Job Description

The New York City Comptrollers Office works to promote the financial health integrity and effectiveness of New York City government in order to strengthen trust secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers and build a more just equitable and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official the comptrollers office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely investing responsibly operating efficiently acting fairly living up to its obligations and promises and paying attention to the longterm challenges we face together.

The Bureau of Budget evaluates New York Citys fiscal cash and economic position by analyzing revenue collections expenditures the capital program and the condition of the local economy. The Bureau uses its chartermandated responsibilities to promote transparency and accountability in financial reporting and budgeting. In addition to reviewing and commenting on the Citys Financial Plan and issuing reports on the Citys cash balances and debt capacity the Bureau oversees an independent actuarial audit to review the assumptions underlying the Citys pension contributions. The Bureau also conducts regular assessments of the Citys economic outlook and revenue performance and strives to lead the dialogue on the Citys fiscal state through reliable and thought provoking economic and budget research.

The Assistant Director for Economic Development will support the Office of the Comptrollers efforts to promote a thriving and inclusive New York City economy. The position reports up to the Chief Economist and will oversee a small team to develop research and recommendations on issues related to economic development and economic inequality. Topics may include tax expenditure efficacy and best practices economic security among marginalized groups economically targeted investments workforce development accessible employment affordability and cost of living and demographic analysis of New York Citys labor force. The position requires strong analytic capability including experience with econometric and other quantitative methods the ability to distill quantitative and qualitative research into clear findings and recommendations and strong project management skills.

The duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the following:

Produce high quality research reports briefs and internal memos illuminating issues of inclusive economic development in the city.
Lead the scoping drafting and execution of detailed work plans to develop research projects resulting in reports presentations or other output and manage timelines across multiple projects and contributors. This position will be responsible for projects from conception and ideation research and writing to publication and postpublication outreach.
Propose and create content related to economic trends in New York City for the Comptrollers monthly economic newsletter and other publications.
Contribute to the Budget Bureaus ongoing effort to monitor model and forecast the Citys economic outlook.
Proactively identify and propose new economic development and economic policy topics for the Comptrollers Office to research or engage with.
Provide analysis and assistance to support development of policy recommendations and advocacy.
Direct and/or train one or more staff on econometric modeling and policy and economic research supervise and oversee work and cultivate their professional development.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be required.

Qualifications :

Masters degree in economics public policy/administration social sciences or a related field and four (4) or more years of professional experience in economic analysis policy research and/or financial modeling preferably at a government or nonprofit organization.
Combined education and/or experience equivalent to the above.

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 :

Fulltime

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Remote job,

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