Court Research Analyst

at  NCSC

JOB SUMMARY

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, non-profit court improvement organization. NCSC’s services-research, information services, education, consulting, association management and technical assistance-are focused on helping courts plan, make decisions, and implement improvements that save time and money, while ensuring judicial administration that supports fair and impartial decision-making. For additional information, visit NCSC.org
NCSC is looking for a Court Research Analyst to join our Research & Design Group. The role is an entry-level research position at the NCSC. The Court Research Analyst is responsible for participating in research projects that improve various aspects of state court administration and disseminating research results. Responsibilities include data collection, processing, analysis, and disseminating research results to a variety of practitioners and scholarly audiences. The Court Research Analyst will have contact with data repository agencies including court officials, partners, and project stakeholders for purposes of requesting various types of data.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, public policy, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to competently perform quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Experience using statistical/data management software such as Excel, SPSS, Stata, R, and Tableau.
• Ability to travel up to 12 times per year for staff retreats, conferences and/or client site visits
• Ability to master a range of basic research techniques in one or more specialized areas.
• Ability to write for a non-technical audience and produce a variety of products (e.g., briefs, reports, research summaries).
• Maintains familiarity with current statistical and analytic techniques
• Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal, interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation; and the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively both orally and written.
• Excellent assessment, evaluation, and data management skills.
• Ability to exercise initiative, tact, and sound judgment in performing assignments.

• Demonstrates conduct that upholds the basic Core Values of NCSC.
• Conducts empirical and applied research including compiles, cleans, manipulates, and maintains project databases for multiple projects, taking responsibility for accuracy, comparability and completeness of data records.
• Documents data collection methods and instruments and archives data sets according to funding agency instructions.
• Conducts data analysis and documents research findings, including descriptive and comparative analyses..
• Reviews written materials of other projects for clarity; coordinates activities associated with publishing, disseminating, and marketing research deliverables.
• Contributes to building infrastructure (e.g., data visualizations, web-based story boarding, data dashboards, reference materials, practitioner publications, project reports) to maximize dissemination of research results to end users of the information.
• Participates in research projects by preparing sections of or completing reports on research findings; contributes to activities associated with publishing and disseminating research reports and prepares articles on research for journals and periodicals.
• Participates in the business development process by conducting research on topics/literature reviews as needed, works on preparation of proposals/RFPs/concept papers including writing, and coordination of information.