Senior Data and Policy Analyst

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is the State’s affordable housing agency, with a mission to build, preserve, and protect affordable housing and increase home ownership throughout New York State.

This position is with HCR’s Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC). This is not a civil service position, and a civil service exam is not required. Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications outlined below to be considered.

NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Our work would not be possible without the diverse backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and abilities of our employees. HCR is committed to developing a workforce that represents the diverse population of New York State. HCR embraces a diverse and inclusive work environment by encouraging all individuals, including those with disabilities, to apply to open positions at the agency.

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Office of Research and Strategic Analysis (ORSA) provides crosscutting support to HCR’s executive and program leadership in advancing the agency’s mission to build, preserve, and protect affordable housing, and increase home ownership in New York State. Created in late 2017, the ORSA team consists of data scientists, analysts and policy specialists who, using quantitative and analytical research methods and strategies, provide data-driven guidance on high-priority initiatives and answer questions that are critical to the success of the agency and component programs and offices.

Reporting to the ORSA Assistant Director (Policy and Program Analysis), the Senior Data and Policy Analyst, Office of Research and Strategic Analysis is responsible for ensuring that proprietary, programmatic, and publicly-available data is consistently, imaginatively, and effectively used to drive decision-making throughout the agency. Their role is to make value out of data – bring a strategic eye to aid operational performance.

They are accountable for supporting management in developing ad hoc and ongoing analyses that are accurate and timely. They will have a primary focus on applying data management techniques and analyses to the agency’s Housing Plan reporting systems integrated with the agency’s workflow and needs. They will be central to helping the executive leadership effectively utilize and integrate data to drive program quality and understand Housing Plan production.

They will also manage analysts (including interns) while coordinating with outside researchers and other stakeholders to build a body of knowledge about the impacts of HCR’s programs and funding on New York State residents and communities. This position will be a central coordinator for the public presentation of data about housing and community renewal efforts statewide.

• Data Quality Assurance.
• Development and documentation of quantitative analysis methodologies.
• Supporting program staff and the agency overall in addressing ad-hoc policy and data questions.
• Compiling and writing reports to comply with federal and state requirements.
• Developing policy frameworks and performing quantitative scenario analysis as needed.
• Enhancing data collection procedures for different agency functions.
• Processing, cleaning, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis.
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner.
• Aiding in managing a team of analysts in the development and maintenance of ad-hoc and long-term data analysis to support program operations.
• Coordinating with the Policy Office, Public Information Office, executive leadership, and programmatic leaders and staff in the presentation of data internally, to stakeholders, and to the public.

• Master’s degree in public administration, economics, finance, business, statistics, data science, or a related field.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a quantitative role.
• Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative research designs and statistical analysis techniques. They should show proficiency/familiarity with statistical tools that allows them to…