This position may close at any time based on the needs of the Court.
Applicants are encouraged to apply promptly.
The largest trial court in the nation, the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) has more than 550 judicial officers holding tens of thousands of hearings each day, on more than 1 million new cases each year, supported by more than 4,300 court staff. The Court faces a wide variety of business intelligence (BI) needs: performance assessment, resource deployment, fiscal analysis, and others. In the midst of a significant improvement of its IT infrastructure, LASC is embarking on a campaign to significantly improve its BI capacity to exploit this data-rich environment.
To meet these needs, LASC is in need of data analyst with the skills and abilities to handle all stages of the data science task: extract, test and load; data wrangling; dashboard and report creation to help end users solve business problems.
The ideal candidate loves to learn, as the Court environment is a rich mix of complex and challenging legal and administrative concepts, and as the Court faces a wide range of business challenges.
LASC uses the Microsoft stack and thus a strong candidate will have demonstrated skills with using Power BI, DAX, Visual BASIC, and/or Excel. Knowledge of SQL is plus, as is hands-on experience with statistical packages such as R, Stata, SPSS, SAS, and others.
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here. Please note the requirements in the job description may vary from the requirements in this bulletin. Applicants must meet the requirements stated in this bulletin.
SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:To qualify, you must meet one of the following requirements at the time of filing:
OPTION I: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a major* in statistics, mathematics, economics, business administration, or other closely-related field, with coursework in research methods, statistics, data analytics, management science, or other similar fields; -AND- one (1) year of recent responsible experience conducting statistical studies, including researching, analyzing, gathering, transforming and cleansing data, to support business decision making.
OPTION II: A Master's Degree* in one of the above fields with coursework in research methods, statistics, data analytics, management science, or other similar fields will be accepted as substitution for one year of experience.
Note: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.
No out-of-class experience will be accepted.
Licenses; Certificates; Special Requirements:A valid California Class C driver's license or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
*EDUCATION/COURSEWORK VERIFICATION: A legible copy of your college transcript(s) (unofficial are acceptable) with the degree posted from the college or university must be submitted
within 10 business days from application submission.
Documentation may be submitted as follows:- As an attachment to your on-line application. Attachment(s) must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and should not exceed 10 MB; or
- As an email attachment to Max Penate at mpenate@lacourt.org. Please indicate in the subject line "Data Analyst - Education/Coursework Verification." Please include your first and last name and the examination title on the documentation.
Foreign studies
must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit
www.naces.org or
http://aice-eval.org/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:The ideal candidate will possess the following desirable qualifications:
- Experience conducting research and/or statistical studies to support business decision making.
- Demonstrated experience using Power BI, DAX, Visual BASIC, and/or Excel.
- Knowledge of SQL concepts.
- Hands-on experience with statistical packages such as R, Stata, SPSS, SAS, and others.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills, including project management and facilitation.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of Superior Court of California organization, programs, assignments, customer service, policies, goals, and objectives.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION:PART I: Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials and supplemental questionnaire.
PART II: An online examination, weighted 100%, covering the areas listed below.
No person may complete this assessment more than once every 12 months.- WORK STYLES ASSESSMENT - Covering deductive reasoning, professional potential, achievement, independence, influence, confidence, optimism, and reliability.
- COGNITIVE SKILL- Covering the ability to evaluate arguments, analyze scenarios, draw logical conclusions, and ability to make correct decisions or inferences from numerical or statistical data.
APPLICATION and FILING INFORMATION: Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the
Online Employment Application Guide. Los Angeles Superior Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.
Please provide a current and accurate e-mail address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via e-mail. We recommend that you add
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Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click
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Questions regarding this posting may be e-mailed to
mpenate@lacourt.org.
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. Applicants who successfully pass each (and all) examination part(s) will be placed on an eligible list good for one year. Other vacancies may be filled using this list.
Exam No.: R9726G
DATA ANALYST (Official classification title: Management Analyst)Applications may be submitted online at
www.lacourt.orgOR via the HR computer kiosk at
Los Angeles Superior Court
Human Resources Administration
111 N. Hill Street, Room 203
Los Angeles, CA 90012