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Form of workRESPONSIBILITIES
• Serve as business steward to support branch data collection and validation for SB 929 (Community Mental Health) and other branch data as needed.
• Create, update, and refine data dictionary for SB 929 data collection and other branch data as needed.
• Establish and maintain governance over SB 929 data collection.
• Manage data collection for SB 929 from 58 trial courts, including data validation and processing.
• Coordinate with JCIT to implement long term technical solution for automated data collection and reporting.
• Serve as business lead for SB 929 data collection to ensure reporting requirements are met in the new data collection platform.
• Establish reporting and validation standards and other governance for data collection.
• Use advanced statistical methods and analytical techniques to formulate and test hypotheses, implement research design.
• Use complex, inferential statistical analysis to clean, weight, validate, and aggregate data.
• Develop, research, design and implement research protocols to resolve data mapping issues and implement data quality control protocols to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
• Attend biweekly meetings, attend project meetings as needed. Serve as rotating analyst of the week for data queries; take classes and trainings and attend conferences; make occasional site visits to courts.
Working Conditions
The Judicial Council strives for work life balance and includes substantial vacation and holiday time. In addition, we offer an excellent benefits package including pension, medical, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending, up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs, and retirement savings plans. In San Francisco, the office is only a 7-minute walk from the Civic Center BART station in downtown San Francisco. In Sacramento, the office is located minutes from downtown, just north of Discovery Park.
The successful candidate will be expected to work in the Judicial Council's San Francisco or Sacramento office; hybrid work options for employees who live in areas surrounding this location may be considered.
Minimum Requirements This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.
- SENIOR ANALYST
- Job Application Package Checklist
Position Details Job Code #:
JC-414593
Position #(s):
156-100-3441-XXX
Working Title:
Senior Analyst JO#6160
Classification:
SENIOR ANALYST $7,485.00 - $11,228.00
# of Positions:
1
Work Location:
San Francisco County
Telework:
Hybrid
Job Type:
Permanent, Full Time
Department Information
OVERVIEW
The Judicial Council of California is accepting applications for the position of Senior Analyst in the Office of Court Research unit.
The Judicial Branch is modernizing the use of data for analytics and decisionmaking to support the branch's mission to increase access to justice and serve the public.This position is part of a 2023-24 Budget Change Proposal (BCP) for dedicated data analytics resources to support trial court data collection required by new legislation.
The Senior Analyst will provide professional-level analytical work for data reporting, analytics, and visualization. This position will consult with courts to compile data for this required reporting and will partner with JCIT and outside vendors on a long-term technical solution to collect this data in an automated manner. In addition, this position will support data reporting by courts and other Judicial Council offices, using complex, inferential statistical analysis to clean, weight, validate, and aggregate data. The selected candidate will develop, research, design and implement protocols to resolve data mapping issues and implement data quality control to ensure accuracy and completeness of data, present findings in oral and written reports and via visualizations This incumbent works independently and with limited supervision in support of major initiatives that have statewide impact.
Department Website: http://www.courts.ca.gov/careers
Application Instructions
Completed applications and all required documents must be received or postmarked by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered. Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered Postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application.
Final Filing Date: 2/8/2024
Who May Apply
Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, have list eligibility, are in the process of obtaining list eligibility, or have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility (please attach your letter, if available). SROA and Surplus candidates are given priority; therefore, individuals with other eligibility may be considered in the event no SROA or Surplus candidates apply.
Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected to move forward in the selection process. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications stated in the Classification Specification(s).
How To Apply
Completed Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. A completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included, when submitting your application in hard copy.
Address for Mailing Application Packages
You may submit your application and any applicable or required documents to:
Judicial Council of California
Attn: Please Apply Online in the Benefits section below
455 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco , CA 94102-3688
Required Application Package Documents
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
- Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
- Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree, and four (4) years of analytical experience in program analysis, development,
implementation, research, and/or evaluation.
Possession of a bachelor's degree in a directly related field for the assigned discipline such as political science, public administration, statistics, mathematics, etc., may be substituted for one of the years of required experience. An additional four years of professional experience as noted above may substitute for the bachelor's degree. Or, additional directly related experience and/or education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
OR
Master's degree in a directly related field for the assigned discipline such as political science, public administration, statistics, mathematics, etc. that included qualitative and quantitative research, and one (1) year of analytical experience in program analysis, development, implementation, research, and/or evaluation.
OR
One year in the Analyst classification with the Judicial Council of California or one year of experience performing the duties of a class comparable in the level of responsibility to that of an Analyst in a California Superior Court or California state-level government entity.
Desirable Qualifications:
• Proficiency in R, SQL, Python
• Proficiency in data visualization and making presentations of data and/or research findings to non-technical audiences
• Familiarity with court processes
• Previous experience in a state government setting
• Strong working knowledge of the Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS)
• Knowledge of data governance principles and practices
• Strong presentation skills
OTHER
Please note, if you are selected for hire, verification of employment authorization to work in the United States will be required.
Benefits
HOW TO APPLY
This position is Open Until Filled . Submission of our official application, a resume, and response to the supplemental questions are required. To ensure consideration of your application for the earliest round of interviews, please apply by February 8, 2024.
To complete the online application, please visit https://www.courts.ca.gov/careers.htm and search for JO#6160 .
The Judicial Council provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities who request such accommodation. Reasonable accommodation needs should be requested through Human Resources at (415) 865-4260. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (415) 865-4272.
PAYMENT & BENEFITS
Salary Range: $7,485 - $11,228 per month
Some highlights of our benefits package include:
• Health/Dental/Vision benefits program
• 14 paid holidays per calendar year
• Choice of Annual Leave or Sick/Vacation Leave
• 1 personal holiday per year
• Up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs
• CalPERS Retirement Plan
• 401(k) and 457 deferred compensation plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• FlexElect Program
• Pretax Parking
• Long Term Disability Program (employee paid/optional)
• Group Legal Plan (employee paid/optional)
Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.
Contact Information
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.
Department Website: http://www.courts.ca.gov/careers
Human Resources Contact:
Cassandra Ramirez
(415) 865-4372
Cassandra.Ramirez@jud.ca.gov
Please direct requests for Reasonable Accommodations to the interview scheduler at the time the interview is being scheduled. You may direct any additional questions regarding Reasonable Accommodations or Equal Employment Opportunity for this position(s) to the Department's EEO Office.
EEO Contact:
Sandra Grace
(415) 865-8944
Sandra.Grace@jud.ca.gov
California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice) TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.
Supplemental Questionnaire
The Judicial Council of California Is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Supplemental Question
To better assess the qualifications of each applicant, we will review your response to the following question. Please indicate for which employer you performed these functions. Your answer should not exceed a total of one page.
1. Please describe a recent data project that you are most proud of. Include information about the audience, your role in the project, the objective of the project, the findings or outcomes, and how you shared or displayed your results.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
