Public Sector Data Scientist: Urban Analytics Lead

New York City Office of Technology & Innovation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

New York City Office of Technology & Innovation seeks a Data Scientist to join the Analytics team within the Office of Data Analytics. You will work on projects that inform agency policies, programs, and operations, balancing hands-on analysis with delivering timely answers to complex questions.

You will report to the Director of Data Science and collaborate with analytics teams and city partners to advance responsible and open analytics in the City of New York.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• A bachelor’s 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.
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to “1”, “2”, or “3” above.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead or supporting analyst on data analytics projects in collaboration with project managers, policy analysts, and legal counsel.
• Provide project management, research, and knowledge capture support, including developing communications and deliverables; lead conversations with City agency clients.
• Lead or support the scoping and design of analysis under guidance of a projects lead analyst or ODA leadership.
• Act as a lead project manager on an analytics project with little coaching to draft a project timeline.
• Contribute to development of best practices for municipal responsible and open analytics work; publish analytics code and projects publicly, when possible.
• Support ODA as an analytics center for excellence and initiatives that increase data-driven practices; coordinate response efforts in emergencies.
• Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned.

Skills

Spreadsheets

Coding (R/Python)

ETL scripts

Version control

Documentation

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering/HCI/dataviz/related field

Associate degree + 6 years experience

Bachelor’s degree + 8 years experience

Equivalent combination of education/experience

Job description

New York City Office of Technology & Innovation seeks a Data Scientist to join the Analytics team within the Office of Data Analytics. You will work on projects that inform agency policies, programs, and operations, balancing hands-on analysis with delivering timely answers to complex questions.

You will report to the Director of Data Science and collaborate with analytics teams and city partners to advance responsible and open analytics in the City of New York.