Research Scientist 3 - Council on Children and Families

The New York State Council on Children and Families (CCF) is a small executive state agency that serves a unique role in state government. As a neutral agency, CCF facilitates the collaboration and alignment among the state’s health, education, and human services systems. As a convener, innovator, and change agent among these state child-serving agencies, CCF addresses cross-systems issues informed by data and research to improve outcomes for all of New York’s children and families. Under the direction of the Deputy Director of Research, the Research Scientist 3 will provide data and research support to CCF policy planning and recommendation by conducting data management, analysis, and interpretation of data to contribute to research in service delivery and outcomes across systems and to promote an effective and efficient system of services for the children and families of New York State.
Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Completing data analysis tasks by extracting, merging, and analyzing administrative databases and project specific data files.
• Analyzing program performance and outcomes for children and their families, trends and patterns of service utilization, and costs for services over time within a program and across programs and systems.
• Supporting data system design to capture and integrate data, assisting with the definition of data elements, maintaining database processes, and developing documentation.
• Creating and implementing data collection and visualization tools and survey instruments.
• Basic and advanced statistical analysis, study design, sample and power calculations, outcome interpretation, report writing, and publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Using multivariate statistical methods to assess relations among data variables and program impacts and using findings to formulate policy and program recommendations with leadership guidance.
• Engaging in research evaluating program quality, performance, and effectiveness to advise CCF and partner state agencies.
• Disseminating findings through the authorship of technical reports, research briefs, presentations, and peer-reviewed papers.
• Supervision of research staff as assigned.A Bachelor’s Degree and four years of professional research experience in the area(s) of child welfare, criminal justice, psychology, social work, sociology, program evaluation or other related field, OR

Master’s Degree in Social Welfare, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Computer Science, Statistics or other related field, and three years of professional research experience in the area(s) of child welfare, criminal justice, social work, psychology, sociology, program evaluation or other related field; OR

Doctorate Degree in Social Welfare, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Computer Science, Statistics or other related field, and one year of professional research experience in the area(s) of child welfare, criminal justice, social work, psychology, sociology, program evaluation, or other related field.