Analyst; Limited Term - JO

JOB OPENING #: 6587

The Judicial Council of California is accepting applications for the position of Analyst with the Criminal Justice Services office. The Criminal Justice Services office is a dynamic team of attorneys, analysts, and researchers who work together to support courts and partners in implementing programs that ensure everyone has fair and equal access to justice.

The Analyst position is a temporary, full-time, limited term assignment for a duration of no more than 2 1/2 years, and no later than June 30, 2028, contingent on the availability of funds.

This limited-term Analyst position in Criminal Justice Services’ (CJS) Collaborative Justice and Behavioral Health unit will serve as the primary analyst and support the Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Training and Resource Development project. Primary responsibilities include developing and coordinating training, conducting research and outreach, and providing local assistance to courts. The incumbent in this position acts as liaison with vendors and other project stakeholders, identifies local training and resource needs, assists in the development of responsive programs, conducts research on competency to stand trial processes and legislation, and acts as a liaison between the Judicial Council, the courts, IST evaluators, and other behavioral health stakeholders.

The analyst will report to the supervisor of CJS’ Collaborative Justice and Behavioral Health unit.

• Serve as the point of contact for all programmatic and administrative questions from courts, IST evaluators, vendors and other project stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain a project management system to track all components of project, including working with a supervisor to finalize a multi-part workplan and develop a system for tracking associated tasks, staff responsible and milestones.
• Coordinate and staff stakeholder meetings, including the Steering Committee and Implementation Team meetings involving the Department of State Hospitals and vendors.
• Serve as a liaison to the Mental Health Subcommittee of the Judicial Council’s Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee and other internal bodies that may have a vested interest in the project, as needed.
• Develop an ongoing pool of IST evaluators to undergo training by outreaching to the courts, existing evaluators, medical and grad schools, applicable associations, and other stakeholders.
• Serve as lead staff responsible for coordinating with vendors to develop and provide training. This includes coordinating and providing logistical support associated with each training and tracking training registration, attendance, and completion.
• Strategize a variety of technical assistance delivery methods including conference calls, web-based platforms, regional meetings, and statewide events.
• Collaborate with other staff in the Collaborative Justice and Behavioral Health unit, vendors, and other program stakeholders to develop evaluator recruitment strategies and partnerships with applicable academic institutions and associations.
• Maintain detailed records of all program activities, including tracking training participation and other project outcomes.
• Summarize program activities and prepare and submit program reports for review by Supervisor, as needed.
• Monitor program implementation timelines and major project milestones.
• Other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of analytical experience in program analysis, development, implementation, research, and/or evaluation. An additional four (4) years of professional experience as noted above may substitute for the bachelor’s degree. Or, additional directly related experience and/or education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis

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Master’s degree in a directly related field for the assigned discipline, such as political science, public administration, statistics, mathematics, etc., that included qualitative and quantitative research.

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Two (2) years as an Associate Analyst with the Judicial Council of California or two (2) years of experience performing the duties of a class comparable in the level of responsibility to that of…