Research Analyst 1/2

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Administration and Support, is recruiting for a Research Analyst 1/2 position located in Juneau, Alaska.

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What you will be doing:

Design, plan, and conduct research projects on Alaska’s correctional population—collecting data from primary and secondary sources and building the datasets behind the Department’s reporting.

Query relational databases (T-SQL) and develop analyses in Python—using Jupyter notebooks, Quarto, and VS Code—to combine, clean, analyze, and report data drawn from multiple systems.

Apply modern methods, including machine learning, generative AI, and agentic engineering, to help modernize and expand the Department’s research and reporting.

Support the integrity of the Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS)—running quality-control reports, documenting discrepancies, and helping correct data so the Department’s numbers can be trusted.

Produce recurring products and respond to data requests—including the annual Offender Profile, agency performance measures, and queries from internal and external partners such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Our mission, values, and culture:

The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety; we provide secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry. The Research & Records section is the empirical backbone of that mission—our analysis, statistics, and reporting give Department leaders and policymakers the accurate information they need to make sound decisions and measure what works. We value precision, intellectual honesty, and getting the numbers right.

Benefits of joining our team:

This is a great place to start or grow a data-analysis career—a flexibly staffed Research Analyst 1/2 role where you can enter at the level that fits your experience and advance as you develop. You will join a small, tight-knit four-person Research & Records team and work across the full data lifecycle, from collecting and cleaning data to statistical analysis and reporting for state and federal audiences, with a modern toolset and exposure to machine learning and AI. Your work makes a meaningful, direct contribution to public safety and to how the Department understands its own performance. The State of Alaska offers a competitive benefits package, including health coverage, both defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement options, and generous personal leave. This position is hybrid-eligible, offering schedule flexibility while keeping you connected to the team in Juneau.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is based at the Department of Corrections office in the scenic Douglas Island Building, with ample parking and a short walk to Savikko Park, Sandy Beach, and the Treadwell Mine Historic Trail, and is eligible for a hybrid schedule consistent with Department telework policy. The work is collaborative and deadline-driven, with shifting priorities, daily interaction with staff and outside agencies, and regular handling of confidential offender data.

Who we are looking for

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We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.

Quality Assurance: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards.

Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Research Analyst 1

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Analysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Problem Solving:

Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education and/or experience which included research or statistical analysis.

Special Note:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

Research Analyst 2

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Analysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Problem Solving:

Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Technical Competence:

Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education and/or progressively responsible experience which included investigative research or statistical analysis.

Special Note:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Additional Required Information

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:

Educational Transcripts, if using education to meet the minimum qualificatio