COLLEGE AIDE - Budget

City of New York • New York, NY

3h • $18 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities. The OMB Environmental Sustainability and Resiliency (ESR) task force helps fulfilling this mission by integrating climate change mitigation and resiliency into the city's financial planning to address current and future climate risks. The ESR Task Force analyzes and tracks citywide sustainability and resiliency funding and supports agencies and other OMB units in the formulation, design, and evaluation of policies and investments. Within ESR, the Budget Unit assesses the alignment of the City’s investments with its climate goals and helps oversee the budget for the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice. The intern will assist ESR’s Budget Unit by becoming familiar with the New York City budget process in order to build capacity for budgetary review to identify potential opportunities for investment and to make recommendations on how to continue to incorporate sustainability, resiliency, and environmental justice work in NYC’s Climate Budgeting process.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in an accredited college or university.
• Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school.
• Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.
• Must be a New York City resident within 90 days of the date of appointment.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent research and analytical skills.
• Ability to work effectively on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to aggregate and synthesize information to create a clear and cohesive deliverable.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and data visualization skills.
• Interest in, and knowledge about, NYC climate change programmatic and policy efforts; educational or professional experience in this area is a plus.
• Interest in, and knowledge about, NYC government; educational or professional experience in this area is a plus.
• Ability to learn quickly, understand the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, and approach challenges with creativity and objectivity.
• Works well with others in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to assessing the climate impacts of the City’s capital and expense budgets used to inform the fourth annual NYC Climate Budgeting publication.
• Assist in preparing for the publication in capacities including, but not limited to: data cleaning, copy editing, and designing the publication.
• Learn about the City's budget process and expand the OMB ESR task force’s ability to evaluate budget decisions.
• Understand the impacts of city investments on sustainability and resiliency.
• Expand tracking and reporting of sustainability and resiliency spending.
• Assess new sustainability and resiliency proposals to inform recommendations for internal stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree