Lead Data Business Analyst

LEAD DATA BUSINESS ANALYST

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Posted: 6/21/24

 

Are you interested in using data to reduce unnecessary pretrial detention in NYC? 

Join our team of professionals seeking to improve the experience of justice involved individuals in the NYC Courts! 

ABOUT CJA 

The New York City Criminal Justice Agency (CJA) is a not-for-profit service and research organization that operates in partnership with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. CJA is the City’s main pretrial services agency, combining operations, pilot projects, and research under one roof. CJA utilizes procedural justice practices to provide pretrial services to tens of thousands of persons arrested annually in New York City. Information collected about these arrestees and subsequent case processing is maintained in the agency’s databases, which are used to conduct research on case processing, court outcomes, and criminal justice policy in New York City. CJA’s programs operate in the criminal courts and detention facilities 24 hours a day, seven days a week within the five boroughs of NYC, employing over 270 employees, citywide. 

WHY CJA? 

CJA provides services and solutions to reduce jail overcrowding and unnecessary detention in New York City. A not-for-profit agency funded through the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, CJA is uniquely positioned to provide the City’s Criminal Justice leaders, policymakers and the public with information, technical expertise, and research about arrest and case processing within the five boroughs of NYC. 

Program Summary

NYCJA’s Information technology team provides strategic vision, leadership, and innovative solutions so that our 280+ staff at 13 locations have the trusted data and applications they need to provide high quality pretrial services and research.  IT staff have a strong customer focus, partnering with business units and stakeholders to pilot new programs, and create custom applications with an eye towards future business needs.   Our dedicated professionals meet challenges head-on by being flexible, expecting change and supporting each other in a culture of mutual respect, trust and teamwork that encourages personal and professional growth. 

Position Summary

The Lead Data/Business Analyst position will be in CJA’s Data Service’s Team. In this role, the employee will work closely with business partners to align technology solutions with business needs and use data to define the scope of technical projects and improvements to our systems centered around our operational data platform (datahub) and Data warehouse. Specific duties include the following: 

Major Responsibilities:

Data: 

• Work in three key Analysis areas: Operational, Initiatives & Programs, and Ad-Hoc reporting. 

• Using CJA’s Datahub environment to interpret, evaluate operations and research data to develop integrated business analyses and projections for incorporation into strategic decision-making. 

 Strategic Decision Making: 

• Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information, patterns and trends in complex data sets. 

• Work with internal/external stakeholders, the data services team, the research department to use data driven decision making to improve business processes. 

• Take leadership on the automation KPI’s/measures that are key to support CJA’s programs and initiatives. Identifying problems, building alignment, and implementing solutions autonomously. 

• Visualize, communicate, and present findings in an easily understandable and compelling way to team members and across the agency. 

• Pro-actively identify and communicate data quality issues and perform essential data evaluation. Ensure final analyses are validated and checked for accuracy. 

 Business: 

• Own functional tasks and deliverables, including process definitions and flows, requirements gathering, vendor selection, fit/gap analysis, functional design, testing, training and report specifications.