Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) jobs
We are the trusted resource for answers to the Legislature's toughest questions about government performance. Our reports help make state government more effective, efficient, and accountable.
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We're a small organization with fascinating work and great people. We don't have a lot of turnover. But when we do, we're looking for people who are smart, curious, and excited to work for the Legislature.
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What we do
We are the Legislature’s nonpartisan performance auditors. Our assignments come from the Legislature through policy and budget bills; all members have a role in deciding what we study. Our work informs its policy making and oversight responsibilities.
No matter the question, we present clear answers based on independent research and rigorous analysis.
- Learn about our role, structure, and types of audits
What we study
From taxes to transportation, environment to education, if it happens in state government, we can evaluate it.
- Check out our performance audits page to see recent and planned studies.
What does nonpartisan mean?
Our role is to evaluate performance. This might include whether a program or policy achieved the Legislature’s goals. We do not take or advocate any policy positions.
About us
We are a small office with about 30 full-time staff. Our backgrounds are varied: our staff include economists, communicators, mathematicians, anthropologists, political scientists, historians, and more.
We value respect, excellence, collaboration, improvement, and humor.
- Respect: We are honest, fair, and considerate. We value the Legislature as the policy-making body we serve and the agencies as professionals under real constraints.
- Excellence: We hold ourselves to high standards and use methods that are ambitious and sound.
- Collaboration: We value and seek our colleagues’ diverse ideas and skills. Our work is a product of the office as a whole.
- Improvement: We learn and adapt, growing from our experiences.
- Humor: We keep perspective and take the work seriously, but not ourselves.
We are nationally recognized, winning multiple awards for impact, presentation, and methods.
Benefits and perks
We have a full-time staff of nonpartisan professionals. Qualified employees are eligible for the following:
Flexible hours, hybrid office: Schedules help staff meet both work and personal goals.
Annual and sick leave: 14-25 days of vacation per year, 12 days of sick leave.
Paid holidays: 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday.
Learning & development: 80+ hours of paid training related to your job every 2 years.
Health, dental, and vision: High-quality and affordable medical and dental coverage.
Retirement: Plans include employer contributions and tax-deferred investments.
Other benefits: Flexible spending accounts, dependent care assistance program, public service loan forgiveness program, employee assistance program, other insurances (e.g., long-term disability, AD&D).