Principal Research Assistant

Center for Justice Innovation

part-time

Posted on: 10/11/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $38 - $44 per hour

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About the role

Clean, code, and analyze statewide drug court administrative data provided by the Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia (CACJ)
Create summary descriptive tables based on statewide administrative data
Identify key areas of interest/discussion to be included in the statewide survey/administrative data report (e.g., caseload, staffing, completion rates, treatment options, challenges)
Identify key grouping strategies for presenting findings from the statewide survey/administrative data (e.g., by region, jurisdiction size, eligible charge types)
Finalize descriptive survey/administrative data tables for the report
Draft and/or edit sections of the survey/administrative data report
Edit and provide feedback across all written materials
Participate in monthly update calls with Georgia stakeholders
Solicit and incorporate feedback from Georgia stakeholders
Additional tasks as necessary.

Master's degree and 10+ years of research experience is required
PhD is preferred
Understanding of the drug treatment court model
Experience working with Georgia’s administrative court data
Experience working in SPSS or R to clean, code, merge, and analyze large administrative criminal justice/court data sets
Experience presenting quantitative data for research reports (including for non-research audiences)
Experience working with drug court practitioners and acting as an organizational representative to outside agencies
Strong writing skills, including writing for non-research audiences.

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

data analysisdata cleaningdata codingdata mergingquantitative data presentationadministrative data reportingstatistical analysisSPSSR

strong writing skillsfeedback incorporationstakeholder communicationorganizational representation

Master's degreePhD