Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF) Vacancy ID: NF0008905 Salary Range: $70,000 - $71,000 Position Summary/Description: The SOG’s Criminal Justice Innovation Lab (‘the Lab’) seeks to promote a fair and effective criminal justice system, public safety, and economic prosperity through an evidence-based approach to criminal justice policy. It brings together a broad range of stakeholders to learn about criminal justice problems, supports their efforts to develop and implement innovative consensus solutions, and conducts empirical evaluations to help stakeholders measure the impact of their efforts. By supporting stakeholders’ efforts to improve the state’s criminal justice system, the Lab’s work tightly aligns with the SOG’s mission to enhance the quality of life for all North Carolinians. The Lab adheres to core SOG values that for 90 years have built a legacy of trust with public officials: nonpartisan; policy-neutral; and responsive. The Lab is a small team with a flat organizational structure. Staff collaborate frequently on projects and offer feedback, support, and ideas regularly. Staff have an opportunity to provide input on decision-making regarding the operation and strategic direction of the Lab. The Lab operates in a dynamic environment, so staff must be flexible and comfortable pivoting to changing priorities. The Project Manager will have two primary responsibilities. First, is project management for Lab data projects. The Project Manager’s docket will include, among other efforts, project management of: (1) development, improvement, and maintenance of the Lab’s Measuring Justice Dashboard; and (2) expansion, updating, and maintenance of the Lab’s North Carolina Criminal Information System, a comprehensive digital database of state court criminal records. While the primary focus will be on data projects, the Project Manager will also support projects assisting stakeholders as they develop and implement criminal justice solutions, execute empirical evaluations, hold educational events, and conduct research. Projects often involve multi-stakeholder teams and interdisciplinary research collaborators. Project management involves coordinating the day-to-day execution of project work, including communication with stakeholders, maintaining project timelines, and coordinating tasks among Lab team members and research partners. Project managers at the Lab also assist in producing project deliverables (e.g. reports, webinars), event planning, and data collection. Second, the Project Manager will bring data skills to support various Lab projects. Specific responsibilities include: collecting, cleaning, coding, and linking data to produce analytic datasets; developing, implementing and executing protocols for acquiring, cleaning, and understanding various types of data producing descriptive statistics; conducting data analyses in R programming language; and executing quality control for data analyses conducted by Lab Research Assistants and other research collaborators. and conducting quality control on analyses done by others. Projects involve working with a variety of criminal justice data sets (e.g., police, jail, and court record data). Lab team members have a hybrid work schedule that requires physical presence in the office in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and allows for remote work on Monday and Friday. Education and Experience: A master’s degree in data science, political science, information science, public health, or public policy strongly preferred. The ideal candidate is a team player who has 1). Experience managing complex projects and partnerships, ability to juggle multiple projects, work independently, and creatively problem solve; (2) fluency in Stata, Python, and/or other programming languages. Essential Skills: Candidates must have experience executing quantitative research in R. Ability to work collaboratively with project partners. Excellent verbal, interpersonal, planning, and writing skills. Ability to adhere to the Lab’s core values of non-advocacy and non-partisanship. AA/EEO Statement: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.