TASK FORCE: Personnel Management and Administration

UNIT: EEO and DEI

JOB TITLE: One (1) College Aide

CONTROL CODE: PMA-24-01


SUMMARY:

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.

OMB’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (EEO/DEI), is a confidential office that is responsible for ensuring compliance with relevant Federal, NY State, and NY City laws that prohibit workplace discrimination, retaliation, and harassment based on actual or perceived membership in a protected class, including the intake, investigation, and resolution of EEO-related inquiries and investigations. The EEO/DEI Office is also charged with promoting consistency and fairness in agency employment practices and driving diversity, equity, and inclusion, in all aspects of agency work.

The EEO/DEI Office is also responsible for administering the agency’s reasonable accommodation process, working to resolve certain disputes, ensuring compliance with EEO and DEI training requirements, and effectively addressing employee-related concerns discreetly and professionally. The Office also coordinates the agency’s cultural and diversity-related events, including monthly emails, bulletin boards, and in-person educational and celebratory events.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The selected intern will assist with EEO and DEI-related tasks which may include, but are not limited to, supporting: the update of EEO-related data to internal and citywide databases, the review and analysis of EEO/DEI survey results, the planning and execution of monthly DEI events, the update of certain EEO-related forms as needed, research and tasks for EEO inquiries and investigations, organizing EEO casefiles, other documents, and other administrative tasks, research potential sources for building and retaining diverse talent, and other initiatives within the Office.

For Assignment Level I:
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.
For Assignment Level II (Information Technology):
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or closely related field, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
For Assignment Level III (Information Technology Fellow):
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or other area relevant to the information technology project(s) assigned, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study. Appointments to this Assignment Level will be made by the Technology Steering Committee through the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

SPECIAL NOTE
Maximum tenure for all Assignment Levels in the title of College Aide is 6 years. No student shall be employed more than half-time in any week in which classes in which the student is enrolled are in session. Students may be employed full-time during their vacation periods.

QUALIFICATIONS: OMB encourages college-level as well as graduate students to apply. The selected intern will be an inquisitive person with an interest for fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment and possess the following skills: - Strong project management skills - Highly detail oriented - Effective interpersonal skills - Motivated, with the ability to work well with appropriate supervision

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/

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.

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.