RESEARCH SCIENTIST III

 Agency :  Criminal Justice Information Authority 
Closing Date/Time: 10/16/2024 
Salary:   $6,339 to $9,178; Anticipated monthly salary; CBA Language applies  
Job Type:   Salaried 
County:   Cook  
Number of Vacancies:   1  
Plan/BU: RC062   

Position ID: 40791

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

Posting Identification Number  40791

Resumes are recommended to be uploaded to profile/attached to application

Please upload your transcripts to your application

 

THIS POSITION IS REVOLVING DOOR

Position Overview

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) houses a Research & Analysis Unit (see https://icjia.illinois.gov/researchhub/hub-overview/). The unit produces reports, articles, and dashboards that inform statewide justice system policy and practice. Their research products reach government decision-makers, academic professionals, legislators, and the public at large. The Research & Analysis Unit is organized into six research centers. The chosen candidate will conduct research examining: (1) programs that offer alternatives to incarceration, (2) community re-entry for released prisoners. The position includes oversight of research supporting the State of Illinois Adult Redeploy Illinois (see https://icjia.illinois.gov/adultredeploy/) program. The position provides an excellent opportunity to engage Illinois correctional practitioners through data and research.

Essential Function

• Plans and executes social science, public health, and behavioral health research studies, activities, and program evaluations of a complex, technical, and scientific nature to advance knowledge and programming in areas such as criminology, victim studies, and violence prevention in the state of Illinois.

• Performs complex analysis of scientific and technical data.

• Writes and disseminates scientific and technical reports.

• Establishes and maintains work-related professional contacts with internal and external entities including researchers and other professionals such as university and community organizations.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Doctoral degree in anthropology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, physiology, psychology, sociology, behavioral science, criminal justice, criminology, statistics, mathematics, or a related science and requires one year of professional research experience; or requires a master's degree in anthropology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, physiology, psychology, sociology, behavioral science, criminal justice, criminology, statistics, mathematics, or a related science with three years of professional research experience. 

Preferred Qualifications

•  At least two research publications in a government, public, or academic forum.

• One year of experience managing and utilizing a large data set.
• Completion of at least one academic course on database systems and/or database management. 
• Completion of at least two professional or academic work products that required application of advanced social science statistics; or one semester teaching an undergraduate or graduate social science sta