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. ________________________________________

Your Team:

The Office of Policy and Strategy (OPS) leverages its expertise to guide and support HPD and its many Offices in their efforts to deepen their impact, optimize their efficiency, and become more data-driven, compliance-attentive, climate-adaptive, and mission-focused. The Division of Housing Policy (DHP) provides guidance and insight on high-priority policy initiatives, advancing solutions that further the agency’s mission. DHP is responsible for applying policy, data, and financial analysis in team-based projects; designing and executing data collection and statistical analyses in support of HPD’s programming and policy agenda; and overseeing the agency’s fair housing initiatives and obligations. DHP’s Research & Evaluation team (R&E) conducts rigorous statistical analyses, large scale surveys, and evaluations of agency programming to support new knowledge and help refine practices related to the housing stock, population, and communities we serve. R&E leverages resources within and across the traditional divides of government and academia to facilitate the collection of high-quality data and promote multi-disciplinary approaches to housing policy research. Its research produces methodologically sound findings to shape effective policy and programming, and promote data-driven policymaking in New York City and beyond.
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 Impact:

The Research Analyst will design, conduct, and support ongoing research projects that ensure greater equity for all New Yorkers. Through the Center for Research on HOME, the team engages with a wide range of audiences, including general public, program staff, and policymakers throughout New York City and beyond. They will participate in interdisciplinary projects that address policy-relevant issues and support the translation of findings into practice, with a central focus providing high quality, representative, rebust data as a necessary component of good decision-making.

Your Role:

The Research Analyst will work closely with other R&E staff and various stakeholders in the Division of Housing Policy and beyond to conduct various analyses related to fair housing. This may include, but is not limited to, quantifying disparities in residential conditions, analyzing disparate impacts of various policies, and considering the unintended consequences of public programs by race/ethnicity, gender, disability status, and other protected characteristics. In addition to primarily conducting statistical analysis employing various methodologies, some projects may also require the Research Analyst to work as part of a team to conduct primary data collection and/or qualitative work. The Research Analyst will be responsible for the full life cycle of projects from initial scoping of data and methods through analysis and dissemination. The Research Analyst will work both as part of the R&E team and as part of the Center for Research on HOME.
The Research Analyst 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 Research Analyst 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 re-identification and disclosure.

Your Responsibilities:

• Working with other R&E staff to scope and plan projects related to fair housing, including formulating research questions, reviewing existing knowledge base and methodological approaches, and developing analytic strategies to meet requirements within given timelines and intended use.
• Identifying sources of data that meet the requirements for specific projects
• Conducting quantitative analyses using appropriate statistical methodologies applied to a range of data, including surveys and administrative records.
• Developing data visualizations and tables to represent key findings that are accessible to a range of stakeholders with differing levels of technical knowledge.
• Translating findings to policy and program staff in support of evidence-based decision making related to fair housing.
• Working with potential partners as part of the Center for Research on HOME’s ongoing and planned research activities as it relates to fair housing and the Center’s mission.
• Participating in the ongoing development of R&E’s research agenda and work supported by the Center for Research on HOME.
  

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

Preferred skills

• Experience managing and manipulating administrative and survey 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 developing expertise in fair housing policy, research frameworks, and the New York City context;
• Ability to learn independently and think and work collaboratively;
• Exceptional communication, teamwork and relationship-building skills; and
• Dedication to public service.