Public Safety Data Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Deliver comprehensive operational support for the Health & Public Safety Team's array of projects.

• Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data for program assessments and strategic evaluations.

• Conduct and facilitate fairness-related and cross-sector applied data science investigations.

• Execute data processing and exploration, statistical and causal inference, data modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence tasks.

• Identify, prototype, and validate techniques for detecting behavioral health-related calls to 911 call centers.

• Act as the main point of contact for designated projects.

• Collaborate with the Data, Research, & Analysis Team to monitor project timelines and deliverables.

• Maintain data sources and databases, request new data sources, construct databases for large datasets, and automate recurring tasks.

• Produce visualizations, dashboards, and quantitative summaries for both internal and external deliverables.

• Document procedures for data cleaning, coding workflows, and methodological decisions.

• Support the mission of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute to enhance mental health systems and guide policy and practice.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven professional experience applying data analysis, statistical techniques, or research to real-world challenges in government, public health, healthcare, behavioral health, or public safety environments.

• Experience with law enforcement, emergency communications (911), crisis response, or other public safety systems is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated capability to work with complex administrative or operational datasets and convert analytical findings into actionable insights.

• Experience working with nontechnical stakeholders to define research inquiries, interpret results, and assist in programmatic or policy decisions.

• Strong problem-solving and collaboration abilities across both internal and external teams.

• Bachelor's degree in data science, public health, statistics/biostatistics, quantitative psychology/criminal justice, computer science, or a related field.

• At least two years of relevant professional experience.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong foundation in quantitative research with proficiency in statistical and programming techniques.

• Extensive experience coding in R, including the development, maintenance, and modification of R-based data-cleaning, analysis, and reporting workflows.

• Experience in creating and deploying dashboards for public and general audience use.

• Ability to document coding practices, data-cleaning methods, and methodological choices.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across geographic and other potential communication barriers.

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects while adhering to deadlines.

• Adaptability to work with new issues, subjects, and methodologies.

• Preferred: 3 to 5 years of professional-level experience in a related capacity.

• Preferred: proficiency in Python, SQL, Quarto, Git, Netlify, Leaflet, Highcharter, and Reactable.

• Must possess eligibility to work in the United States.

• Preferred work location is Texas; this role cannot be filled or performed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, or Washington.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Up to 10% statewide travel may be required.

• Relocation assistance is not available.