Deputy Chief of Data Analystics - Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County

JOB SUMMARY:
The Bronx District Attorney's Office in New York City serves a multicultural, international community of 1.4 million residents. Led by District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx District Attorney's Office is one of the country's leading prosecutorial offices. The Office's mission of "Pursuing Justice With Integrity" captures its commitment to pursue a safer Bronx through fair justice. BXDA's Strategic Planning and Analytics Unit serves as the internal management consulting arm of the Office. The unit uses cutting-edge data science and research analytics to support the Office's application of evidence-based decision-making. This unit is responsible for measuring performance, conducting strategic analysis, evaluating the effects of policies and initiatives, and promoting transparency. The unit also manages the Office's grants, which provide critical funding to support prosecutorial practices and victims of crime in the Bronx.

The Deputy Chief of Data Analytics will be responsible for supervising a wide range of data engineering, analysis, and research efforts to advance policy planning and strategic initiatives. A leader that possesses significant technical skills and expertise in transforming complex criminal justice data into analysis-ready data sets designed to meet the needs of strategic analysis, reporting, and measurement of prosecutorial performance indicators. Duties include leading the development of customized analytics tools that leverage data to support real-time prosecutorial decision-making; training and supervising the work of data analysts; ongoing development of a standardized data management and analysis system, oversight of quantitative data analysis projects and standardized reporting using R and data visualization tools to communicate insights to internal and external audiences.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Identify key areas for and lead in-depth data analysis to inform effective prosecutorial policies, practice, and decision-making;
• Lead the development of a system of agency-wide and bureau-specific standardized reporting and data analytics;
• Develop tools and methods to analyze large, siloed criminal justice data files, support reproducible and automated dashboards, reports, and analyses.
• Supervise a team of data analysts on quantitative data analysis projects, including checking, cleaning, and verifying data from large, complex criminal justice databases;
• Supervise and train data analysts on programming languages (e.g., R, SQL) and dashboarding applications (e.g., R-Shiny, Power BI);
• Identifying areas of concern and developing strategies to correct deficiencies or problems;
• Conducting program evaluations, including identifying measurement outcomes, collecting relevant data, and performing statistical analysis to assess impacts and trends.
• Lead the design and development of dashboards, data visualizations and presentations to convey technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Lead the assessment and evaluation of prosecutorial outcomes against office policies and metrics using a range of criminal justice administrative data sources.
• Technical writing, proofreading, editing, copy writing, grant writing, and other equivalent written communication required.
• Oversee policy research efforts and stay apprised of national best practices research on emerging trends in criminal justice.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree required, preferably in criminal justice, social sciences, public policy, statistics, or a related field.
• A minimum of ten (10) years related experience in data analysis or quantitative research required, preferably in a non-profit or public sector setting focused on criminal justice policy.
• Advanced knowledge of data analysis software such as R, SPSS, SAS, Stata, etc.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills and familiarity with research and evaluation methods and statistical analysis
• Strong knowledge of Criminal Justice data required including arrests, court, and department of corrections data.
• Strong project management and supervisory skills in a team-oriented environment required
• Strong ability to clearly synthesize, adjust and present data tailored for a variety of target audiences preferred
• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.

To Apply

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