Deputy Chief of Data Analytics

Job Description

The Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County ("BXDA") is charged with the twin goals of ensuring public safety and striving for equal justice for the over 1.4 million members of the Bronx County community. By "Pursuing Justice with Integrity," the BXDA places a focus on assistance for crime victims while simultaneously ensuring fairness to defendants. Moreover, the BXDA aims to balance the need to seek appropriate punishment for certain crimes while recognizing when punitive measures do not adequately advance justice. By recognizing these significant distinctions and acting accordingly, BXDA has established a standard of excellence in the representation of the Bronx community at large, which continues to grow stronger every day. In furtherance of this mission, the BXDA seeks a skilled and highly engaged Deputy Chief of Data Analytics.

The Deputy Chief of Data Analytics serves as a senior leader within the Strategic Planning & Analytics (SP&A) Bureau, supporting the Bureau Chief in advancing the Office's mission to promote fairness, effectiveness, and accountability in prosecution. The role ensures that data is leveraged to strengthen decision-making, operations, and the implementation of prosecutorial policies and initiatives.

Specific duties include but not limited to the following:
- Support the Bureau Chief in shaping the Office's analytics, research, and evaluation strategy in alignment with the District Attorney's priorities.
- Supervise the day-to-day work of data analysts and the ongoing development of standardized data management and analysis systems. Ensure results and products meet the highest quality standards.
- Support the Bureau Chief in overseeing the translation of organizational priorities into actionable analytics and research agendas.
- Provide leadership on analytic techniques specific to prosecution and criminal justice systems, including case flow, dispositions, charging, diversion programs, gun violence, domestic violence, policy and program initiatives, and other prosecutorial priorities.
- Ensure that all analyses are accurate, methodologically sound, comprehensive, applicable to the context, and actionable.
- Review products before dissemination to ensure quality, clarity, and applicability, particularly when findings inform policy decisions or reporting.
- Work directly with legal bureaus to understand their workflows and questions. Utilize data analysis to diagnose operational issues, screening and charging patterns, or program referral challenges and work with bureaus to develop data-driven solutions.
- Inform strategic policy rollouts by establishing metrics, tracking implementation, and surfacing early trends or challenges.
- Ensure appropriate interpretation of trends by considering crime and policing patterns, court operations, legislative changes, and data quality issues inherent in justice-system databases.


PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Advanced knowledge of data analysis and understanding of tools and relational databases used in data analytics such as Azure cloud platforms, SQL, R, SPSS, SAS, Stata, Power BI, etc.
- Strong quantitative analysis skills and deep understanding of research and evaluation methods.
- Strong knowledge of Criminal Justice system and data sources including arrests, court, and department of corrections data.
- Strong project management and supervisory skills in a team-oriented environment.
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability and comfort with a results-oriented mindset, multi-tasking and meeting deadlines.

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Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree in criminal justice, social sciences, public policy, statistics, or a related field preferred.
- Required: A minimum of 5 years supervisory or management experience, preferably in criminal justice, data analysis, and research in a non-profit or public sector setting.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.