RESEARCH COORDINATOR
Job Overview
The DSS Accountability Office (DSS-AO) is responsible for protecting the integrity of social services programs administered by the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) and ensuring that DSS complies with all statutory, regulatory, and contractual standards.
The Accountability Research and Response unit conducts in-depth social policy and operational research to ensure that DSS adheres to all statutory, regulatory, and contractual standards. AR&R also designs and conducts pilot demonstration programs aimed at making DSS social service delivery more efficient and effective.
AR& R is recruiting for (4) four City Research Scientists II to function as a Research Coordinator, who will:
- Conduct complex high-level policy analyses and data research projects in areas of social service integrity and programmatic controls. These areas of study include assessments and analyses of agency-related controls such as agency’s populations, and population exceptions, demographic trends; determine levels and categories of verification required e.g., identification, documentation, income, resources, family composition and others to identify the correct population for services.
- Ensure services meet compliance requirements and standards of social service integrity based on the various facets of integrity controls.
- Observe and evaluate agency or city data using Medicaid Data Warehouse, New York City open data, interagency data-sharing agreements.
- Review large complex internal and external data sets utilizing predictive modeling, geospatial analysis, risk regression models, scoring mechanisms and highly quantitative research to extract critical information for demographic analyses of the agency’s client population, socio-economics, low wage labor markets, and demographic trends in family structure.
- Utilize various statistical tools using computer software applications such as Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), Structured Query Language (SQL), geo-mapping tools; data collection from data warehouse and scientific surveys for integrity research studies.
- Identify relevant policy and programmatic vulnerabilities conducive to integrity control issues and/or compliance.
- Synthesize findings on public policy analysis and research progress reports in the field of integrity controls.
Work location: 155 West Broadway New York, N Y
Work schedule: Monday - Friday: 9 AM -5 PM
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744