POLICY ANALYST FOR POLICY & PLANNING

AGENCY DESCRIPTION:
The Department of Small Business Services (SBS), an agency of 250 employees and a $100 million budget, makes it easier for companies in New York City to form, do business and grow by providing direct assistance to business owners, fostering neighborhood development in commercial districts, promoting financial and economic opportunity among minority- and women-owned businesses, and preparing New Yorkers for jobs and linking employers with a skilled and qualified workforce.

SBS’s Division of Economic and Financial Opportunity (DEFO) is responsible for the implementation and oversight of the City’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program, The new M/WBE program was established by Local 129 of 2005 to level the competitive playing field by setting citywide M/WBE utilization goals for City contracting. With the program firmly in place, DEFO is poised to begin building on the work that has already been accomplished by expanding current initiatives and increasing the impact of new ones. The Division is also responsible for the implementation and oversight of the City’s Executive Order 50, and related rules requiring City contractors to comply with applicable equal employment opportunity laws. Pursuant to the recommendations of the Mayor’s Commission on Construction Opportunity, the Division will be expanding its oversight of contractors in order to ensure compliance with applicable law, including verifying information submitted by contractors in Employment Reports submitted to the Division, and tracking demographic information of employees in the construction industry.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Policy and Planning Unit for DEFO provides the analytical foundation evaluating existing program initiatives and anticipating future areas of growth for all units within DEFO. To this end, SBS is seeking a Policy Analyst to report to the Director of Policy and Planning in DEFO. The Analyst will be instrumental in the development and implementation of the division’s strategic goals, policies and initiatives.

Responsibilities will include:
-Assist with formulating operational processes to execute division initiatives and defining tasks of Division of Labor Services within DEFO in its implementation and oversight of EO 50, related rules, and the recommendations of the Mayor’s Commission on Construction Opportunity.
-Compile and analyze data in order to make appropriate recommendations related to defining division objectives and initiatives in coordination with other units within DEFO.
-Participate in designing implementation plan for new programmatic initiatives with particular focus on evaluation mechanisms.
-Assist in the development of Unit and Division strategic plan.
-Help to formulate research questions and identify relevant policy issues.
-Support the production of monthly metrics reporting


SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
-Experience in project planning and integrating policy implementation
-Ability to organize and drive projects to timely completion
-Ability to create effective presentations in PowerPoint.
-Ability to organize and drive projects to timely completion.
-Outstanding writing and communications skills (writing sample required)
-Experience in statistical analysis is a plus

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and one year of satisfactory full-time, paid experience in business administration or business promotion, financial management, public relations, economic development or research.

TO APPLY FOR CONSIDERATION, PLEASE SUBMIT A RESUME AND COVER LETTER WHICH INCLUDE JOB VACANCY # (JVN) 801-07-020DEFO TO:

Department of Small Business Services
Donald Jackson
Executive Director, Human Resources
110 William Street-8th Floor
New York, New York 10038
e-mail: sbsjobs@sbs.nyc.gov