SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - Data & Systems + Insurance and Contract Administration

City of New York • New York, NY

2d • $18 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities. The Data & Systems Unit within the Managed Grants Task Force is responsible for governing the City’s grants Management System (GMS), as well as several ancillary City, State, and Federal systems that contribute data as part of the larger recovery effort. The Insurance and Contract Administration Unit is responsible for management of the City’s compliance with FEMA insurance requirements, management of risk management/modeling, and various programmatic issues. Support the City’s disaster recovery projects and learn the basics of grant management. Learn the City’s federal grants revenue realization process with the goal of suggesting and implementing improvements. Learn the basics of the FEMA grants process with particular emphasis on the National Flood Insurance Program. Become familiar with the NYC Financial Management System and how OMB uses QuickBase to monitor funding with the Grant Management System. Support data analysis and data engineering projects related to grants management. Assist in reviewing large datasets and identifying buildings potentially at risk from climate-related disasters. Monitor City agency grant receivables/cash collection, produce reports for management, and support documentation systems for grant compliance. Identify and produce where applicable solutions that improve speed and accuracy of tasks (scripting, reports, etc).

Requirements

• A cover letter is required to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.
• Undergraduate interns must be currently enrolled or accepted into an accredited college or university.
• Strong analytical, research and communications skills are required.
• Candidates must have familiarity in MS Word and Excel
• To participate in the OMB Summer Internship Program undergraduate students must be enrolled or accepted into a college or university.
• As of June of the Program year the prospective intern must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).

Nice To Haves

• Interest in learning about New York City governance, disaster recovery, and budgeting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the ability to learn new technology quickly.
• Ability to work independently as a member of a team with moderate supervision.
• Prior experience with federal grants, administering large database management systems, building automation and ETL for data analysis and engineering, using GIS software and/or programming languages (Python and SQL) are all a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the City’s disaster recovery projects and learn the basics of grant management.
• Learn the City’s federal grants revenue realization process with the goal of suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Learn the basics of the FEMA grants process with particular emphasis on the National Flood Insurance Program.
• Become familiar with the NYC Financial Management System and how OMB uses QuickBase to monitor funding with the Grant Management System.
• Support data analysis and data engineering projects related to grants management.
• Assist in reviewing large datasets and identifying buildings potentially at risk from climate-related disasters.
• Monitor City agency grant receivables/cash collection, produce reports for management, and support documentation systems for grant compliance.
• Identify and produce where applicable solutions that improve speed and accuracy of tasks (scripting, reports, etc).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed