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Data Coordinator, Research & Evaluation:

Agency: HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT

Posted on: 05/25/2024

Job type: Fulltime

Location

NYC-ALL BOROS

Title Classification: No exam required

Department

Ctr For Housing Pol Res

Salary range: $92, $106, About the Agency:
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city's neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.
We maintain building and resident safety and health
We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of "

Housing Our Neighbors:
A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness," Mayor Adams' comprehensive housing framework.

To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city's history.

This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City's complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.- R&E recently launched the Center for Research on Housing Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity (HOME), which conducts independent analysis of policy-relevant topics related to these key topics.

This research center includes partnerships with other academic and government researchers with the aim of creating sound, relevant research evidence on housing as both a source of disparities and a means for achieving greater equity for all New Yorkers.

Your Role:
The Data Coordinator will work closely with other R&E staff on a continual and asneeded basis to compile and maintain datasets relevant to the team's work, included relating to the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS), a longitudinal survey of the NYC housing stock and population conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau under contract from HPD. The Data Coordinator will be responsible for managing current administrative and survey data assets as well as acquiring and ingesting new data to advance R&E's mission.
The Data Coordinator will be required to undergo a background check with the U.S. Census Bureau to acquire Special Sworn Status in order to work with protected Title 13 data in the NYCHVS Survey Sponsor Data Center (SSDC). The Data Coordinator will be responsible for working with confidential and sensitive data and must adhere to strict data privacy procedures, including working with other team members to reduce the risk of reidentification and disclosure.
Your Responsibilities:
Coordinating with researchers, including R&E and partners, to identify potential datasets and scope data-sharing agreements;
Guiding decisionmaking regarding the use of administrative records for research purposes and future approaches for improved use;
Maintaining schedules and systems for updating data warehouse as new versions of current data become available;
Harmonizing and linking current datasets to increase their usefulness, including geocoding and restructuring of large, complex data sets;
Working with data in the SSDC environment to improve linkages and matches between NYCspecific data and protected Census data, including NYCHVS survey responses;
Developing new techniques to improve match rates among data sets with missing or inconsistent identifiers;
Engaging with data owners to improve understanding of data sources, coding, and potential threats to validity;
Producing documentation of data processing and analytic data sets to support R&E's use;
Supporting analytic projects by providing relevant cleaned and prepared datasets.

Preferred skills- Experience managing and manipulating administrative data;

Mastery of statistical software such as SAS, Stata, or R and a willingness to learn additional languages;
Strong research ethics and a commitment to conducting research with the goal of improving public policy;
Interest in improving survey data through the use of administrative records;
Ability to learn independently and think and work collaboratively;
Exceptional communication, teamwork and relationshipbuilding skills; and
Dedication to public service.

Minimum Qualifications1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or enviro