PREA Analyst
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Job Description
The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees visitors volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully reenter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.
The DOC seeks to recruit a City Research Scientist Level I for the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) PREA Team. The Prison Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA Public Law 10879 established federal mandates to identify and prevent prison in correctional facilities within the jurisdictions of federal state local and native territories across the United States. Public Law 10879 was signed into law on September 4 2003. Under the direction of a Deputy Director for the SIU PREA Team and with latitude to exercise independent judgement and decision making the successful candidates for this position will be responsible to work closely with the PREA Investigations Supervisors and Investigators to assist in the accurate collation of PREA statistics on a daily basis. Under supervision the selected candidate will be responsible for the following:
Typical responsibilities of this position include:
Comprehend the DOC procedures rules and regulations administrative disciplinary
procedures and the criminal justice system.
Review agency reporting records operational data to ensure the data is accurate
and in line with the Local State and Federal regulations.
Manual data entry into the new electronic case management and compiling
statistical information for the preparation of daily spreadsheets to keep both the
Department management and outside stakeholders abreast of requested statistical
information.
Perform trend analysis conducting research of completed investigations design
and of mandated data collection
Assist in the preparation of mandated statistical reports including biannual reports
due to the City Council and the Board of Correction etc.
Collect data from various sources including emails databases spreadsheets
and other data repositories.
Preparing reviewing evaluating and acting on all reports studies and
recommendations submitted for administrative action.
Work on special projects and other related tasks.
Development & implementation of measurable data & tracking systems.
Ability to access the office location located on Rikers Island a vehicle is not required
but strongly recommended for candidates to maintain convenient work site accessibility.
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST 21744
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.
NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
