THIS IS A TEMPORARY, GRANT-FUNDED POSITION. 

This position is grant-funded and may be limited to the duration of the grant.

The Office of Research and Development (ORD) is organizationally situated within the Office of the Police Commissioner (OPC) and is responsible for the research and development of innovative strategies and police practices that focus on issues relevant to modern policing. The ORD supports and advances the Boston Police Department’s mission: to work in partnership with the community to fight crime, reduce fear, and improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods of Boston. 

Under the supervision of the Director of the ORD, the Program Coordinator will coordinate, manage, and administer all MGC CMF grant programs (FY 2022, 2023 & 2025, while also conducting extensive analyses of crime and intelligence data using analytic technology and other statistical software.  This position will be required to report back to the MGC and related Research Consultants hired by the MGC to analyze the impact of Encore casino operations on crime incidents and report City of Boston (COB) specific crime data. This position will be funded through a grant from the MGC, CMF COB Block Grant, and support the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) public safety strategy to mitigate the negative crime impacts of Encore Casino operations. 

Program Coordinator responsibilities include:

• Administer, implement, and financially manage the many strategies proposed in our current and future MGC grant programs.
• Staff, both internal and external law enforcement partnerships, collaborations, and communication efforts are ongoing through the development and staffing of an Encore Casino Public Safety Task Force.
• Through that task force, facilitate the development of Memorandums of Understanding, amongst and between law enforcement agencies involved in casino operations.
• Provide to the MGC the crime and research data needed for the MGC to effectively analyze the impact of gaming on Boston crime incidents while participating in any and all research partnerships embarked upon by the MGC.
• Grant application planning, collaboration, writing, and submission.
• Award and contract acceptance; grant program and budget set up; program implementation, monitoring, evaluation; and quarterly/semi-annual and final reporting.
• Supporting all BPD Units that have been awarded MGC CMF funding as they purchase equipment and supplies; plan and attend their approved training; personnel data analyst responsibilities include:

Working within an analytic team to collect, review, collate, and analyze data and information; producing and disseminating intelligence reports in support of the COB’s community mitigation and public safety strategy, as it relates to Encore Casino operations; contributing to efforts involving the research of various documents, reports, raw data, and internet-based material, to provide the analysis and summarization of results for inclusion in reports and presentations.  

• Utilize analytic software (to include word processing and publishing, data discovery, data search, process mapping, databases and spreadsheets, pivot tables, link analysis, social media analysis, and geospatial analysis technologies) to augment and facilitate analysis and intelligence production.
• Communicate and collaborate with colleagues and professional partners via multiple platforms to include secure internet/web-based forums, telephone, email and police radio.
• Performs related work as required.

• Applicants must possess a babachelor'segree from an accredited college or university and have a minimum of three (3) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience where the major duties involved the analysis of information and data, use of technology and data management systems, and production of detailed analytic reports.
• A bachelor's degree in Geography, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, or related topics may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.
• A high level of accuracy and attentiveness to numerical calculation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail as required by the job. 
• It is strongly preferred that applicants have extensive experience using ESRI Mapping software, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access. 
• Upon hire, employees will be asked to obtain and maintain a SECRET-level national security clearance.
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
• Comply with legal, policy, and regulatory requirements.
• Apply sound professional judgment to protect confidential information, as well as privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
• Applicants must be permanent or naturalized U.S. citizens. 

CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK REQUIRED

PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG TEST REQUIRED

BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED

THIS IS A TEMPORARY GRANT-FUNDED POSITION

Terms:
Union/Salary/Grade: Non-Union/ MM2-6
Hours per week:  35