The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) oversees all Citywide technology, privacy, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and telecommunications to ensure the security of, and enhance, City operations and service delivery to New York City's residents, businesses, employees, and visitors. As the City's technology and innovation leader, OTI is responsible for operating, maintaining and securing IT infrastructure and systems that touch every aspect of City life from public safety to human services, from education to economic development crossing the full spectrum of governmental operations.

At OTI, we offer great benefits, and the chance to work on projects that have a meaningful impact on millions of people. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, transition our existing data infrastructure to a cloud-centric platform, and collaborate with other passionate professionals who share your drive and commitment to making a difference through technology.

The Office of Data Analytics (ODA) works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and effectively. Historically, this work has mainly taken the form of analyzing agency data to improve City agency operations and working to make Open Data more accessible to all New Yorkers. Upon joining the newly created Office of Technology and Innovation, ODA has also assumed a greater role in determining the direction of the infrastructure that powers non-public data sharing between City agencies, and an expansion of our role in automating data feeds, providing more robust quality assurance, and improving the user experience of the City’s data sharing platforms.

ODA seeks Data Scientist to join a diverse mission-driven urban analytics office and serve as part of the Analytics team, which practices and advances responsible and open analytics in the City of New York. ODA data scientists balance thinking and doing: we are curious and ask questions, but also passionate about rolling up our sleeves to deliver timely answers to complex questions. The successful candidate should be a relentless problem solver, constantly curious and “question asker,” driven to find insights and “a-ha” moments in data and information, and to deliver recommendations to improve operations.

The Data Scientist will complete data analytics projects to better inform agency or interagency policies, programs, and operational practices. The ideal candidate should have prior experience prioritizing and responding to requests for data and analysis from senior leadership, scoping projects and seeing them through delivery, and communicating results from analysis verbally and in writing in a fast-paced environment.

The Data Scientist will report to the Director of Data Science and work closely with other members of the Analytics Team and ODA office on projects. An interest and/or understanding of New York City policy and operations or strong policy or operational analysis capabilities is preferred but not required.

Main Responsibilities:

• Serve as lead or supporting analyst on data analytics projects, in collaboration with project managers, policy analysts, ODA leadership/sponsor, and legal counsel;
• Provide project management, research, and knowledge capture support where needed. This includes developing quality and accurate communications and deliverables, which may receive limited review before delivery, and the ability to lead facilitated conversations with City agency clients;
• Lead or supporting the decision-making process for the scoping and design of the analysis under guidance of a projects lead analyst or ODA leadership;
• Act as a lead project manager on an analytics project with little coaching required to draft a project timeline and adjust as necessary;
• Contribute to development of best practices for municipal responsible and open analytics work; publishing analytics code and projects publicly when possible, in partnership with City agency partners;
• Support ODA as an analytics center for excellence and initiatives that increase City agencies’ data-driven practices, including: the Analytics Exchange (AnEx), data science workforce development initiatives, and best practice exchanges with the private sector and academia;
• Coordinate response efforts and workstreams in the event of a Citywide emergency

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in "2" above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in "1" and "2" above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

The preferred candidate should possess the following:

• Mastery with spreadsheets and at least one coding language (R, Python, etc.) for data manipulation;
• Mastery with ETL scripts, version control, and documentation. Which include but are not limited to a mastery in conducting data landscape analyses, identifying and documenting data sources, joining and integrating datasets, completing data and analysis quality assessment (QA) reviews, and reconciling data questions;
• Mastery with presentation slides, data visualization softwares, maps and memos. This includes leveraging visualization tools to present information in a way that drives fact-based decision making by developing intuitive static and interactive data graphics;
• Experience conducting various types of analysis - minimum expectations include: targeting, prioritizing, anomaly detection, matching, and estimating;
• Strong familiarity with providing statistical support by participating in the development of statistical methodology, study design, and data analysis of analytical projects;
• Mastery in code and analysis review and in providing constructive feedback to peers on analysis quality.

• Interested applicants with other civil service titles who meet the preferred requirements should also submit a resume for consideration

For City employees, please go to Employee Self Service (ESS), click on Recruiting Activities > Careers, and search for Job ID #585200
For all other applicants, please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs/search and search for Job ID #585200

SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW
APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT APPROVAL

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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Brooklyn, NY

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.