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Policy Analyst
Full-Time
Minimum Rate $93,069.00
Maximum Rate $119,916.00
Available Openings: 2
Please apply at: careers.dc.gov
Introduction
This position is in the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), an independent agency that serves as a forum for identifying challenges and generating solutions to enhance public safety and the fair administration of justice for District of Columbia residents, visitors and justice-involved individuals. CJCC facilitates information sharing and collaboration; conducts research and analysis; and provides training and technical assistance on behalf of its District and federal member agencies.
Incumbent is responsible for identifying justice system policy and operational issues, proposing and soliciting solutions, and facilitating implementation of multi-agency efforts to help implement those solutions. Incumbent is also responsible for supporting training and technical assistance for various government agencies and community-based organizations through meetings, convenings, panel discussions and webinars. Finally, Incumbent supports transparency and public engagement by planning public meetings on topics of interest to the community. Incumbent generally focuses on one issue area relevant to the criminal justice system in the District.
Duties and Responsibilities
Incumbent is responsible for policy analysis and project management in support of one priority area identified by CJCC members and the Executive Director. Current priority areas include incarceration and community corrections, substance use and mental health, violent crime and juvenile justice but may shift at the discretion of the CJCC members. In collaboration with the Executive Director and Director of Research and Policy, incumbent plans and convenes training and technical assistance programs, information sessions, and public meetings with respect to a single CJCC priority area.
Reviews and synthesizes research, data summaries, policy, and practices of criminal justice policy issues. Presents critical observations, findings and recommendations on policy and legislation and their effect on the District’s justice system activities with respect to focus areas. Assures that policy issues and recommendations are well-defined and recommends needed amendments to laws, regulations and other rules. Prepares policy statements and reviews and assesses the impact of proposed legislation on functions, responsibilities, and operations of the agency, as directed. Prepares grant applications to obtain funding to support research, analysis and technical support related to CJCC priority areas. Oversees the work of policy and research contractors in completing key functions and projects, ensuring quality, task and timeline adherence. Supports the supervisor in developing responses to high-level inquiries from the Mayor, the City Administrator, CJCC members, the Council of the District of Columbia or others regarding issues of significant importance and/or consequence, complexity or sensitivity.
Qualifications & Education
Specialized Experience: This position requires one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lowest grade level in the District of Columbia government. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the line of work of the position and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position
Licensures & Certifications
None
Work Environment
The work is performed in a normal office setting.
Other Significant Facts
Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Operating Status: In-person reporting, flexible and limited telework options available upon position eligibility and operational needs.
Promotion Potential: No known promotion potential
Duration of Appointment: Career Service - Regular
Pay Plan, Series, Grade: CS-0301-13
Salary: $93,069 - $119,916
Collective Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under collective bargaining.
Background Check: Incumbent must successfully pass an FBI criminal background check conducted by CJCC as a condition of employment and may be subject to periodic criminal background checks for the duration of your tenure. These background checks will be conducted pursuant to internal CJCC policy, and one must be completed before your first day of work.
The District of Columbia government maintains a drug free work environment policy. All District employees are subject to post-accident/incident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
Residency Requirement: Applicants claiming “Residency Preference” will be required to maintain residency in the District of Columbia for a minimum of seven (7) years. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of employment.
EEO Statement: The District of Columbia Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical handicap, or political affiliation.
STATISTICIAN
Full-Time
Minimum Rate $109,999.00
Maximum Rate $141,707.00
Available Openings: 1
Please apply at: careers.dc.gov
Introduction
This position is in the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC). CJCC is an independent agency within the District of Columbia government. The mission of CJCC is to foster systemic change in the justice system, serving as a forum to identify issues and their solutions, proposing actions and facilitating cooperation what will improve public safety and related criminal and juvenile justice services for District of Columbia residents, victims, and offenders.
This position serves as an expert, authoritative Statistician, responsible for performing one or more of the following major duty functions: management and maintenance of the DC Statistical Analysis Center; leading key criminal and juvenile justice research and analysis; providing consultation on relevant and methodologically rigorous analyses; and collaborating with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice on the District’s criminal and juvenile justice data. The incumbent provides professional consultation in applying statistical theories, techniques, and methods to gather, research, analyze, interpret, and/or report quantified information.
Duties and Responsibilities
Serves as the expert consultant on the statistical aspects of various matters relevant to the criminal and juvenile justice system, or on the technical aspects of a specialized statistical activity, and as such, provides authoritative counsel. Serves as the activity representative to deal with commitment authority for decisions relating to agency statistical resources. Plans, develops and provides technical direction for statistical research programs, where the investigations involve citywide and national data collection problems, which have a bearing on public policy, and/or affect the administrative operational policies of a department or agency of the District or Federal government. Conducts an analysis of the root causes that led to the incarceration of current committed youth, including a voluntary survey of a current committed youth and any self-reported adverse childhood experiences.
Oversees the work of data analysts and research interns; lending statistical, methodological and analytical expertise to shape and direct juvenile and criminal justice research within CJCC, coordinating major research projects with staff; reviewing the work; and providing direction as needed. Develops and maintains wide, continuing relationships with ranking statistical executives, both within and outside the District and Federal government, on broad statistical programs to avoid overlap of objectives and to ensure integration of coordinated statistical programming. Provides final budget recommendations for statistical activities in support of agency programs. Collaborates with CJCC programmatic staff to determine deliverables for grant applications, and white papers, conferences, forums, and summits. Responds to requests for statistical information from partner agencies.
Qualifications & Education
Education: Must have a degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc.
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A combination of education and experience -- courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.
Specialized Experience: This position requires one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lowest grade level in the District of Columbia government. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the line of work of the position and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Licensures & Certifications
None
Work Conditions/Environment
The work is performed in a normal office setting.
Other Significant Facts
Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Operating Status: In-person reporting, flexible and limited telework options available upon position eligibility and operational needs.
Promotion Potential: No known promotion potential
Duration of Appointment: Career Service - Regular
Pay Plan, Series, Grade: CS-1530-14
Salary: $109,999 - $141,707
Collective Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under collective bargaining.
Background Check: Incumbent must successfully pass an FBI criminal background check conducted by CJCC as a condition of employment and may be subject to periodic criminal background checks for the duration of your tenure. These background checks will be conducted pursuant to internal CJCC policy, and one must be completed before your first day of work.
The District of Columbia government maintains a drug free work environment policy. All District employees are subject to post-accident/incident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
Residency Requirement: Applicants claiming “Residency Preference” will be required to maintain residency in the District of Columbia for a minimum of seven (7) years. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of employment.
EEO Statement: The District of Columbia Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical handicap, or political affiliation.