Policy Analyst

About the Office:
The Mayors Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) advises the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety on criminal justice policy and is the mayors representative to the courts district attorneys defenders and state criminal justice agencies among others. The office designs deploys and evaluates citywide strategies to drive down crime reduce unnecessary arrests and incarceration and improve the systems fairness. MOCJ works with law enforcement and city agencies nonprofits foundations and others to implement datadriven strategies that address current crime conditions prevent offending and build the strong neighborhoods that ensure enduring safety.

About the Role:
MOCJ seeks a highly motivated detailoriented Policy Analyst with excellent communication and analytical skills for its Policy & Research units. Under the supervision of the Policy Director and Deputy Executive Director for Research the Policy Analyst performs a wide range of programmatic research and administrative duties and provides support to the staff on the team on special projects that include a variety of stakeholders. This is an exciting entrylevel opportunity for someone who is interested in learning the mechanics of City government the Citys Criminal Justice System Reentry and policymaking at the municipal level.

The Policy Analyst will assist and support the Policy & Research units in the implementation of a range of public safety and reform initiatives. The policy analyst will also aid in developing strategies aimed at increasing fairness and trust in the Criminal Justice System as well as reducing crime through smart public safety measures and community engagement.

The Policy Analysts responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Daytoday administrative and programmatic support to the teams staff including scheduling and coordinating external and internal meetings;
Preparing briefing documents and memos tracking priorities and conducting followups both internally and externally;
Communicating with senior staff organizing meeting agendas and preparing meeting minutes for dissemination;
Doing deep dives into specific research questions and creating presentations to convey data trends and policy recommendations;
Maintaining and updating spreadsheets management reports contract reports workplans and developing time and politically sensitive issues;
Liaising with other agencies including City Hall as needed;
Cultivating and maintaining excellent relationships and stakeholder groups including the Criminal Courts District Attorneys Offices Indigent Defense Providers Advocacy Groups law enforcement and other City agencies such as the Department of Correction.
Supporting the Research team on tasks related to:
Designing and implementing evaluations of criminal justicerelated programs;
Organizing and/or cleaning administrative and programmatic data;
Compiling data used for regular reporting and contributing to reporting deliverables;
Conducting data analysis using statistical or general programming (e.g. R SQL Python Tableau Excel or similar) and producing digestible visualizations;
Translating and communicating insights from data and research in materials produced for both internal and external audiences; and
Other general project management duties and research support as needed.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in 1 above.

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