New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs · 13 hours ago
Program Research Specialist 1
Delmar, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expThe New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs is focused on protecting vulnerable populations in New York. The Program Research Specialist 1 role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to support agency initiatives, gathering data, and assisting in the development and implementation of plans and policies.
Government Administration
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Working collaboratively with staff across the agency and externally to support the ongoing planning, implementation, measuring, and tracking of agency initiatives, including prevention work
Coordinating and providing updates on collaborative work across business units to assist with aligning initiatives and solving problems
Gathering data and feedback through various methods, including research, questionnaires, and the facilitation of individual and group meetings with staff at all levels to support agency initiatives
Assisting with the development and implementation of plans, proposals, and new initiatives
Partnering with agency leadership and unit staff to help assess the impact of proposed and active work on priorities, projects, policies, processes, resources, and change capacity
Leading and facilitating meetings and collaborative, groups with diverse stakeholders
Developing presentation materials for business unit staff, managers, agency leadership, and executives
Assisting in the development of policies, processes, trainings, workflows, and other work products
Designing, developing, and refining templates and other documents to support the planning, implementation, and analysis of agency efforts, including prevention expansion work
Assisting agency leadership and executive staff with special projects
Qualification
Required
Current NYS Justice Center employee with permanent, contingent-permanent or 55b/c service as a Program Research Specialist 1 and interested in reassignment; OR current New York State employee with one year or more permanent, contingent-permanent or 55b/c service as a Program Research Specialist 1; OR current New York State employee with one year or more of permanent, contingent-permanent or 55b/c service in a position allocated to a Grade 16 or above AND eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 or 70.1 or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law
A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by nine semester credit hours in biostatistics, data analysis, data modeling, economics, econometrics, mathematics, research methods, or statistics and two years of professional research experience performing the collection, manipulation (e.g., data construction, merging data files, data cleaning, working with data files containing different levels of data) and evaluation of quantitative data directed toward review, analysis, and presentation related to program operations
Preferred
Strong facilitation skills
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to develop working partnerships with diverse internal and external staff at all levels
Ability to coordinate work that spans multiple internal and external groups
Ability to learn quickly and synthesize input from a variety of sources
Experience preparing and delivering reports and presentations
Benefits
Holiday & Paid Time Off
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Pension from New York State Employees’ Retirement System
Affordable Health Care options
Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost
NYS Deferred Compensation plan
Access to NY 529 College Savings Program
Company
New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
The Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs (Justice Center) was established in 2013 by the Protection of People with Special Needs Act.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase