Data Scientist

Role Overview

The Data Scientist will work with the Health & Public Safety Team to support the Institute’s health and public safety portfolio. The role involves multi-site data collection, harmonization, analysis, and reporting across public safety agencies to identify behavioral health-related calls for service.

What You Will Do

The candidate will be responsible for creating data pipelines, developing models to identify call types, building data visualizations and dashboards to monitor the project’s progress, and completing deliverables aligned with the Meadows Institute’s mission and strategy.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have strong experience cleaning, transforming, and harmonizing complex datasets, and will be able to work collaboratively with colleagues to make and review data-cleaning and methodological decisions.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a data science role, with a strong background in data collection, cleaning, and analysis of justice system data.
• Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across internal and external teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in data science, public health, statistics/biostatistics, quantitative psychology/criminal justice, computer science, or other related field.
• A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong quantitative research background and statistical and programming proficiency.
• Robust experience coding in R, including proficiency in developing, maintaining, and modifying R-based data-cleaning, analysis, and reporting workflows.
• Experience developing and deploying dashboards for public and layperson consumption.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly document coding practices, data-cleaning procedures, and methodological decisions for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues.
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Proactive work style with an interest and ability to innovate new ways to strengthen project processes and outcomes.
• Capacity to think and behave strategically, critically, and analytically.
• Flexibility in working with new issues, topics, and approaches.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Learning budget
• Parental leave
• Wellness program
• Relocation assistance not available