CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST
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Job Description
The Office of Research and Policy Innovation (ORPI) brings together four units that provide critical policyrelated information through scientific research and evaluation methods to agency leadership. ORPI also supports a broad network of homeless services providers as the official NYC government partner for federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants.
As the DSS policy analysis research and program evaluation unit the Office of Evaluation and Research (OER; a unit of the DSS Office of Research and Policy Innovation ORPI) informs highlevel decisionmaking across DSSHRADHS. Through rigorous research studies and evaluations OER develops and analyzes the evidence base for HRA and DHS work and provides unbiased recommendations regarding priority issues and initiatives to the NYC Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner the Human Resources Administration (HRA) and Department of Homeless Services (DHS) Administrations the DSS Chief Program Planning and Financial Management Officer and HRA and DHS program leadership. Staff bring an interdisciplinary lens to their work drawing on a broad range of quantitative and qualitative social science research methods.
OER is recruiting for one (1) City Research Scientist II who will support a large portfolio of program evaluations and research studies related to homelessness prevention street outreach homeless shelter services and rehousing. In that capacity the CRS II will:
Conduct outcome and impact evaluations of pilot programs and other priority interventions across a wide range of DSS/HRA/DHS program areas using rigorous experimental quasiexperimental and mixedmethods designs.
Implement policy and data research projects to address questions posed by program leadership and executive staff about agency operations and policies and the needs and experiences of our clients staff and other target populations.
Work with large administrative sets including data matching data cleaning and conducting bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses.
Collect primary data in support of evaluation and research efforts including drafting data collection instruments and consent processes and coordinating logistics for surveys interviews focus groups and observations of clientstaff interactions.
Produce environmental scans and literature reviews synthesizing existing research from the academic literature and external research organizations.
Support the agencys annual effort to estimate unsheltered homelessness in NYC (the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate HOPE).
Present findings at internal and external meetings including national research conferences.
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Work location: 4 World Trade Center
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters 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 fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters 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 fulltime 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 masters 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.
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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
