Remote Policy Data Analyst — Drive Data-Driven Reform

Towards AI, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 82,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Recidiviz is seeking a Policy Data Analyst to join a mission-driven team working remotely or from New York City or Oakland. You will analyze complex criminal justice data, translate policy questions into quantitative metrics, and support data-driven reforms with stakeholders across government and partners.

The role emphasizes collaboration with data science, implementation engineering, and policy teams to design analyses that inform policy changes while maintaining rigor and impact.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of practical experience exploring, analyzing, and processing complex datasets.
• Strong SQL skills with the ability to write efficient queries for large extractions.
• Proficiency in Python with Pandas for analysis and visualization.
• Ability to translate policy concepts into quantitative metrics for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leverage criminal justice datasets to generate context-responsive insights.
• Adapt analytical methods to evidence detailed policy concepts and quantify policy-design tradeoffs.
• Contextualizing and communicating key findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborating with our Data Science and Implementation Engineering teams to design and execute on targeted roadmaps.

Skills

Data Science

Data Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Data Visualization

Mathematics

Statistics

Tools

Jupyter Notebook

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Looker

GitHub

Pandas

Job description

Recidiviz is seeking a Policy Data Analyst to join a mission-driven team working remotely or from New York City or Oakland. You will analyze complex criminal justice data, translate policy questions into quantitative metrics, and support data-driven reforms with stakeholders across government and partners.

The role emphasizes collaboration with data science, implementation engineering, and policy teams to design analyses that inform policy changes while maintaining rigor and impact.