Data Scientist

Company Description

Job Description

*IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATE MUST EITHER BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE ECONOMIST TITLE, REACHABLE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE LIST,
OR ELIGIBLE UNDER THE 55A PROGRAM.*

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division's responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The Bicycle Unit is responsible for the nation's largest network of on-street bicycle facilities (1000+ lane-miles), enhancing street safety, and increasing bike ridership in NYC. The team's primary focus is on innovative redesign of City streets to expand and improve the bike network.

The NYC DOT is seeking to hire a highly motivated, creative, and critical thinker who is passionate about all forms of communications and views it as an integral part in increasing cycling and micromobility in New York City. Under the direction of senior staff, the selected candidate will perform tasks including overseeing existing and new data collection and analysis programs; expand automated data collection program; plan, design, maintain, and support the Bike Unit's internal databases related to bicycle and micromobility counts; use programming languages to examine complex and nuanced questions and developing statistical models; carry out related tasks related to compliance with Open Data Law (LL12). Assist with the management of grants related to the development of pedestrian and bicycle/micromobility model. Conduct research projects with internal stakeholders and external partners; develop and apply post-street improvement project evaluation processes; develop framework to evaluate non-Capital SIPs for existing and new material performance, and maintenance. Use data to identify travel patterns, conduct safety analysis, and analyze future infrastructure investment. Develop research reports, and public facing results; communicate technical and economic issues to technical and non-technical audiences; and perform related duties.

The ideal candidates should be detail oriented, accurate and a capable team player, plus have a positive attitude and possess excellent communication skills. Under the guidance and direction of senior staff, the candidates will be expected to work collaboratively and inclusively, seeking to cultivate continued professional development and effectively communicate with all stakeholders. The candidates will be responsible for ensuring adherence to all agency safety rules and regulations in creating a safe work environment for themselves and colleagues, ensuring all safety equipment and gear are used and worn properly where/when required.

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment

PREFERRED SKILLS:
Ideal candidates must be able to demonstrate strong creative and analytical problem-solving skills and have experience or demonstrate interest in transportation dynamics, transportation policy, bike share, and/or cycling. Experience working with the public, community groups, and New York City agencies, and strong verbal and written communication skills are also desired. Experience or interest in AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Excel, PowerPoint, and/or Adobe Creative Cloud are desirable. It is desirable that the candidate possess both a valid New York State Motor Vehicle Driver's License and a strong interest in cycling on NYC streets. Demonstrated experience producing clear and effective data visualizations is highly desirable, as is experience explaining complex, nuanced analyses to nontechnical and unacquainted audiences. Ability to relate complex trends in the data to larger policy issues is very important, as is being able to work with the operations and planning team to tailor data analysis and products to their needs. Familiarity with pyspark is desirable, as is experience with Power BI and/or JavaScript, including leaflet, or the folium package in Python. Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated experience or interest in transportation planning, logistics, bike share, micro mobility, cycling, and working with or in the public sector.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.

This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a program. Please indicate in your resume or cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a program.

35 hrs. / 9 to 5

55 Water St Ny Ny

Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in economics, statistics, finance, management, business administration, public administration, public policy or related field; or

2. 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 economics, statistics,
finance, management, mathematics, business administration, public administration, and public policy, 12 semester credits of which must have been in economics; and one year of satisfactory full-time experience in one or more of the
fields of finance; economic, fiscal or statistical research; policy analysis; or quantitative, business, market or financial analysis. Graduate semester credits in any of the areas described in "1" above may be substituted for the undergraduate
semester credits on the basis that each 3 graduate semester credits may be substituted for 6 of the required undergraduate semester credits.

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 experience listed in "2" above.

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 experience listed in "2" 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.

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