ABOUT OATH:

The City of New York’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the nation’s largest administrative tribunal, holding more than 250,000 trials and hearings a year. As the City’s central, independent administrative law court, OATH adjudicates a wide range of matters filed by nearly every city agency, board and commission. OATH also houses the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution which provides mediation and restorative justice support to City government agencies and the general public, and the Administrative Judicial Institute, a resource center that provides training, continuing education, research and support services for administrative law judges and hearing officers.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

OATH seeks to hire a Data Steward responsible for establishing, documenting, and maintaining enterprise data dictionaries across multiple agency branch offices. Under direction of the Director for Data Analytics, the Data Steward will coordinate with data owners, subject-matter experts, and report developers to ensure standardized definitions, consistent metadata documentation, and alignment between datasets and published reports. The role supports data governance, transparency, reporting integrity, and operational analytics by documenting data lineage, field definitions, business rules, and dataset structures. The Data Steward will compile existing data dictionaries, identify documentation gaps, and create standardized metadata artifacts for datasets obtained through both internal downloads and monthly submissions from branch offices.


Candidates must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university in a degree program relevant to the duties of the position (e.g., data analytics, information systems, public administration, or a related field) or be a recent graduate eligible for a summer internship program.

Work Location: 100 Church St. 12th Fl. New York, NY 10007

SUMMER GRADUATE INTERN - 10232

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in an accredited college, university or law school.

Preferred Skills

- Experience creating data dictionaries and metadata documentation. - Ability to conduct stakeholder interviews and translate technical concepts into accessible documentation. - Knowledge of data governance principles and metadata management frameworks. - Experience working with datasets from multiple business units. - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and documentation tools experience with R, Tableau, and Power BI is a plus. - Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills. - Experience working with administrative hearing or regulatory datasets. - Familiarity with accessibility requirements (e.g., ADA-compliant reporting documentation). - Experience documenting data supporting operational performance reporting.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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/.

Residency Requirement

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.

Additional Information

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.