Predictive Analytics Aide

City of New York-posted about 22 hours ago

Part-time • Intern

New York City, NY

101-250 employees

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THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $21.40 P/HR The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment. In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement, and programs for youth in the community. ACS’ Division of Policy, Planning and Measurement (PPM) collaborates with every ACS division to bring knowledge to practice. PPM guides systems analysis and strategic systems improvement; assures quality of practice at ACS and its provider agencies; professionalizes the frontline workforce; brings knowledge into practice; provides research and analytic support; and plans and develops new programs and policies. PPM is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Predictive Analytics College Aid to join our team. As Predictive Analytics Aid, you will support the Predictive Analytics Team within the Office of Research and Analytics, which is in process of building a risk model that will identify cases most in need of investigative consultation. This internship offers an excellent opportunity to work as a member of a team to identify high-risk cases during the early stages of the investigation so that the right cases get referred and receive timely attention for the most concerning factors.

Extensive feature engineering to identify the right factors with predictive power
Use various imputation methods to identify and deal with missing or inconsistent data entry information
Use different model-building methodologies to identify the right model for the problem statement and nature of data
Perform forecasting and data modeling: Using appropriate methodologies, evaluating data patterns, monitoring key performance metrics, and performing root cause analysis
Analyze features to evaluate feature importance
Data visualization using software such as Tableau, R, or Python
Draft literature reviews: Research best practices about the use of predictive models in child welfare, juvenile justice, and other relevant domains such as other social services and criminal justice.
Use current research on fairness, accountability, and transparency from the machine-learning community (i.e., FATML) to inform model development and implementation

Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.
For Assignment Level II (Information Technology): Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or closely related field, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
For Assignment Level III (Information Technology Fellow): Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or other area relevant to the information technology project(s) assigned, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.

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