The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s largest public housing authority, with an operating budget of $3.3 billion and over 11,000 employees who manage and maintain 325 developments that house about 400,000 residents. NYCHA also operates the country’s largest Section 8 program, which provides rental assistance to about 200,000 additional people.
Overview
EHS is responsible for “analyzing, overseeing, and improving environmental health and safety at NYCHA, which shall include but not be limited to issues relating to lead-based paint, mold, heating, pests, elevators, air quality, and other aspects of NYCHA’s physical environment that affect residents’ health or safety”, “reporting to NYCHA’s senior management and Board on environmental health and safety issues” and “making recommendations to NYCHA’s senior management and Board for improvement and correction of any environmental health and safety issues at NYCHA”. EHS fulfills this obligation through the extensive data and report management work conducted by the Analysis and Engagement Unit (AEU).
About the Position
As a key driver of data-driven decision-making, the Data Analyst/Project Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping analytical strategies and insights for the Analysis and Reporting Team. Reporting directly to the Administrator, the Data Analyst/Project Manager will work across all teams to provide support on various data technical projects, data analytics; data quality activities; including building insightful PowerBI dashboards that assist in data driven analysis. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can work independently and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-sensitive environment. This position requires a highly analytical and results-oriented professional who is an effective project manager, a strategic leader, and a skilled communicator with a strong problem-solving mindset. Additionally, they should possess a continuous improvement approach, balancing urgent priorities with long-term analytical advancements.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Data Product Development
- Build tools required to document the observations of the Specialists conducting inspections which includes EHS scoring model, ensure comprehensive gathering of business requirements is conducted and documented while also ensuring that there is a uniformity with taxonomies and data structure.
- Develop targeted reports, EHS dashboards, and data visualization models that surface key information and trends related to the EHS oversight findings.
- Shadow Business Unit Specialists in the field during oversight inspection to assist in creating documentation tools to capture real life inspection conditions.
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