Data Analyst I - District Attorney (Finance)
The District Attorney of Riverside County seeks to fill a Data Analyst I position to support the Data Analytics Unit in Riverside. The Data Analyst I title is the working title for the Research Specialist I job classification.
The Data Analyst I will be responsible for planning, designing, conducting, and evaluating statistical analyses to inform officewide policy decision-making. The candidate will also be responsible for data queries and extracting meaningful reports from the data.
Seeking candidates that p ossess a bachelor's degree in statistics, economics, d ata processing, data science, data analytics, or public policy analysis ; have previous experience with a c riminal justice agency working with data collection, data cleaning, and statistical analyses; have previous experience or are currently learning statistical programming languages, preferably in R, R Studio, R Shiny, and Stata applications. Competitive candidates will be proficient in Power BI with experience in building dashboards, highlighting key performance indicators (KPI), and data stories. Experience with regression analysis, including the use of causal inference methodologies, is highly desired.
Meet the Team!
The District Attorney of Riverside County , as the public prosecutor acting on behalf of the People, vigorously enforces the law, pursues the truth, protects those victimized by crime, exonerates the innocent, and safeguards the rights of all to ensure that justice is done on behalf of our community. The office's staff of over 700 is comprised of prosecuting attorneys, sworn investigators, victim-witness advocates, paralegals, investigative technicians, forensic analysts, and a wide range of information technology and supporting staff all committed to excellence and integrity in public service. We are, and we seek to maintain, a diverse workforce to match a diverse county.
What's Next?
This recruitment is open to all applicants.
Applicants who are current District Attorney of Riverside County and/or County of Riverside employees may be considered before other applicants, depending on the volume of applications received.• Initiates research and statistical investigations and recognize the need for research and statistical investigations in the areas of behavioral health or social service delivery and program planning and evaluation.
• Assists in the coordination with staff and outside agencies to obtain data; designs, organizes and develops research plans and evaluation designs.
• Assist in defining study populations and sample selection criteria; generating databases and writing queries and computer programs to produce ongoing and ad hoc reports; conducts surveys and interviews and administers questionnaire forms; collects and analyzes baseline and administrative data; performs random assignment of study subjects; and, periodically posts reports to the web site.
• Advises administrators of research findings and/or procedures; prepares narrative reports of findings with valid conclusions, projects program impacts, and predicts trends.
• Assists in conducting research to identify needs for new programs, identifies appropriate sources of funding to support new programs and prepares funding applications.Education: Graduation from a recognized college with a bachelor's degree in statistics, economics, d ata processing, data science, data analytics, or public policy analysis.
Experience: Two years of progressively responsible experience in professional or technical work, which included statistical analysis, research or program design and data collection, and electronic data storage and report generation.
Knowledge of: policies, procedures, practices and legislation governing the provision of social service delivery systems; advanced research and statistical methods including data collection and analysis; computer programming and processing methods; principles of management including planning, organizing and evaluating programs; social service concepts and issues.
Ability to: develop and prepare concise and coherent oral and written reports and recommendations; analyze, interpret and evaluate statistical data and research findings; use statistical software packages on personal computers; maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; design and carry out research topics related to social service.For more information regarding the position, please contact the recruiter, Mary Miller, at 951-955-3464 or via email at mmiller@rivco.org .
