Senior Analyst

The Judicial Council of California is accepting applications for the position of Senior Analyst with the Leadership Support Services office.

Under the general direction of the Supervising Analyst, the Senior Analyst is responsible for performing a variety of senior-level analytical tasks. The Leadership Support Services’ Project Management Office (PMO) is the unit responsible for administering large, complex, and ongoing projects assigned by the council’s Executive Office or requested from a Judicial Council office.

The PMO’s shifting adhoc, agency-wide, and cross divisional projects make it a unique and nonconventional unit. The analysts (associate level and senior level) in this unit are expected to manage a wide variety of projects that are assigned based on skillset, workload, and bandwidth, and not always tied to specific areas of responsibility; therefore, analysts may shift projects between each other as work requires. Administrative programs are also often transferred between analysts who share the work based on project assignment and bandwidth, meaning this position most likely will but may not solely lead some of the programs listed in this description.

The Senior Analyst is expected to work independently with minimal to no supervision and produce completed staff work with all assigned projects and tasks. The Senior Analyst is also expected to perform a variety of essential duties as follows: independently manage large, complex projects from concept to fruition; gather, analyze, and evaluate data and information; analyze complex topics, rules of court, and statutory requirements and identify their impact on policies and procedures; collaborate with other Judicial Council offices to directly oversee various advisory bodies; draft complex memos/issue papers/reports for and on behalf of executive management and the Judicial Council, as requested; review, edit, and proofread drafted documents, using the Judicial Council Style and Correspondence Guide; develop databases and other resources to receive and compile data and information; develop, draft, and implement full, formal office procedures; learn and become proficient in utilizing project management tools and programs; provide subject matter expertise within and outside the team in applicable areas; and perform a variety of complex assignments in strategy, planning, and project management.

The Senior Analyst should be comfortable facilitating, presenting, and serving on project teams with staff from all levels of the branch and the organization, including executive staff, judicial officers, external stakeholders, and court leaders, and working closely on many diverse projects with other Judicial Council leadership offices, including Criminal Justice Services, Legal Services, Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Public Affairs, and the Center for Judicial Education and Resources. The Senior Analyst establishes and maintains good working relationships with council management and staff in order to exchange information, resolve issues, and complete work activities of assigned projects.

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, including 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 Civic Center BART station. In Sacramento, the office is 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 San Francisco or Sacramento office at least two days per week, based on their office leader’s direction, and reside in the areas surrounding these locations.

Duties

• May act as project manager to ad-hoc committees, working groups, task forces, and other advisory bodies as assigned and provide direct support to Judicial Council offices related to specific initiatives or projects.
• Serves as lead Leadership Support Services PMO staff to various Judicial Council advisory bodies, as assigned, and coordinates work of other staff and internal subject matter experts.
• Conducts extensive research, data collection, and analysis.
• Performs a variety of research, including but not limited to gathering information and data from internal and external (including branch leadership and staff) subject matter experts.
• Leads and independently manages large, complex projects from concept to implementation.
• Works with client to determine full scope of project requirements, goals, and objectives, including paperwork completion, initial discussions, and information-gathering meetings.
• Drafts and manages production of memos, papers, and reports, including Judicial Council reports and reports to the Legislature.
• Drafts, edits, and proofreads reports while adhering to the Judicial Council Style and Correspondence Guide.
• Develops and implements full, formal office procedures.
• May lead the Communication Responses administrative program.
• Oversees the three areas of communication that the PMO is responsible for addressing: Analyst Response Team, Public Access to Judicial Administrative Records, and California Rules of Court, rule 10.1014 (including coordinating the associate analyst’s intake, response to and tracking of verbal and written communications, and working with Legal Services and other subject matter experts to assess appropriateness of responses when needed).
• May serve as lead to the Government Code 68106 (68106) administrative program, a notification process that requires 60 days’ notice to reduce hours or close services due to budget constraints and/or lack of resources.
• Distributes or oversees distribution of 68106 notices received from courts to appropriate recipients within the council.

Salary

• $7,710 - $11,565/month

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
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.

Other Information

Please note, if you are selected for hire, verification of employment eligibility or 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 August 4, 2025.  

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.
 

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 about this job and why you believe it is a good fit for you. 
2. Describe your experience working independently on either a section of or an entire project (large or small) and your approach to managing it from initial stage to completion.

Benefits

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.