NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.

DOF’s Property Valuation and Tax Mapping is responsible for valuing more than one million properties in the city and overseeing assessments and valuations in a fair and equitable manner. The valuations enable the efficient and effective collection of property tax revenues for New York City.

The Property Valuation Unit is seeking a GIS Lead Specialist to manage imagery and GIS processing, automation, and geodatabase development in support of the City of New York's newly acquired geospatial datasets, including aerial and street-level LiDAR. Additionally, the ideal candidate will provide research and analytical support for executive initiatives by developing and operationalizing new workflow techniques, creating technology-driven tools for assessors and field valuation staff, and producing statistical summaries, data analysis reports based on large datasets, property valuation models, spatial analyses, and map-based data pulls.

Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Property, the selected candidate’s duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

- Supervise a GIS Developer.
- On an ad-hoc basis, train the new hires on the use of 3D multipatch layers for various building elements in the Condo Digitization project on the Property Information Portal (PIP).
- Automate current manual tasks by programming machine learning techniques to identify geospatial errors on DOF’s Digital Tax Map on the Property Information Portal (PIP).
- Assist in the development of GIS projects such as the development of dashboards for the Property Information Portal.
- Assist assessor staff in resolving taxpayer disputes that involve square footage calculations from architect drawings.
- Create dashboards and maps for assessor and public use.

Additional Information:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the Collective Bargaining Unit representing employees serving in the civil service title.

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in "2" above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in "1" and "2" above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

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.