Data Analyst (Entry-Level)

Key Responsibilities

• Explore raw and processed criminal justice datasets to identify patterns, trends, and insights.
• Conduct well-defined analyses with guidance from senior analysts.
• Prepare and validate analytical data for product launches in partner states.
• Follow established launch processes and identify, investigate, and report data discrepancies.
• Build clear, accurate, and well-documented visualizations and dashboards using existing tools.
• Communicate analytical findings to internal teams and present results to state partners.
• Analyze trends related to the organization's work to understand product function and measure impact.
• Develop familiarity with assigned states' data, policies, and products to answer questions with increasing independence.
• Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to support data-informed decision-making and criminal justice reform.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Practical experience exploring, analyzing, and cleaning real-world datasets (internships, research, and part-time experience may count).
• Working proficiency in SQL, including joins, aggregations, and window functions.
• Familiarity with Python, particularly the Pandas package, for data analysis and visualization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and partners from diverse professional backgrounds and perspectives.
• Careful attention to source data, analytical results, and data quality.
• Curiosity, sound judgment, and a willingness to learn from feedback and unfamiliar challenges.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Interest in criminal justice reform or public policy, or experience working with public-sector data.
• Experience with business intelligence or dashboarding tools such as Looker or Tableau.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Looker, Jupyter notebooks, and Python/Pandas.
• Interest in working with government agencies, researchers, technical teams, and criminal justice practitioners.

Work Arrangement

• Full-time position.
• Remote work available within the United States, with office options in New York City and Oakland, California.
• Travel to state partners within the continental United States is encouraged approximately once per year and may occasionally be required.
• Visa sponsorship is not available.