THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $84,981 - $94,981.

The Administration for Children’s 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 maltreatment. In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement, and programs for youth in the community.
The Division of Policy, Planning and Measurement (PPM) collaborates with every ACS division to guide systems analysis and strategic systems improvement; assure quality of practice at ACS and its provider agencies; professionalize the frontline workforce; bring knowledge into practice; provide research and analytic support; and plan and develop new programs and policies.
The Provider Outcomes and Analysis Unit within the Office of Research and Analytics (ORA), part of the ACS Division of Policy, Planning, and Measurement (DPPM), evaluates agencies on their performance in meeting child welfare metrics, ensuring accountability and service quality. This assessment includes tracking key indicators such as safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children and families. By analyzing data and trends, the unit identifies areas for improvement and supports agencies in enhancing their effectiveness in child welfare services.
Increasing the accountability of provider agencies and monitoring their performance is a critical function of ACS’s work. The Analysts will support the development of methodologies to improve the evaluation of contract agencies providing foster care and prevention services and be responsible for the ongoing performance reports including Scorecard reports, and ad-hoc analysis. The Analyst will report to the Deputy Director of Provider Outcomes and Analysis within the Office of Research and Analysis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop performance measures and reports using individual/case-level data.
• Design and refine evaluation methodologies for prevention and foster care programs.
• Ensure alignment of performance indicators across ACS reports.
• Maintain detailed documentation, including data dictionaries, to enhance analysis reliability.
• Provide data-driven insights to support the Division of Prevention Services and the Division of Family Permanency Services.
• Collaborate closely with foster care and prevention service providers.
• Support data analysis needs for other units within the Division of Policy, Planning, and Measurement (DPPM) and ACS as required.
• Maintain, update, and develop reports based on established methodologies and performance measures.
• Design and manage dashboards to track key performance indicators.

ADDITIONAL INFO

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 www.cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #768687

No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.

Note: Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744

Data Analyst