Research Analyst 3 (PCN 20-1080)

State of Alaska•Juneau, AK

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Corrections, Division of Administration and Support, is recruiting for a Research Analyst 3 position located in Juneau, Alaska. This role involves designing and leading complex research projects on Alaska’s correctional population, using techniques that may be without precedent, and translating results into analyses that shape Department policy and resource decisions. The position requires building and querying SQL databases (T-SQL) and developing reproducible analyses in Python (using Jupyter notebooks, Quarto, and VS Code) to combine, clean, analyze, and report data from multiple systems. It also involves applying modern methods like machine learning, generative AI, and agentic engineering to enhance research and reporting. A key responsibility is safeguarding the integrity of the Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS) through quality-control reports, discrepancy documentation, and data correction. The role includes leading and developing the Research Analyst 2 and producing the unit’s flagship products, such as the annual Offender Profile, agency performance measures, and recurring data requests from partners like the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Requirements

Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
Equivalent to those typically gained by: Education and/or progressively responsible professional experience which included investigative research or statistical analysis.

Nice To Haves

Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
Quality Assurance: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards.
Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Responsibilities

Design and lead complex research projects on Alaska’s correctional population, including work that uses techniques without precedent, and turn the results into analyses that shape Department policy and resource decisions.
Build and query SQL databases (T-SQL) and develop reproducible analyses in Python—using Jupyter notebooks, Quarto, and VS Code—to combine, clean, analyze, and report data drawn from multiple systems.
Apply modern methods, including machine learning, generative AI, and agentic engineering, to modernize and expand the Department’s research and reporting.
Safeguard the integrity of the Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS)—running quality-control reports, documenting discrepancies, and correcting data so the Department’s numbers can be trusted.
Lead and develop the Research Analyst 2, and produce the unit’s flagship products—including the annual Offender Profile, agency performance measures, and recurring data requests from partners such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics.