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The State of Connecticut, Social Equity Council (SEC) is now accepting applications for a Research Analyst. The SEC is located in Hartford, and housed at the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) for administrative purposes.
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- Professional growth and development opportunities.
- A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
- Hybrid.
- Full Time, 40 hours per week.
- Monday - Friday.
- First Shift.
- Location: Hartford.
THE ROLE
On June 22, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation that legalizes and regulates the adult use of cannabis in Connecticut. The legislation made comprehensive changes to create a novel and substantial regulatory and economic development apparatus within government to operationalize the equitable and responsible legalization of adult-use cannabis. The law specifies numerous equity programs that are overseen by the Social Equity Council (SEC) which is funded by cannabis-related revenue streams.
As a Research Analyst on our team, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and review of policies and procedures, staying updated on legislative initiatives, and ensuring timely and efficient review of applications, Workforce Development Plans, and Social Equity Plans. You will also be responsible for:
- Analyzing and reporting on program productivity.
- Evaluating written policies, ensuring they align with current program goals, initiatives, and procedures.
- Reviewing all external-facing guidance, ensuring clear and consistent messaging for applicants.
- Analyzing annual program performance, comparing it to yearly goals and objectives, and communicate findings to the Executive Director.
- Creating comprehensive reports detailing contractor and subcontractor staff productivity, helping the Executive Director monitor and evaluate performance.
- Performing additional duties as required.
ABOUT US
The mission of SEC is to promote and encourage full participation in the cannabis industry by people disproportionately harmed by cannabis prohibition and enforcement, and to support broad-based economic development in those communities. SEC is led by an Executive Director and is overseen by a council comprising of appointees by the legislature, Governor, and other elected officials. SEC is housed for administrative purposes only within DECD.
SEC is responsible for overseeing the verification of social equity applicants, as defined in law, creating new programs to support both cannabis businesses and businesses in other industries, and managing the more general community investments derived from cannabis tax revenue. SEC works closely with multiple Connecticut agencies and partners, including DECD and the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), to carry out its duties.
SEC is responsible for overseeing the verification of social equity applicants, as defined in law, creating new programs to support both cannabis businesses and businesses in other industries, and managing the more general community investments derived from cannabis tax revenue. SEC works closely with multiple Connecticut agencies and partners, including DECD and the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), to carry out its duties.
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Selection Plan
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in research design and implementation.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Develops and implements formal research projects and assists in these activities on more comprehensive and complex research assignments;
- Analyzes, interprets and prepares data in a variety of ways;
- Prepares narrative and statistical reports;
- Develops computerized databases and analyzes and interprets computer generated reports;
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of
- research methods and techniques;
- statistics;
- Skills
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to
- analyze data;
- develop programs and use prepackaged computer programs to perform data analysis;
- understand agency related policies and procedures as they relate to research.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Six (6) years of professional experience in research, data analysis or economics.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
- College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
- A Master's degree in economics, statistics or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
- Successful completion of a Connecticut Careers Trainee program approved by the Department of Administrative Services may be substituted for the General Experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience conducting research for state, municipal, or federal government funded programs.
- Experience with policies and procedures of data governance and data matching.
- Experience developing procedures to streamline reporting data from agency and public data sources.
- Experience using software such as Microsoft Office, R (language and environment for statistical computing and graphics), SAS (Statistical Analysis System) or Python for data preparation and analysis.
- Experience using tools such as Tableau or DataWrapper for dashboard development.
