Data Analyst

City of New York•New York, NY

14d•$90,000 - $125,000

About The Position

The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. The Office of the First Deputy ensures that City government runs efficiently and focuses on many of the administration’s top priorities – from creating opportunities for young people to strengthening the city’s civic infrastructure – the office works in partnership with stakeholders inside and outside of city government to develop, scale, coordinate, and deliver policies, plans, and operations in an equitable and sustainable way.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required.
5+ years of experience.
Strategic thinker and structured problem-solver, able to drive change and innovation while effectively juggling diverse responsibilities and multiple, competing priorities.
Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, and effectively translate complex issues and information for staff at differing levels and diverse stakeholders and audiences.
Strong skills in strategic planning, strategy and policy development, and program and project management.
Ability to quickly build content knowledge in new areas.
Knowledgeable with data and process fluency.
Experience with program and project management, stakeholder buy-in, cross-functional teaming, process streamlining and efficiency improvements, and resource optimization.
Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
Associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative, analytic, coordinative, supervisory or liaison responsibilities.
Four-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent approved by a state's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question "2" above.
Satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions "1," "2," and/or "3" above.

Responsibilities

Work closely with other staff in the First Deputy Mayor’s Office, and coordinate significant inter-agency collaboration, to build buy-in and facilitate effective implementation of these initiatives.
Drive analytical structuring of hypothesis-based problem-solving for complex strategic or operational issues, including data analysis and visualization.
Develop detailed data-driven plans to achieve goals and outputs of strategic projects.
Engage internal and external stakeholders to identify and prioritize activities required and coordinate implementation of these activities.
Proactively identify and mitigate risks, and analytically structure and problem-solve issues that may arise during execution of these projects.
Track and report out on project plans, and support broader updates to senior internal and external stakeholders as required, through preparation of materials, coordination of meetings, etc.
Identify cross-cutting change management needs, and design and coordinate implementation of change management activities associated with special projects.
Collaborate across city agencies to design, plan, and manage implementation of efficiency projects that improve service delivery.
Enhance strategy and operations, or more tactical efforts to problem-solve and sustainably address important issues that arise in the course of business.
Manage projects involving new business strategies, policies, processes and supporting technology, data, human resources and training, which will frequently require analytical structuring and quantitative and qualitative analysis.