Public Safety Master Scheduler

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

City of New York’s Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) seeks an IT Project Specialist in Brooklyn, NY to organize scheduling, log timelines, and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule for multiple projects. You will facilitate task setup, track progress, and update weekly milestones while coordinating with stakeholders for on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include change control governance, risk assessment, and reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• Organize, implement and maintain the scheduling management system supporting identified projects and their plans.
• Log project timelines and maintain a master, integrated schedule.
• Develop and update weekly short interval/upcoming milestone schedule.
• Define and implement change control management processes and governance.

Responsibilities

• Roll up individual project plans into an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and provide summary visuals for coordination and reporting.
• Interact with project staff to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
• Evaluate schedule progress and risks, identifying variances from baselines and recommending actions.
• Ensure risk information from Change Board is captured and acted upon across the program.
• Perform special projects and initiatives as assigned.

Skills

Scheduling

Risk analysis

Change control

Documentation

Education

Bachelors degree (CS, Eng, HCI, interactive media, data visualization, communications or related)

Associate degree + 6 years related experience

Bachelors + 8 years related experience

Equivalent education/experience

Job description

• Salary Band: $100,000 to $125,000
• Compensation: USD 75,000 - USD 110,000

Job Description

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) leverages technology to drive opportunity, improve public safety, and help government run better across New York City. From delivering affordable broadband to protecting against cybersecurity threats and building digital government services, OTI is at the forefront of how the city delivers for New Yorkers in the 21st century. Watch our welcome video to see our work in action, follow us on social media NYCOfficeofTech, and visit www.oti.nyc.gov to learn more.

• Organize, implement and maintain the scheduling management system supporting identified projects and their plans;
• Assist setting up tasks and sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project requirements as scheduled;
• Log project time-lines and maintain a master, integrated schedule of tasks and their status;
• Roll up individual project plans and dependencies into an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and provide summary level schedule visuals for coordination and reporting purposes;
• Interact with project staff to schedule work, coordinate assignments and identification of variances from original/baseline plans;
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas;
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around;
• Develop and update weekly short interval/upcoming milestone schedule;
• Assist project teams to develop and maintain periodic status reports to keep management informed on project progress regarding schedule;
• Conduct what-if analyses to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules;
• Define and implement the change control management processes for identifying, organizing, assessing, and executing updates to project scope and any related deliverables or solution components, ensure that projects adhere to the change control management processes and that change control is properly governed;
• Work in conjunction with the Program Director and Project Management team to manage change control and ensure consistency and alignment of change control management across the program;
• Ensure that the risk associated with each change is well understood by ensuring that the Change Board has the necessary functional and business representation plus comprehensive impact information from the appropriate project teams;
• Ensure that changes are performed in an efficient and effective manner with minimal disruption, and are recorded, evaluated, authorized, prioritized, planned, communicated, tested, implemented, documented and reviewed in a consistent and controlled manner;
• Perform special projects and initiatives as assigned.

Hours / Shift

Day – Due to the necessary technical support duties of this position in a 24/7 operation, candidate may be required to work various shifts such as weekends and/or nights/evenings.

Work Location

Brooklyn, NY

OTI participates in E-Verify

IT PROJECT SPECIALIST - 95710

Qualifications

1. 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
2. 2. An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
3. 3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
4. 4. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above.

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.