Strategy & Planning Specialist
Strategy & Planning Specialist
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THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $74536 - $90188.
The Administration for Childrens Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child juvenile justice ACS oversees detention placement and programs for youth in the community.
Within ACS the Division of Preventive Services (DPS) is a beacon of support to families by connecting them to community-based resources. The division works to provide resources that maintain the safety and well-being of families. DPS provides guidance and resources to our contracted providers that strengthen their ability to assess and address the service needs of families.
The Specialist of Strategy Planning and Analysis plays a vital role in ensuring the health safety and well-being of families in need of preventive services. This position supports the Division of Prevention Services by strategically providing comprehensive analysis of the preventive services system. The key role encompasses monitoring referral processes managed by the Referral Management Team and Pathways to Prevention Team as well as implementing and high-profile reports to gain insight into the functioning of provider agencies and the Borough Office within the Division of Child Protection. Through these reports and other projects the SPA Specialist under the supervision of the Director of Strategy Planning and Analysis (SPA) helps strengthen the systems capacity to protect and support children within their families. Finally this critical position is essential to the success of the Division of Prevention Services by ensuring swift and high-quality service referrals enhancing the preventive services system and supporting front-line staff.
The SPA Team Specialist key duties:
- Make and record observations clean/prepare and evaluate data.
- Confirm data findings are valid accurate and reliable
- Excel or other analytical platform (tableau/PowerBi) is used to run data analysis
- Interpret data and design and execute analysis.
- Assist in the coordination of research efforts of the agency with data projects.
- Create data visualizations: Graph and charts used support data and highlights trend/patterns.
- Ensure all reports and written documentation are clear and accurate and supported by data if relevant.
- Reports are reviewed for errors corrected and reviewed by supervisor prior to submission.
- Reports a delivered by way of PowerPoints as needed.
- Monitor/ evaluate methods procedures and data obtained within DPS. Understand data and reports in relation to agency practices policy and procedures and identify problems and data issues and possible remedial actions.
- Make recommendations on policies and procedures by analyzing current systems and program objectives researching alternative methods of design and implementation to improve delivery of services and the flow of work.
- Serve as a liaison between two or more agencies or units by obtaining and conveying information; respond to information requests and providing feedback to facilitate cooperation and coordinate activities. Maintain current records.
- Participate in intra/ inter-agency meetings and conferences by attending and facilitating the agenda and sharing information/ observation. listening to others and asking and answering questions to clarify and resolve differences. Achieve consensus for actions to be taken. Ensure observations and are ideas shared freely. Information conveyed and obtained is clear accurate and relevant. Your manner is tactful and courteous. All meetings are scheduled and attended regularly.
- Responsible for ensuring that reoccurring weekly and monthly reports are completed as per the standard template. Completed timely accurately and consistently.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.
TO APPLY:
- Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID # 707318.
- NO PHONE CALLS FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED.
- NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. 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 masters 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 masters 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.
NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
