Overview
THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Court Innovation is committed to reducing crime and incarceration, addressing violence, supporting survivors, and building communities while strengthening public trust in justice. The Center seeks justice for marginalized groups, bringing an equity lens – particularly a racial and gender equity lens – to its work. For 25 years, the Center has worked to foster justice and equity to create safe, healthy, and thriving communities and, ultimately, to transform the justice system.
The Center is an 800-employee, $100 million nonprofit that accomplishes its vision through three pillars of work: creating and scaling operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems, performing original research to determine what works (and what doesn’t), and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to justice reformers around the world.
Operating Programs
The Center’s operating programs, including the award-winning Red Hook Community Justice Center and Midtown Community Court, test new ideas, solve difficult problems, and attempt to achieve systemic change within the justice system. Our projects include community-based violence prevention programs, alternatives to incarceration, reentry initiatives, and court-based initiatives that reduce the use of unnecessary incarceration and promote positive individual and family change. Through this programming, we have produced tangible results like safer streets, reduced incarceration, and improved neighborhood perceptions of justice.
Research
Researchers at the Center conduct independent evaluations, documenting how government systems work, how neighborhoods function, and how reform efforts change things. We believe in the “action research” model; accordingly, our researchers provide regular feedback on the results of the Center’s own operating programs. The Center has published studies on topics including youth in the sex trade, reentry, gun violence, and drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration. Our researchers have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.
Policy & Expert Assistance
The Center provides hands-on, planning and implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts, treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice, reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime and violence. Our current expert assistance takes many forms, including help with analyzing data, strategic planning and consultation, policy guidance, and hosting site visits to its operating programs in the New York City area.
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THE OPPORTUNITY
The Center’s Data Analytics and Applied Research Team (DAAR) is seeking an Associate Director to supervise senior research and data staff, manage administrative processes, and oversee research projects and data analysis. This position will work closely with operational programs in the crime prevention and community development space, housing resource work, family court services, as well as diversion programming in courts located in both New York City and New Jersey. Working closely with the DAAR Director and Deputy Director, this position offers an opportunity to develop leadership skills and departmental goal setting, budget management, grant writing, and coordination across these areas of focus. More generally, the DAAR Associate Director will manage program outcomes and policy implications through strategic oversight of data tracking and analysis. The successful candidate must bring a real interest in this work and have a strong preexisting skillset in using SPSS or other statistical software; they will have experience working with relational databases, and knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methodology and evaluation design.
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Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Team Administration/Management
- Collaborate with the Director and Deputy Director in administration, management, and oversight of DAAR team;
- Directly supervise Senior Research and Data Associates on staff;
- Organize staff assignments and workload with DAAR Director and Deputy Director;
- Manage timelines and budgets for supervisees;
- Coordinate with development and fiscal staff on contracts and data deliverables;
- Work with Director/Deputy Director and operating program staff to write funding proposals, and plan and implement new initiatives;
- Work with project directors and program staff to set priorities for each program on research and data collection;
- Represent the Center before external audiences and stakeholders;
Research/Project Management
- Coordinate multi-site research projects and set research priorities for larger CCI Initiatives;
- Oversee mixed-methods program evaluations that involve a wide array of quasi-experimental designs (e.g., contemporaneous, pre-post, and comparison site);
- Oversee fieldwork and IRB submissions of principal investigators;
- Oversee proficient analytic and writing work in all stages of the research process;
- Provide editorial review on written products and guide product development;
Data Analytics
- Oversee regular data extractions (SQL), coding, cleaning, and analysis of data from large databases (including in-house developed Oracle case management system, Access, and Salesforce databases);
- Oversee production of statistical reports and analyses (e.g., regarding program volume, service linkages, or compliance rates);
- Coordinate joint initiatives with technology and operations staff and serve as liaison to the technology department (e.g., rollout and management of new/existing databases, rollout of new programming, infographics, technical priorities);
- Oversee creation of and amendments to data tracking and reporting tools with operations staff and technology;
- Work to streamline data collection and reporting efforts at the Center, including creating new and innovative ways to represent and disseminate data and assisting on the creation of a new case management system for the Center.
Position Type: Full-time
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a Master’s Degree plus 8 years, or a Bachelor’s Degree plus 10 years of substantive experience in research and evaluation, database management and data collection, and data analysis preferably in a criminal justice-related field. Prior management or leadership experience in non-profit or government organizations is strongly preferred. Experience using statistical software syntax is required (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R; SPSS skills strongly preferred); familiarity with Salesforce platform is a plus. Experience using advanced quantitative and qualitative methods is required. Familiarity with relational databases and SQL (or other similar language) is preferred—if no direct experience, must have a willingness to learn on the job. Candidate must have a strong ability to effectively juggle multiple priorities. Candidate must be a skilled communicator able to interact effectively, plan programming, and disseminate findings with members of the judiciary, court staff, community-based organizations, criminal justice personnel, and members of the public. Knowledge of and strong interest in the justice system is a must.
Compensation: Salary is commensurate with experience. The Center for Court Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans. We offer a 403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%.
The Center for Court Innovation is an equal opportunity employer. The Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities as well as individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system.
As of September 9, 2021, all new hires are required to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for medical, disability or religious reasons by the Center’s Human Resources Department.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete an employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Only applicants under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.
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