Research Analyst - 700944
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About The Position
The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) protects and enhances the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities. DCWP licenses more than 45,000 businesses in more than 40 industries and enforces key consumer protection, licensing, and workplace laws that apply to countless more. By supporting businesses through equitable enforcement and access to resources and, by helping to resolve complaints, DCWP protects the marketplace from predatory practices and strives to create a culture of compliance. Through its community outreach and the work of its offices of Financial Empowerment and Labor Policy & Standards, DCWP empowers consumers and working families by providing the tools and resources they need to be educated consumers and to achieve financial health and work-life balance. DCWP also conducts research and advocates for public policy that furthers its work to support New York City's communities. For more information about DCWP and its work, call 311 or visit DCWP at nyc.gov/dcwp or on its social media sites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Within DCWP, the Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) focuses on initiatives that support New Yorkers and communities with low incomes in building wealth and improving their financial health. OFE is the first local government initiative in the country with the mission to educate, empower, and protect New Yorkers and neighborhoods with low incomes so they can build assets and make the most of their financial resources. OFE uses data and research, policy, partnerships, and convenings to advance its mission. Using this model, OFE is able to develop, offer, and advocate for innovative programs and products for all New Yorkers. OFE Policy and Research supports and promotes innovative programs and identifies opportunities to shape policies that impact the financial health of New Yorkers. OFE Policy and Research also engages in unique, independent research and analysis to build understanding of New Yorkers financial health and inform OFE's programmatic decisions. As announced in this year's State of the City, the City is unrolling out a new initiative to bring financial empowerment supports to youth in NYC. OFE is currently seeking a highly organized and driven Research Analyst to join OFE's Policy and Research team to support key research initiatives related to OFE's mission. The Research Analyst will assist the Senior Research Analyst and Research Team with data reporting, quantitative analysis, and research activities with a specific focus on youth financial and consumer education, as well as Neighborhood Financial Health. The Research Analyst will work with other programs team to help support data and evaluation reports as well as periodic reporting mandated by local law or executive orders. The Research Analyst should be deeply committed to financial inclusion, and have strong analytic, research, organizational, writing and communication skills to support the implementation and communication of OFE research projects and initiatives.
