Department of Civil Service

Description:

Working under the direction of an Information Technology Specialist 3, incumbent will work closely with partner agencies to support the New York Open Data platform (Open Data NY) established in March, 2013 by Governor's Executive Order 95.

Open Data NY (https://data.ny.gov) has been an internationally recognized, award winning platform for making NYS government data available to the public to increase transparency, promote research, economic opportunity, innovation, engagement, and awareness of government functions. Open Data NY has been second to none among programs of its kind in its attention to quality and discoverability for data assets published to the platform.
Among the tasks incumbent will be expected to perform are:

-- Review data and associated documentation submitted by partner agencies for quality, correctness, and value as a public data asset.
-- Provide clear written or verbal feedback and suggestions to partner agencies for improving dataset submissions.
--Work with partner agencies to guide assigned datasets through the publishing process.
--Load dataset submissions onto the Open Data NY platform.
--Evaluate data for potentially valuable companion visualizations such as aggregations, charts, and maps.
--Take part in team discussions regarding dataset submissions.
-- Respond to partner agency questions about the Open Data NY program and our publishing procedures.
-- Contribute to the development of new or updated guidance.
-- Ensure that published datasets are being kept up-to-date according to their specified posting frequency, and follow-up with owning agency as necessary.
-- Research agency websites to identify potentially valuable sources of new publishable data.
-- Investigate, experiment with, and recommend tools that can consume our data and add value for our customer agencies and the public.

Preferred Skills:

-- Familiarity with Excel, specifically with basic data analysis such as spotting patterns, trends, outliers and generating pivots and charts.
-- Solid written and verbal comprehension and communication skills.
-- Ability to work productively in both independent and team settings.

The minimum qualifications are as follows:

* Must be a US citizen or foreign national eligible to work in the United States
* Must be 18 years of age or older
* Must be currently attending a New York State College, university or graduate program, or be a resident of New York State; attending a college, university or graduate program outside of New York state

Preferred qualifications:

* Graduate student; minimum Junior
* Major in Information Technology or Engineering
* Must have completed a minimum of one (1) year as a student at a degree-granting two or four-year College or University (completion of one year's worth of academic credits over a more extended period of time may qualify part-time students);
* Or currently enrolled graduate student or accepted in a graduate degree program
* Must have a minimum grade point average (GPS) of 2.0 or equivalent to a C.

Substantive Area of Internship:

-- Communications/Public Relations
-- Information Technology
-- Planning/Analysis/Research

Skills:

Familiarity with Excel

Familiarity with basic data analysis

solid communication skills

ability to work with a team and independ

Internship Areas: Communications/Public Relations, Information Technology, Planning/Analysis/Research