Data & Project Management Analyst

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides sustainable, inclusive, and safe public housing while fostering economic mobility for New Yorkers. The Data & Project Management Analyst coordinates compliance efforts across business units, performs advanced data analysis, develops reports and dashboards, and manages projects related to regulatory, health, environmental, and operational programs.

What you'll do:

• 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

What they're looking for:

• 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:
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Benefits:

• A choice of medical coverage plans
• Deferred compensation plans
• A defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS)
• Prospective employees may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs