Research Advisor

The Agency You’ll Join: The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities, visit our careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With: The Office of the First Deputy ensures that City government runs efficiently and focuses on many of the administration’s top priorities – from creating opportunities for young people to strengthening the city’s civic infrastructure – the office works in partnership with stakeholders inside and outside of city government to develop, scale, coordinate, and deliver policies, plans and operations in an equitable and sustainable way.

The Problems You’ll Solve: The Office of the First Deputy Mayor is seeking a qualified individual to serve as the Research Advisor. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to the Criminal Justice Coordinator.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Monitor and synthesize emerging research, best practices, and evidence relevant to criminal justice and related fields.
• Develop and execute high-impact research projects for the Criminal Justice Coordinator in pursuit of advancing the administration’s criminal justice agenda.
• Conduct data analysis on deflection, diversion, bail, pretrial services and supervised release, detention, case delay, case outcomes, youth justice, and reentry.
• Work in partnership with and conduct cross-agency collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and other city agencies.
• Produce executive briefings, research summaries, internal presentations, and evidence-based recommendations for senior leadership to support decision-making related to criminal justice.
• Translate complex evidence into clear, accurate insights that inform policy development, and support communications colleagues in representing research findings faithfully to the public.
• Report directly to the Criminal Justice Coordinator within the Office of the First Deputy Mayor;
• Additional responsibilities as required.

About You:

• You can work independently and within a fast-paced environment, as well as thrive in a collaborative and supportive team environment.
• You are highly organized and able to track multiple workstreams, timelines, and deliverables.
• You have demonstrated expertise in research design, policy evaluation, cross-system analysis, administrative data integration, quantitative and qualitative research methods, and evidence-building efforts.
• You are highly analytical and data-driven.
• You have exceptional written, oral communication, and presentation skills.
• You have experience working with multiple stakeholders.
• You are solution-oriented and able to analyze multiple policy perspectives into clear policy recommendations and options.
• You maintain confidentiality and use outstanding judgment daily.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of experience designing, conducting, and presenting complex research and data analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

• Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university?
• Do you have an associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative, analytic, coordinative, supervisory or liaison responsibilities?
• Do you have a four-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent approved by a state's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question "2" above?
• Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions "1," "2," and/or "3" above?

Preferred Skills

• You are familiar with the NYC criminal justice landscape.
• You have a demonstrated ability to generate and drive a project from conception to implementation, to identify gaps, relevant partners, criteria for decision-making, and analytic strategy.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of the interview.