Research Scientist, Level II
Listed on 2026-01-27
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Business
Data Analyst, Data Scientist
Location: New York
Overview
The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The NYPD strives to foster a safe and fair city by incorporating Neighborhood Policing into all facets of Department operations and solve the problems that create crime and disorder through an interdependent relationship between the people and its police, and by pioneering strategic innovation.
The mission of the Professional Standards Division’s Civilian Compliant Statistical Analysis Unit is to analyze statistical data from the CCRB and internal discipline databases, and perform proactive trend analysis at the individual, command, and Citywide levels with support from the Risk Analytics Unit to identify potential areas for migration.
Responsibilities- Assist in maintaining Division databases and access other Department databases to provide the Department with data relevant to compliance research metrics through the use of several analytical programs and languages (eg. Cognos, Python and SQL).
- Maintain data dictionaries and other relevant documentation related to data maintained and created by the Civilian Complaint Statistical Analysis Unit.
- Conduct routine data integrity checks on datasets. Identify and report issues and discrepancies in generated data.
- Conduct data maintenance and design general project automation tools to be used by staff.
- Create and maintain data visualization tools such as Power Bi dashboards.
375 Pearl St., New York, N.Y. 10038
Hours / ShiftMonday - Friday; between 0700 – 1800
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BenefitsThe City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26, union benefits such as dental and vision coverage, paid annual leave and sick leave, paid holidays, a pension, and optional savings and pre‑tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.
Minimum Qualifications1. 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 full‑time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A master's 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 full‑time 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 master’s 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.
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
Preferred Skills- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, Adobe, Access, and Power Point
- Experience extracting, cleaning and analyzing very large data sets
- Experience with SQL and Python
- Experience querying and conducting data analysis using statistical techniques and software
- Experience using relational databases
- Strong organizational, analytic and technical skills
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
EqualOpportunity
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