ANALYST IV

We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs. Our mission is to facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals in our care back to their communities, equipping them with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs in a safe and humane environment.

CDCR and CCHCS are committed to transforming the correctional landscape to create safer, more professional, and more fulfilling environments for employees, the incarcerated population, and those supervised in our communities. Through systemwide improvements grounded in proven and emerging practices, we aim to strengthen rehabilitation, enhance workplace satisfaction, and support successful reentry into the community.

We are committed to building an inclusive and respectful workplace, attracting and hiring candidates from all communities, and empowering employees from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and personal experiences. We foster inclusion and collaboration at all levels of the Department, encouraging creativity, fairness, honesty, and respect.

Effective July 1, 2025, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) requires each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit R01, and related Excluded, Exempt, and Statutory Exempt employees, to have their base salary reduced by three percent and receive five PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027. Salaries listed do not reflect this reduction.

About the Role

This Analyst IV position is located at Headquarters in Elk Grove, Sacramento County. Under the general direction of the Assistant Secretary, Office of Public & Employee Communications (OPEC), the Analyst IV acts as a policy advisor and provides high-level expertise on complex, sensitive, and confidential program issues. The Analyst IV may act independently on behalf of the Assistant Secretary in various situations, including high-level meetings, litigation, and policy development, to support CDCR’s primary mission.

Main communication for this position will be conducted via email. A valid email address must be provided on your application.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a policy advisor on complex, sensitive, and confidential program issues.
• Act independently on behalf of the Assistant Secretary in high-level meetings, litigation, policy development, and other critical situations.
• Provide expertise to support CDCR’s mission of public safety and successful community reintegration.