Agency Criminal Justice Services, Division of

　　Title Research Scientist 1

　　Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

　　Salary Grade 18

　　Bargaining Unit PS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

　　Salary Range From $63108 to $80248 Annually

　　Employment Type Full-Time

　　Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

　　Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

　　Travel Percentage 0%

　　Workweek Mon-Fri

　　Hours Per Week 37.5

　　Workday

　　From 8 AM

　　To 4 PM

　　Flextime allowed? No

　　Mandatory overtime? No

　　Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

　　Telecommuting allowed? Yes

　　County Albany

　　Street Address 80 South Swan Street

　　Alfred E. Smith Building

　　City Albany

　　State NY

　　Zip Code 12210

　　Minimum Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Non-Competitive: Bachelor’s degree and two years of professional research experience in the field of Criminal Justice; or a master’s degree in Criminal Justice or a related field and one year of such experience.Preferred Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include experience designing and conducting criminal justice research; proficiency using SPSS and/or Stata programs to merge and analyze complex datasets and validate the quality of data; and experience summarizing findings in narrative form. The preferred candidate will have a master’s degree or higher in criminal justice or related field.

　　Duties Description Under the direction of a Manager, Program Research Specialist, or Research Scientist within the Office of Justice Research and Performance, the incumbent will conduct social science research and analysis related to the investigation of system, social, and behavioral issues within the field of criminal justice and/or with justice-involved populations. Research may include the study of youth behavior, family court decision-making, law enforcement activity, adult criminal behavior, court case processing, sentencing, the impact of programming and treatment on behavior, reoffending and desistence from crime, and criminogenic factors. Research may evaluate the impact of major legislative changes, such as bail reform, gun violence initiatives, and raising the age of criminal responsibility. Specific duties may include, but are not limited to: • Plan, design, and execute criminal justice research projects, including developing research questions, formulating research hypotheses, identifying an appropriate research design and methodology, and interpreting findings; • Conduct evaluation studies to measure the causal effect of program or policy interventions using advanced statistical analyses;• Extract and analyze criminal justice data and prepare formal statistical reports for public dissemination and publication on the DCJS website; • Develop data visualizations showing criminal justice statistics and trends for public consumption, using software such as Tableau; • Use a wide range of research methods and data sources to conduct research on criminal justice system activity and behavior, and the causes and correlates of adult and youth offending behavior. Data sources may include, but are not limited to: criminal arrest records, adult and juvenile court records, probation case management records, risk and needs assessment records, juvenile diversion records, treatment program records, law enforcement shooting and use of force records, and data from other agencies and organizations; • Use analytic and statistical software packages such as SPSS, Stata, Structured Query Language (SQL) Plus, and SQL Developer to extract data from different Oracle and SQL-based systems and create analytic data files by matching individual records across multiple data sources;• Prepare formal reports which describe study objectives, research methodology, data collection, and key findings;• Prepare and present formal presentations of research findings to guide and inform program management.

　　Additional Comments An employee telecommuting program is available. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. DCJS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion.REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Unit at [email protected] or (518) 485-1704.

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　　Name Dan Fitzgerald

　　Telephone 518-485-7740

　　Fax 518-457-4000

　　Email Address [email protected]

　　Address

　　Street 80 South Swan Street

　　Alfred E. Smith Building

　　City Albany

　　State NY

　　Zip Code 12210

　　Notes on Applying Please send a cover letter and resume to the email address above. Please reference posting #149040 on your cover letter. DCJS was named to the Times Union’s list of 2017 through 2023 Top Workplaces as voted on by our employees.