Data Entry Specialist

Job DetailsJob Location: Long Island City - Long Island City, NY 11101Position Type: Full-Time Non-ExemptSalary Range: $32.97 - $32.97 HourlyTitle:                           Data Entry Specialist

Unit:                           Court Advocacy

Reports to:                 Director of Community Outreach

Salary Range:            $32.97 per hour [Approximately $60,000 annually]

Status:                        Full Time; Regular; Non-Exempt

Location:                    Long Island City, NY

Days/Hours:               Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

 

Organization Overview:

The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) has been working for over 57 years in service to our mission: to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities. The organization has evolved into one of the nation’s preeminent reentry and justice-informed service organizations, providing formerly incarcerated people with the skills and wrap-around services needed to break the cycle of crime and incarceration and to build productive lives in their communities. 

 

Fortune has grown steadily over the years to an agency with close to $90 million in annual budget with just under 600 staff. We anticipate that we will keep growing, both in size and depth of service. Fortune has a dual mission: both advocacy and service. The advocacy portion of our mission focuses on building a more just criminal legal system and reducing the barriers to reentry into society. The service side of Fortune has evolved to encompass a broad range of programs that started with employment and education and now includes a robust array of services, among them: alternatives to incarceration, supervised release, court advocacy, discharge planning within correctional facilities, licensed substance use and mental health treatment, a housing continuum ranging from emergency and transitional through permanent congregate and scattered site housing, assistance in obtaining benefits, a care management unit, HIV services, a food and nutrition program, and an arts program. Each service we provide is informed by the needs of the population we serve. Fortune currently serves approximately 14,000 people a year... Our program models are recognized, both nationally and internationally, for their quality and innovation. We have locations in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens.

 

Position Summary:

The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) funds the County Re-entry Task Force

(CRTF) initiative to provide re-entry services to individuals released from prison and supervised by the 

NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). CRTFs prioritize individuals

assessed as moderate to high risk of recidivism and help them to address their stabilization and 

criminogenic needs to support successful re-entry and reintegration into the community. CRTFs

collaborate with DOCCS and community service providers and focus on stabilization needs, service

coordination and the provision of evidence-based cognitive behavioral interventions and/or 

employment readiness programs. Under the supervision of the Director, the Data Entry Specialist 

(DES) will be responsible for tracking and ensuring the integrity of data for the three County Reentry 

Task forces. The DES will receive, enter and review data in Fortune’s agency-specified data 

management system and/or other utilized data tracking systems. The DES will ensure that the data is 

recorded and determined accuracy. The DES will also conduct day-to-day quality assurance and ensure 

compliance with program/unit objective

 

Core Competencies:

 

Mission and Fit: Embodies Fortune’s mission and values and will be an effective member of the team in furthering both. The candidate should exhibit compassion and understanding for our participants (wherever they are in their re-entry process) and embrace Fortune’s core value that none of us should be measured against the worst things we have done.

 

Attention to Detail: The DES must demonstrate competency to develop systems and processes to organize and keep track of information or work progress, is routinely conscientious, thorough, accurate and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; and recognizes trends, detects inconsistencies, and determines essential details.

 

Collaboration: The DES must collaborate and coordinate with Taskforce staff to provide care and support to those who need higher levels of supervision.

 

Technical and Analytical Skills:  The DES must be able to write efficient queries to extract and manipulate large data sets; Build dashboards and visual reports to stakeholders.  Understands data modeling concepts and database structures.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Timely and accurately monitor data of all client services into program and funder-specific 

databases.