Data Analyst (Entry-Level)

Recidiviz • New York City, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Recidiviz is hiring a Data Analyst to join their team. This role involves working with complex criminal justice data from state partners to develop analyses and tools that target the drivers of incarceration. The ideal candidate is early in their data career and possesses attention to detail, curiosity, clarity in communication, flexibility, and a collaborative nature. The role supports experienced analysts and teammates across various teams, working with diverse data to understand the criminal justice system and motivate change. Responsibilities include exploring datasets for patterns, conducting analyses, supporting product launches by preparing analytical data, building visualizations, communicating findings internally and externally, and analyzing trends. Success in this role means contributing to real impact, supporting product launches, measuring tool effectiveness, and becoming a go-to analyst for assigned states, handling new questions with growing independence.

Requirements

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, to help nurture a knowledgeable, data-oriented culture
• Enthusiasm for working with internal and external partners from diverse backgrounds and worldviews, such as government staff, researchers, journalists, technical staff, and practitioners in criminal justice reform
• Care and curiosity in inspecting source data and checking results closely, so the data and analyses you prepare can be trusted and reused
• 6 or more months of practical experience exploring, analyzing, and cleaning real-world datasets. Internships and research count, and part-time roles count when their hours add up to roughly 6 months of full-time work.
• Working proficiency in SQL, including joins, aggregations, and window functions
• Familiarity with Python, specifically the Pandas package, for data analysis and visualization

Nice To Haves

• Interest in criminal justice or public policy, or experience working with public-sector data
• Experience with a BI or dashboarding tool such as Looker or Tableau
• Familiarity with any part of our data stack, which includes Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Looker, Jupyter notebooks, and Python/Pandas

Responsibilities

• Exploring our datasets to find patterns and insights about American criminal justice systems
• Carrying out well-scoped analyses with guidance from senior analysts and our State Engagement team
• Supporting product launches in the states where we work by following established launch processes, preparing the analytical data each launch needs, and flagging data discrepancies as they come up
• Building clear, well-documented visualizations and dashboards using our existing tools
• Communicating findings to internal teams, and presenting to state partners alongside teammates
• Analyzing trends in areas related to our own work to understand how our products function

Benefits

• 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
• Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location)
• Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
• Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
• Free mental health support via Talkspace

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed