Assistant Vice President, Measurement & Evaluation

Our Vision: To make New York City the global model for inclusive innovation and economic growth, fueled by the City’s diverse people and businesses.   

Our Mission: Creating a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. 

Position Overview:  The Economic Research & Policy Department performs industry and economic research to provide insights into key policy issues, conducts economic analysis of EDC projects, and tracks economic trends for the Mayor, policymakers, and the public as a whole. The team also supports NYCEDC in the evaluation of projects by setting up tools to estimate, assess, measure, and report on the impact of EDC’s projects. ERP advances high-impact thought leadership on inclusive and innovation-driven economic development.

As a member of the Economic Research & Policy team, the Assistant Vice President will play a lead role in establishing and implementing an agency-wide measurement and evaluation framework, so that EDC has the timely, relevant, and accurate information needed to measure our impact through various lenses including economic and equity-focused. This role will also work closely with the Agency’s Director of Community Impact to support their portfolio, including setting up and implementing data tracking through an equity-focused lens for their projects.

The ideal candidate will be a skilled project manager, enjoys stakeholder engagement or change management, has experience using quantitative and qualitative data has experience in measuring equity in program evaluation, and is skilled at sharing insights with non-technical stakeholders. Additionally, that candidate should be a solutions-oriented problem solver, having the ability to identify key challenges, solve problems, and suggest novel approaches to gathering, organizing, and presenting data on the impact of EDC programs. The candidate should have experience in project management or program evaluation for non-profit and/or government organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Play a lead role in implementing an agency-wide measurement and evaluation (M&E) framework. Tasks may include end-to-end project management, creating toolkits for recommended data collection, documenting best practices, and generating surveys for data collection.
• Working closely with the Director of Community Impact, serve as a project management resource for the Agency’s equity focused initiatives. Tasks may include developing and implementing data collection frameworks, creating toolkits for recommended data collection, documenting best practices, and generating surveys for data collection.
• Research and document impact evaluation frameworks of economic development tools to support program ideation.
• Collect and report on data related to Agency programs.
• Create and deliver presentations to senior staff that effectively communicate key project findings and recommendations to various audiences (e.g., NYCEDC leadership, City Hall staff, partner agencies, external stakeholders, etc.)
• Collaborate with other members of the Economic Research & Policy team to maximize the value of the program data collected.
• Identify research topics that drive NYCEDC thought leadership on key issues, sometimes serving as project manager or lead analyst on these projects, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders via presentations and publications.
• Represent the department in meetings on the subject with internal and external partners.
• Assist in data requests from agency leadership, other departments, partner agencies, and City Hall staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience; Master’s degree in public policy, statistics, economics or similar may be substituted for one year of relevant work experience
• Preference for some work experience in a project management or program evaluation. Experience in local government, public policy, or economic development also valued
• Experience or interest in social equity concepts, and program measurement & evaluation concepts
• Excellent project management skills; manages project deliverables effectively; ability to prioritize among competing needs, opportunities and projects; exercise latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments
• Excellent ability to work with cross-functional teams, experience building consensus with internal stakeholders; demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts of interests and develop productive and trustworthy working relationships with external and internal parties
• Excellent oral & written communication skills, ability to communicate strategically based on needs and in a persuasive manner to produce t