NYC Department of Social Services

SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

The Mayor’s Office of Risk Management and Compliance (MoRMC), which was created by Mayor Eric Adams to assist City agencies in assessing their operational, financial and compliance risks, addressing waste and mismanagement, and improving the effectiveness of City operations. MoRMC works on Citywide projects and directly with individual City agencies to help them create and enhance risk management and compliance programs and develop tools that will enable them to flag programmatic and operational risks.

The Mayor’s Office of Risk Management and Compliance (MoRMC) is seeking one (1) Strategic Initiative Specialist (HRA) to function as a Senior Policy Analyst.

Under the overall direction of the Director and Deputy Director(s) of MoRMC and the Chief Counsel to the Mayor (Counsel), the Senior Policy Analyst will work directly with City agencies on coordinated strategies to identify risks and opportunities to improve services through a coordinated structure that prevents fraud, waste, and abuse and fosters compliance with legal requirements and best practices.

The Senior Policy Analyst will be responsible for the following:

  • Lead and coordinate key projects (agency, inter-agency and otherwise) to identify and assess

operational and financial risks, compliance mandates, and opportunities for improvement.

  • Develop and update confidential agency risk, compliance, and organizational profiles
  • Assist agency management to develop practical and affordable measures to manage risk and

increase overall city efficiency.

  • Quantitatively and qualitatively assess risks and opportunities attendant to policy related

initiatives and make recommendations and/or presentations, briefings to City Hall, and Senior

Administration officials on multiple topics, possibly including sensitive information.

  • Originate and/or oversee the generation of confidential project-related documents including

schedules, project plans, presentations, datasets, meeting agendas, minutes, status reports, etc.

  • Represent MoRMC at meetings with senior management and other stakeholders

Hours/Schedule:

Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Work Location:

22 Reade ST, NY, NY

Minimum Qualifications

  • A baccalaureate degree and two (2) years of responsible full-time paid experience in one or more of the fields of: information technology, methods analysis, operations research, systems analysis, financial administration, cost effectiveness, or fiscal and economic program or design evaluation; or
  • A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience. However, all candidates must possess at least one year of the experience as described under “1”.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

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 interview.

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Other
  • Industries

    Government Administration

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