Data Scientist

City of New York • New York City, NY

15d

About The Position

The New York City Police Department’s mission is to improve quality of life in New York City by working with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The Department seeks to foster a safe and fair city through strategic resource deployment, crime prevention, addressing quality-of-life concerns, and building community relationships.

Within the Police Commissioner’s Office, the Chief Analytics Officer’s team conducts quantitative analysis for the Police Commissioner and coordinates efforts to mature and modernize analytics across the Department. The team is seeking a skilled and motivated data scientist to conduct quantitative analyses, build automated reports, and interpret complex data for Department leadership. Analysts provide timely, reliable answers to operational and executive questions by gathering and analyzing data, creating clear visualizations, and explaining findings to non-technical audiences in plain language. The role calls for curiosity, clear communication, accuracy, requirements gathering, and decision support.

The position is listed as City Research Scientist, title code 21744. Appointments are subject to a minimum one-year probationary period. Applicants must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Requirements

• For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological, and environmental sciences and public health): a master's degree from an accredited college or university, specializing in an appropriate field of physical, biological, or environmental science, or public health.
• For Assignment Level II and above, one of the following: a doctorate in an appropriate physical, biological, environmental, or social science field and one year of full-time responsible supervisory, administrative, or research experience in the specialization; a master's degree in an appropriate physical, biological, environmental, or social science field and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the specialization; or equivalent education and/or experience.
• All candidates for Assignment Level II and above must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate specialization and at least two years of the specified responsible full-time research experience.
• Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I may substitute for the experience required under the doctorate and master's degree pathways.
• Ability to gather requirements and support decision-making.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Accuracy and ability to deliver reliable answers on tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative analyses for Department leadership.
• Build automated reports.
• Interpret complex data for Department leadership.
• Gather requirements and support decision-making.
• Pull and analyze data on tight timelines to answer operational and executive questions.
• Build clear visualizations.
• Explain results to non-technical audiences in plain language.
• Contribute to efforts to mature and modernize analytics at the Department.

Benefits

• Health insurance for employees, spouses or domestic partners, and unemancipated children under age 26.
• Union benefits, including dental and vision coverage.
• Paid annual leave and sick leave.
• Paid holidays.
• Pension.
• Optional savings and pre-tax programs, including Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time