Senior Data Analyst (Senior Business Systems Analyst) (One-year, Limited Term; 32 hours per week)

Overview

The Research, Analytics, and Data (RAD) office is accepting applications for a limited term Senior Business Systems Analyst (Sr. BSA) position. The Sr. BSA will work as a senior data analyst. This position is a temporary, limited term assignment for up to 0.80 FTE (32 hours per week) for a duration of no more than one year, contingent on the availability of funds.

This position provides professional-level analytical work for data reporting, analytics, and validation of a new technical solution for the Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS) data reporting. This is large-scale, complex enterprise project that proposes to replace a system that has been in place for over twenty years. As such, this role will require professional-level technical skills to create and implement processes for data validation, user acceptance testing, and project implementation. This role will support the RAD team during the current phase of work, which involves onboarding about 8 courts and also building out the product management/ongoing support requirements so that RAD can use this new technology for JBSIS data reporting. This position works independently and with limited supervision in support of major initiatives that have statewide impact.

The Judicial Council
The Judicial Council of California is the policy setting body for the state court system and has constitutionally conferred statewide rule-making authority. This authority includes developing, advocating for, and allocating the judicial branch budget. A majority of Council members are California state justices and judges; however, the Council also includes lawyers, legislators, and court administrators.

By enhancing its role as a leadership, knowledge, and service resource for the judicial branch, the Judicial Council’s staff organization seeks to continue to evolve as one of California’s most dynamic public service entities, focused on improving access to justice for all Californians by innovating and responding to the changing needs of the courts and the public. As a government body charged with improving the statewide administration of justice, the Judicial Council has multiple offices with diverse responsibilities relating to court policy and operations. As employees of the council, every member of staff should view and approach their work as one Judicial Council with a public service mission that is greater than the sum of its parts.

The Judicial Council strives for work life balance and includes substantial vacation and holiday time. In addition, we offer an excellent benefits package including pension, medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending, up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs, student loan forgiveness as part of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), and retirement savings plans. In San Francisco, the office is only a 7-minute walk from the downtown Civic Center BART station.

The Judicial Council offers hybrid work arrangements for many positions. For this position. the successful candidate will be expected to work in person at the Judicial Council’s San Francisco office at least two days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays), based on their office leader’s direction, and reside in the areas surrounding this location. To be eligible for Judicial Council employment and participation in the Judicial Council’s Hybrid Work Program, a prospective or current employee’s primary residence/remote work location must be in the State of California and within a 150-mile driving radius of their assigned reporting location.

This position is funded at 80% of a full-time equivalent (32 hours per week). Besides the requirement to work onsite Tuesday and Wednesday for full (eight-hour) days, the remaining hours may be scheduled flexibly, based on mutual agreement.

Responsibilities

•    Create, update, and refine data dictionary for data collection in the new technical platform and for other branch data as needed.
•    Document and prepare change requests. Describe use cases in appropriate level of detail, identify test cases, perform and describe impact analysis. 
•    Perform data validation checks to ensure performance according to business specifications.
•    Develop, coordinate, and execute test plans, test criteria, and test user scripts for data validation.
•    Provide data reporting and validation assistance to trial courts.
•    Serve as a technical lead to the RAD team to gather use cases, prepare process flows, and map business processes that will be needed for JBSIS governance on the new reporting platform. 
•    Make presentations to internal team, create new business dashboards and validation matrices to visualize data, and create training materials for courts.
•    Serve as data analytics consultant to courts and JCC offices:
a.    Use advanced statistical methods and analytical techniques to formulate and test hypotheses, implement research design 
b.    Use complex, inferential statistical analysis to clean, weight, validate, and aggregate data
c.    Develop, research, design and implement research protocols to resolve data mapping issues and implement data quality control protocols to ensure accuracy and completeness of data
d.    Prepare dashboards, visualizations, analyses, memos, trainings, presentations, and reports for various internal and external audiences
e.    Establish and execute branch data governance policies and protocols
 

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and five (5) years of experience providing technical and business process support, analysis, or project management for systems/applications.

Possession of a bachelor’s degree in a directly related field such as computer science, management information systems, etc., may be substituted for one of the years of required experience.

An additional four (4) years of professional experience as noted above may substitute for the bachelor’s degree. Or, additional directly related experience and/or education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

OR

One (1) year as a Business Systems Analyst with the Judicial Council of California or one (1) year of experience performing the duties of a class comparable in the level of responsibility to that of a Business Systems Analyst in a California superior court or California state-level government entity.

Other Information

Please note, if you are selected for hire, verification of employment authorization to work in the United States will be required. 

How To Apply

This position requires the submission of our official application, responses to the supplemental questions, and a resume. To ensure consideration of your application for the earliest round of interviews, please apply by 5PM on April 15, 2026.

To complete the online application, please click the Apply for Job button.

The Judicial Council provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities who request such accommodation. Reasonable accommodation needs should be requested through Human Resources at (415) 865-4260. Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) is available by dialing 711. Once connected, provide the relay operator with the number for Human Resources: 415-865-4260.

Pay and Benefits

$7,941 - $11,912 per month

Please note due to statewide fiscal conditions, the posted salary range is subject to a temporary 3% reduction. In exchange for this reduction, judicial branch employees accrue an additional 5 hours of paid personal leave per month through June 30, 2027.

Some highlights of our benefits package include:
•    Health/Dental/Vision benefits program
•    14 paid holidays per calendar year
•    Choice of Annual Leave or Sick/Vacation Leave
•    1 personal holiday per year
•    Up to $130 per month reimbursement for qualifying commuting costs
•    CalPERS Retirement Plan
•    401(k) and 457 deferred compensation plans
•    Employee Assistance Program
•    Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
•    FlexElect Program
•    Pretax Parking
•    Long Term Disability Program (employee paid/optional)
•    Group Legal Plan (employee paid/optional)
•    Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Judicial Council of California Is an Equal Opportunity Employer.