Research and Policy Intern Thriving and Economic Stability

Position: Research and Policy Intern (Thriving and Economic Stability)

The Agency You'll Join

In November 2022, New York City voters overwhelmingly approved three ballot proposals that put racial equity and justice at the heart of city government, including the NYC Commission on Racial Equity (NYC CORE). The first of its kind in the nation, the NYC Commission on Racial Equity is an independent 15-member commission responsible for engaging diverse communities to guide and assess the City's racial equity planning process. NYC CORE provides accountability for New Yorkers, regularly evaluating the City's progress on its racial requirements and goals. NYC CORE will be composed of diverse New Yorkers with equity expertise and/or relevant lived experience, serving as a conduit to bring historically excluded communities and voices into government decision-making.

The Team You'll Work With

NYC CORE is an independent commission to hold the NYC government accountable to advance racial equity in government operations and to increase community voice in government decision-making. The Chair & Executive Director is jointly appointed by the Mayor and the New York City Council Speaker. Other NYC CORE commissioners are appointed by the Mayor, City Council Speaker, City Comptroller, and Public Advocate. The Commission's staff is responsible for executing the Commission's day-to-day mission and setting its path to success. NYC CORE team takes the vision of the Chair & Executive Director and the Commissioners and translates it into action strategies and plans that implement accountability for racial equity in the city. Like the Commission itself, the Commission's staff aims to be representative of New Yorkers from all communities and walks of life. Staff bring an accountability mindset to their work, ensuring they collaborate with city agencies and voice public concerns.

The Problems You'll Solve

The Commission on Racial Equity seeks a Research and Policy Intern, Thriving and Economic Stability reporting to the Director of Research and Policy. As a member of the team, you will provide support that enables the Commission to successfully carry out the research and policy work and larger transformational change for the racial justice ballot measures approved by NYC voters. The Research and Policy Intern, Thriving and Economic Stability will work on research projects that span government policy making, and center lived experiences of communities harmed by racism and social injustice with a focus on transformative change towards CORE's fundamental value: Our government ensures the condition of thriving for every person. Research projects will cover areas including but not limited to New York City's true cost of living, access to safe and stable housing, food, health, trauma, mental health care, transportation, education, childcare supports and resources necessary to prosper economically and close the racial wealth gap. Interns will focus on conducting, gathering, and analyzing data to examine government operations, programs, and policies that contribute to inequities affecting the economic stability of New Yorkers--specifically communities harmed by racism and social injustice. The Intern will support the Research and Policy Team with data collection and management, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, and research administration support as needed as the team tracks the city's progress on structural change to advance racial equity in government operations and increase community voice in government decision making.

Responsibilities

• Collect, review, and analyze news, research and policy updates related to New York City government operations, programs, and policies about access and resources New Yorkers need to thrive and live well to conduct comprehensive literature, policy and practice reviews.

• Support with developing, tracking, and monitoring data requests and data collection protocols for city agencies, community-based service providers, and other relevant organizations.

• Supports the Community Organizing and Engagement team, attending community events to collect data and document stories and lived experiences.

• Conducting descriptive quantitative and qualitative analysis and supporting higher-level multivariate analyses that highlights structural racism and disparities in access to safe and stable housing, food, health, trauma, and mental health care, transportation, education, childcare supports

• Synthesizing and interpreting research findings and developing codebooks, coding schemes, file specifications, and other resource documents.

• Drafting proposals for interviews, focus groups, and/or survey questionnaires; assisting in the facilitation of interviews and focus groups; drafting and/or helping administer surveys; cleaning, coding, merging and preparing administrative data files for analysis.

• Create and design reports,…