Senior Analyst, Grants and Program Operations

Overview

Access and Visitation (AV) Grant Program funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The JCC’s Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC) administers California’s allocation of these funds.

The Senior Analyst serves as the Statewide Coordinator overseeing planning, management, evaluation, and implementation of the AV Grant Program. The role provides subject matter expertise to courts, service providers, partner organizations, and federal administrators, working closely with the Judicial Council’s Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee, CFCC management, and justice partners.

Key responsibilities include:
• Grant and program management expertise
• Training and technical assistance (live and on-demand)
• Program analysis with improvement recommendations
• Federal and state reports and CA code and rule of court compliance

The Senior Analyst oversees annual reporting requirements and acts as the primary liaison for superior courts, community-based grantees, and agencies addressing issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, mental health, and substance use. Responsibilities include grant management oversight, assessing training needs, designing curricula (including remote learning), maintaining program web content, and coordinating with courts, community agencies, and the legislature on grant-related matters.

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, and retirement savings plans. In San Francisco, the office is only a 7-minute walk from the downtown Civic Center BART station. In Sacramento, the office is located minutes from downtown, just north of Discovery Park.

The Judicial Council offers hybrid work arrangements for many positions. The successful candidate will be expected to work in person at the Judicial Council’s Sacramento or San Francisco office at least two days per week, based on their office leader’s direction, and reside in the area 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and administer California’s federally funded Access to visitation (AV) Grant Program, including program development, compliance, funding oversight, data collection, reporting, and contract administration to ensure statutory goals and effective statewide implementation.
• Lead, plan, and deliver live and on-demand education programs for grantee court staff and service providers on Standard 5.20 and Family Code §3200.5 to ensure compliance with §§3201 and 3202(a).
• Conduct data management to ensure timely and accurate data reporting from court staff and service providers.
• Serve as subject matter expert and statewide resource on supervised visitation services in family law cases, providing specialized knowledge, training, technical assistance, and compliance oversight to support courts and service providers.
• Family Code section 3204(a) requires the Judicial Council of California (JCC) to apply annually for federal Child Develop and submit California’s State Grant Application for federal Child Access and Visitation (Family Code section 3202(a)) to OCSS every three years.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:
Attend required weekly and monthly staff meetings; attend bi-annual trainings for professional development; design cross-training education workshops, such as CFCC Beyond the Bench Conference (every two-years), Family Law Institute (every two years) conference, national Supervised Visitation Network (annual); complete required mandatory employee training.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of analytical experience in program analysis, development, 
implementation, research, and/or evaluation.

Possession of a bachelor’s degree in a directly related field for the assigned discipline, such as 
political science, public administration, statistics, mathematics, etc., may be substituted for one (1) 
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

Master’s degree in a directly related field for the assigned discipline, such as political science, public 
administration, statistics, mathematics, etc., that included qualitative and quantitative research, and 
one (1) year of analytical experience in program analysis, development, implementation, research, 
and/or evaluation.

OR

One (1) year in the Analyst classification 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 an 
Analyst in a California superior court or California state-level government entity.

Desirable Qualifications:
• Knowledge: California court system; Rules of Court related to supervised visitation; Supervised Visitation services; Family systems and child development; child custody divorce and separation and the impact on children; domestic violence and child exposure to domestic violence; child abuse, substance abuse and the impact on children, child development, and family systems.
• Skills: Analyze training needs, problems and situations, and arrive at logical, appropriate and fair solutions; Design effective and appropriate training programs; Expertise in teaching adult learners. 
• Working knowledge of data management and visualization tools such as Qualtrics, R, or Power BI.

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 5:00 P.M. on February 10, 2026. However, this position is open until filled.

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)

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Judicial Council of California Is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Supplemental Questions

To better assess the qualifications of each applicant, we will review your responses to the following questions. Please indicate for which employer you performed these functions. Your answers should not exceed a total of three pages.

1. Please describe what interests you in this job and why you believe it is a good fit.