Data Scientist - Manhattan, United States - NYC Careers

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DATA SCIENTIST:


  • Agency: CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD


  • Posted on: 05/16/2024

  • Job type: Fulltime
Location


MANHATTAN

  • Title Classification: No exam required
Department

Managerial

  • Salary range: $75, $90, The New York City Campaign Finance Board manages New York City's small donor democracy program and educates and engages voters via NYC Votes. The CFB has enjoyed a tremendous arc of progress over its 30year history, and our updated flagship small donor democracy program is the centerpiece of this progress.
  • We eliminate barriers to participation by providing access to the resources New Yorkers need to vote or run for office and amplify the voices of small donors with New York City's small donor democracy program.
  • We are dedicated to making New York City's local democracy more open, transparent, and equitable. You would be working with a team that is missiondriven and committed to continuous improvement.
  • The Policy and Research unit conducts intergovernmental outreach, performs policy and legislative analysis, and produces original, datadriven research on voting and campaign finance issues. This unit sits within the larger Public Affairs division and frequently works on crossagency projects such as the citywide education campaign to familiarize New Yorkers with Ranked Choice Voting.
  • The Data team analyzes voting and campaign finance data to identify trends and evaluate current NYC elections processes with equity in mind, with the goal of 1) identifying areas of outreach for our voting outreach group, and 2) creating policy and program recommendations for making elections more equitable in NYC.
  • The Policy and Research unit seeks a Data Scientist to track internal metrics and performance within Public Affairs and evaluate success against the department strategic plan. This position reports to the Senior Data Scientist on the data team. This role will work closely with leadership and staff across all units of Public Affairs, including Marketing and Digital Communications, Partnerships and Outreach, Product Management and Operations, and Public Relations.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Collaborate within the department to establish the key performance indicators, benchmarks, and metrics that meet individual, unit, and strategic goals, such as web and social media analytics, and GOTV metrics.
  • Collaborate within the department to create internal and external surveys and pre/posttests to measure progress in attaining unit and strategic goals, such as effectiveness of training curriculums, and partnerships surveys.
  • Set up sustainable workflows to gather data from different platforms like internal legacy databases, google analytics, voter activation databases, social media metrics, and Excel spreadsheets that allows staff to visualize progress in one place.
  • Create informative and visually appealing dashboards to evaluate unit, departmental, and agency needs, track internal metrics, and support agency decisionmaking.
  • Train staff on data workflows and managing dashboards to ensure departmental success against the strategic plan.
Essential Skills- Experience in working in data analysis, survey methodology, data visualization software, business analytics and/or campaign field data.

  • Experience analyzing data in Excel, R, Python, or other data analysis tools.
  • Expertise in creating interactive visualizations using Tableau, PowerBI, or other dashboarding software.
  • Ability to communicate analysis findings clearly, in both written and in facetoface communications, for internal audiences.


Preferred Skills- Experience in developing visualizations using tools like these: ArcGIS, R, html, javascript, css, D3, Flourish, Adobe suite, Illustrator, accessible and mobile first graphics development.


  • Familiarity with crafting data stories that are compelling and easy to understand for a lay audience.
  • Experience in evaluating communitybased grant proposals and outcomes for grantmaking organizations.
  • Experience assessing racial, geographic, and economic equity using data.
  • Experience visually telling stories related to civic engagement, voting, and/or campaign finance.
Additional Information

  • The City of New York provides generous medical benefits (including dental and vision through respective unions or funds), retirement, tuition reimbursement, and additional ancillary benefits. CFB offers a flexible and hybrid work schedule, opportunities for career development, learning & development (leadership training, coaching), wellness programs, and much more
  • How to Apply
  • Resume and cover letter are required for consideration.
  • Note that only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Minimum Qualifications1. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by at least twelve semester credits (or the equivalent of twelve semester credits) in accounting, auditing, business or public administ
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