Vera Institute of Justice.

  • Brooklyn, NY


  • Irreversible.

  • Full-time.
Who we are

The Vera Institute of Justice, established in 1961, visualizes a society that appreciates the self-respect of everyone and safeguards justice for everybody. Vera is dedicated to protecting equivalent justice, ending mass imprisonment, and reinforcing households and neighborhoods.

  • We study issues that hinder human self-respect and justice.
  • We pilot services that are at when transformative and attainable.
  • We engage varied neighborhoods in educated argument.
  • And we harness the power of proof to drive efficient policy and practice.

We deal with others who share our vision to deal with the most important oppressions of our day– from mass imprisonment, racial variations, and the loss of public rely on police to the unmet requirements of individuals who are susceptible, marginalized, and damaged by criminal activity and violence. Vera has workplaces in New york city City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. Vera is a level playing field company with a dedication to variety in the work environment. We employ staff members that show our worths: regard, self-reliance, cooperation, dedication, and race equity. If you wish to find out more about life at Vera click

What you’ll do

The Senior citizen Data Researcher will lead information engineering, collection and analytics for the In Our Yards (IOB) group. They will handle a minimum of 2 information engineers and work carefully with other scientists, policy supporters, and interactions associates. Their work will take advantage of and enhance Vera’s existing repository of imprisonment information, consisting of the public-facing Imprisonment Trends Job, and consist of keeping web scrapers, establishing brand-new methods of gathering details about the criminal justice system, processing that information, and openly sharing outcomes. Their work items will likewise support the analytics requirements of our network of neighborhood beneficiaries, released reports, and projects to form federal, state and regional policy and practice modifications (presently with a specific focus on Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee).

The Senior citizen Data Researcher’s obligations consist of:

  • Maintain and enhance a big information collection job on prisons and jails in the United States
  • Assistance quantitative analysis of imprisonment information and public costs to support policy modification.
  • Tidy and format information for analysis and visualization
  • Examine the effect of criminal justice policy and the effect of other social and financial policies on imprisonment.
  • Manage a minimum of 2 information engineers
  • Work together with and train neighborhood and union partners, consisting of beneficiary network.
  • Collaboratively determine research study concerns and concerns that support our work.
  • Assistance other group jobs, as needed

What certifications you will require

The Senior citizen Data Researcher prospect will have the following credentials:

  • An individual and expert commitment to concerns of race, equity, and fairness, and a dedication to facing innovative and concrete methods to utilize information to move power and advance equity and addition.
  • A minimum of 3 years of associated work experience
  • A minimum of one year management experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree chosen. Postgraduate degree, a plus.
  • Shown efficiency dealing with information collection, processing, and analysis in Python, with choice for experience with web scraping and utilizing Python Pandas library.
  • Experience preserving and enhancing big and intricate software application jobs.
  • Experience preserving and enhancing SQL databases in a cloud-based environment.
  • Full-stack advancement experience, with choice for software application engineering experience.
  • Experience or familiarity conducting analysis of social policy or legal guideline is chosen.

The Nitty– Gritty

  • This is a full-time position situated at Vera’s Brooklyn, New york city workplace
  • Wage is competitive plus exceptional advantages

How to use

Please send a cover letter and resume. Applications will be thought about on a rolling basis till the position is filled. Online submission in PDF format (through Vera’s profession page) is chosen. No call, please. Just candidates chosen for interviews will be gotten in touch with.

ATTN: Person Resources/ Elder Data Researcher, In Our Yards

Vera Institute of Justice

34 35 th St, Suite 4-2A, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Fax: (212) 941-9407

Please utilize just one approach (online, mail or fax) of submission.

No telephone call, please. Just candidates chosen for interviews will be gotten in touch with.

Vera is an equivalent opportunity/affirmative action company. All certified candidates will be thought about for work without illegal discrimination based upon race, color, creed, nationwide origin, sex, age, special needs, marital status, sexual preference, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, present work status, or caretaker status. Vera works to advance justice, especially racial justice, in a significantly multicultural nation and internationally linked world. We value varied experiences, consisting of with regard to academic background and justice system contact, and depend upon a varied personnel to perform our objective.

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