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Requisition No: 879412 

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: BUREAU CHIEF OF RESEARCH & DATA ANALYSIS

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 70005926 

Salary:  $106,822.82 - $112,730.54 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 09/07/2026 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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Advertising/Working Title: Bureau Chief of Research & Data Analysis

This open competitive advertisement is for an anticipated vacancy of the Bureau Chief of Research & Data Analysis, which is Selected Exempt Service (SES), within the Office of Strategic Initiatives.

The Bureau Chief of Research & Data Analysis serves as an exempt supervisory authority responsible for leading teams to facilitate departmental research, population projections, and data governance, while ensuring regulatory compliance. Responsibility also includes representing the agency on the methods behind research and data analysis both internally and externally.

The incumbent will be expected to conduct business at Central Office located in Tallahassee, Florida. This position does not offer telework.

Scope of Responsibility:  

• Senior Leadership and Staff Management: Provide senior level leadership by leading, motivating, and training managers and staff with a responsibility to serve as the hiring authority for the Bureau of Research & Data Analysis.
• Research Operations and Compliance Oversight:
  • Oversee departmental research operations from design through data acquisition, offender population projections, academic research support, and grant-funded projects.
  • Ensure adherence to ACA accreditation standards and regulatory compliance, serving as the official Central Office Records Custodian for research data and managing the production and distribution of statutorily mandated reports, nationwide surveys, and presentations for executive leadership.
• Legislative Representation and Offense Code Coordination:
  • Represent the department at the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference and before the Governor’s office and Legislature, providing expert analysis on population trends, sentencing impacts, fiscal notes, and offense code updates.
• Strategic Data Planning, Governance, and Legislative Support:
  • Lead strategic data planning and governance initiatives as a Decision Team member, collaborating with the Office of Information Technology to modernize data warehouses and the OBIS system, enforcing data quality, security, and inter-agency information exchange protocols.
  • Assist the Director of Strategic Initiatives and the Department’s Executive Team in planning, organizing, directing, and governing data capabilities and initiatives.
  • Support the monitoring and analysis of state and federal legislation and policies impacting data processes, recommending appropriate strategies and approaches
• Interagency Coordination, Data Exchange, and Research Collaboration:
  • Coordinate internally within the department and with other state and federal agencies regarding data and operational technology requirements, practices, and research.
  • Facilitate inter-agency information exchange and provide data and statistics to the U.S. Department of Justice, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and other relevant federal and state agencies.
  • Supervise academic research assistance and grant-funded projects related to corrections, providing consultation and coordination with institutional and regional field staff.

Requirements:

Please note, when submitting a college/university degree, if selected for this position official transcripts will be required.

• Five years of senior level oversight or supervision of data collection practices, principles, procedures, and facilitation or oversight of fulfillment of associated data requests and a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.  
  
  • An additional four years of experience as outlined above may substitute for a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT

The Florida Department of Corrections requires all job applicants and volunteers to pass a Level 2 background check as per Chapter 435, Florida Statutes. This check must be completed before they can start working or volunteering.

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) only hires U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. FDC uses E-Verify to confirm an employee’s eligibility to work after completing the I-9 form.

The Florida Department of Corrections does not currently support H-1B Visa Sponsorship.

For online application issues, call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.