Data & Project Management Analyst

Nyc-Housing-Authority; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NYCHA is seeking a Data & Project Management Analyst to coordinate compliance efforts across multiple units and leverage data analytics to improve housing programs.

The role involves forecasting workloads, preparing reports for internal and public audiences, and leading data standardization across projects with advanced BI and GIS tools.

Qualifications

• Experience using performance data and quality assurance processes to ensure efficient, compliant work in health/environmental areas.
• Expertise in blending, analyzing, and reporting quantitative data from multiple sources.
• Strong analytical skills; experience with BI visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI).
• Familiarity with data management software, GIS, statistical packages (R, SAS, STATA, SPSS, PYTHON).
• Project management and ability to lead cross-functional teams on data standards.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret research results related to policy.
• Forecast workloads and prepare revenue/expense estimates with statistical methods.
• Prepare comprehensive reports for administrative and public use.
• Perform data mining to uncover trends in regulatory compliance workflows.
• Lead cross-unit teams to standardize data formats and tools across projects.

Skills

Performance data

Quality assurance

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

SQL

Tableau/Power BI

GIS / CARTO

R/SAS/STATA

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

OBIEE

GIS CARTO

Python

Job description

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s oldest and largest public housing authority with more than 177,000 apartments, and responsibility for administering a citywide Section 8 leased housing program that serves over 150,000 additional tenants. NYCHA’s mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility.

Reporting to the Senior Advisor in the Office of the Senior Vice President of Quality Assurance Safety and Technical Programs, the Data & Project Management Analyst is responsible for a portfolio of business units and works directly with designated business unit liaisons to coordinate and manage compliance efforts within those units. The Data & Project Management Analyst must have specialized knowledge in data analytics. Knowledge in housing, health and/or environmental policy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret the results of research in relation to overall policy.
• Use statistical methods to forecast workloads or to prepare revenue and expense estimates.
• Prepare comprehensive reports presenting and interpreting statistical information for administrative use and for the information of the public.
• Perform data mining exercises to uncover trends or patterns in complex business and/or construction transactions and workflows that pertain to regulatory compliance.
• Perform very complex and responsible analytical work, ad-hoc analyses, and prepare relevant reports and presentations as assigned.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop, document and maintain policies, procedures, systems, and applications to support meeting deadlines.
• Lead teams from across the Authority on ways to best leverage, utilize, and even establish standards on the use and application of data, data formats, and data analytical tools across projects.
• Identify gaps in programmatic and IT related processes and ensure improvements are being addressed.
• Conduct site reviews and programmatic monitorings.
• Develop targeted reports, dashboards, and data visualization models that surface key information.
• Serve as a technical resource person providing guidance to other staff in specialized housing areas related to health and environmental conditions; resolve complex and /or unusual problems in these areas.
• Prepare project updates, briefings, presentations, agendas, and materials for internal and external meetings.
• Perform day-to-day project management responsibilities and notify the Senior Advisor when/if issues arise that require senior management intervention.

NOTE: IF THIS APPOINTMENT IS MADE ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS PURSUANT TO 65 OF THE NYS CIVIL SERVICE LAW, NO TENURE OR PERMANENCE ACCRUES TO AN INCUMBENT IN THIS POSITION BY VIRTUE OF SUCH APPOINTMENT.

NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program. For detailed information regarding the 55-a Program, please click on the link below: https://bit.ly/55aProgram

Additional Information

• NYCHA employees applying for transfer, promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
• NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
• NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans, deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS).

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

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Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or more of the course areas of statistics, mathematics, computer science/information technology, operations research and econometrics; 12 semester credits of which must be in statistics and/or econometrics; and one of the following:
(A) one year of satisfactory full-time experience in one or more of the fields of statistical or mathematical analysis, information technology, operations research and/or econometrics; or
(B) a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in statistics, mathematics, computer science/information technology, operations research, econometrics, or a closely related field.

Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one additional year of full-time professional statistical analysis experience.

Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least two additional years of full-time professional statistical analysis experience.

Preferred Skills

• Use performance data and quality assurance processes to ensure that the business unit’s work is conducted efficiently, effectively, and in compliance with all rules and regulations specifically related to environmental, health, and safety.
• Experience managing, blending, analyzing, and reporting on quantitative data from multiple sources.
• Strong analytical skills. Knowledge of crystal reporting, pivot tables/charts, and business intelligent data visualization tools (OBIEE, Tableau, Power BI) a plus.
• Fluid understanding and working with data management software, geographic information systems (GIS) (CARTO/CARTODB), statistical programs (R) (SAS) (STATA) (SPSS) (PYTHON), and relational database systems (SQL, Oracle Business Intelligence).
• Project management skills with experience in managing and supervising administrative projects. Familiarity with Smartsheet, Basecamp, Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Projects.
• Experience managing high-priority projects and tracking project lifecycles.
• Experience working collaboratively to develop and execute project plans.
• Ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through strategic planning.
• Extensive research and writing skills related to health and environmental conditions with the ability to communicate in different styles and to varied audiences (e.g., memoranda, policies, abstracts, manuscripts, grants, proposals, protocols, presentations, outreach materials, and social media).
• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage and facilitate cooperation among multiple stakeholders.
• Firm working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

NYCHA has no residency requirements.

Additional Information

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.