Judiciary Research Manager (Court Executive 2B)
About The Position
The New Jersey Judiciary is seeking a Judiciary Research Manager for its Data Analytics, Research and Statistics Division. Under the direction of the Chief of the Quantitative Research Unit, the manager supervises two teams conducting criminal, civil, and family research and performs senior-level work involving research study design and implementation. The role develops and applies practical research methodologies, conducts statistical analysis of court data, manages and cleans data, and prepares and communicates research findings to varied audiences and stakeholders. The position currently offers a hybrid schedule and may qualify for up to three days of remote work outside Judiciary buildings. Participation requires high-speed home internet and installation of a multifactor authentication app on a phone or tablet. Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function. The salary range is $110,760.01 to $171,452.96. Newly hired individuals normally start at the minimum of the range. Newly hired employees must agree to a background check, including fingerprinting, and generally must establish and maintain principal residence in New Jersey within one year, subject to applicable exemptions. U.S. citizenship is not required, but the selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and five years of professional administrative and/or program management experience, including responsibility for program development and/or implementation and achievement of program goals.
- Three years of experience conducting social science research, including multivariate data analysis and advanced data analytics.
- Three years of staff supervision experience.
- Intermediate to expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite.
- Applicants who lack the required education may substitute additional professional experience on a year-for-year basis, with one year of experience equal to 30 semester-hour credits. An associate's degree plus two additional years of professional experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree. A master's degree may substitute for one year of experience, or a Ph.D. for two years of experience, as indicated in the posting.
- Degrees conferred outside the United States must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service.
- Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check, including fingerprinting.
- New hires generally must establish and maintain principal residence in New Jersey within one year, subject to hardship or employer-critical-need exemptions.
Nice To Haves
- Master's or doctoral degree.
- Intermediate to expert knowledge of SPSS or Stata.
- Experience with SAS, SQL, PowerBI/Tableau, or Focus/WebFocus.
- Experience extracting data from a data warehouse or mainframe system.
- Experience with administrative data, especially court data.
- Experience with qualitative methods such as focus groups or interviews.
- Study in statistics, criminology, criminal justice, public administration, political science, psychology, sociology, public policy, economics, or another relevant discipline.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the design and implementation of criminal, civil, and family research.
- Conduct high-level statistical analysis.
- Convert complex data into understandable charts, graphs, reports, and statistical presentations.
- Make oral presentations to judges, senior managers, and agencies and researchers outside the Judiciary.
- Manage Quantitative Research teams that include research managers and statistical analysts.
- Translate requests for statistics and analyses into appropriate responses by designing research questions, understanding complex court data, consulting internal stakeholders, and extracting data from systems.
- Prepare and/or validate monthly and annual statistical reports using Excel, SPSS, SQL, SAS, or other appropriate tools.
- Develop proof-of-concept methods for displaying or visualizing data and implement approved visualizations.
- Collaborate with the Automated Trial Court Services Unit on data system update plans from the data analysis perspective, as needed.
- Facilitate reporting of New Jersey statistics and court organization information to external stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
