in the field, our Judiciary workforce is improving the lives of countless individuals and families every day. We honor the dignity and individualism of each member of our organization while fostering professionalism and continuous improvement in our work.

The salary range for this position is $ to $. For newly hired individuals, the starting salary will normally be at the minimum of the salary range. For current Judiciary employees, salary upon promotion or advancement will be an increase of 5% of base salary, not to exceed the maximum of the range, or the minimum salary of the band/level, whichever is greater.

The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth.

The New Jersey Judiciary is seeking an individual to serve as the Judiciary Research Manager in the Data Analytics, Research and Statistics Division.

Under the direction of the Chief of the Quantitative Research Unit, the Judiciary Research Manager will supervise two teams in criminal, civil, and family research.

The Research Manager will also perform a variety of senior level research functions relating to research study design and implementation.

The selected candidate will develop and use appropriate and practical methodology to design and manage research projects; perform simple to moderately complex statistical analysis of court data sets utilizing Stata or SPSS, PowerBI or Tableau, Focus/Web Focus, Excel and other software; manage and clean data in Python, SQL Management Studio, IBM Data Studio, or other data management software; and prepare, present and disseminate research findings to varied audiences and stakeholders.

The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 3 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access.

• Oversee the design and implementation of criminal, civil, and family research
• Conduct high-level statistical analysis
• Convert complex data into understandable charts, graphs, reports, and statistical presentations
• Make oral presentations to judges, senior managers, and agencies and researchers outside of the Judiciary
• Manage Quantitative Research’s research teams that include both research managers and statistical analysts
• Translate requests for statistics and analyses into appropriate responses that will require designing research questions, understanding complex court data, discussion with internal stakeholders, and extraction of data from systems.
• Prepare and/or validate monthly and annual statistical reports using Excel, SPSS, SQL, SAS or other tools as appropriate.
• Develops proof of concept methods for displaying and/or visualizing data and implements approved visualizations.
• Collaborate with Automated Trial Court Services Unit on plans for data system updates from the data analysis perspective, as needed.
• Facilitate the reporting of New Jersey statistics and court organization information to external stakeholders

Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an…