DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies — what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 55 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

DCAS’s Division of Energy Management (DEM) leads the City’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations. Our goals are to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 40 percent by 2025 (40x25), 50 percent by 2030 (50x30), and 80 percent by 2050 (80x50). Additionally, DEM is tasked with completing work related to the City’s other energy-related commitments, such as pledging to install 100 MW of solar photovoltaics on City buildings by 2025. DEM works toward achieving the above goals by managing the City’s utility accounts, developing the City’s annual utility energy budget; helping our agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities at their facilities; leading energy efficiency and distributed generation projects across the City’s portfolio; and helping implement operations and maintenance best practices.

The Analyst, Clean Energy will work within DEM’s Operations Unit, under the guidance of the Senior Program Manager, Clean Energy, and in close coordination with DEM’s other units and agency partners.

The Analyst will be charged with helping advance the critical initiative of expanding clean energy resources across the City’s portfolio. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supporting the biennial Local Law 24 data analysis and report development process for assessing City buildings for solar readiness.
• Performing program-level analysis to evaluate program performance and evaluate project delivery outcomes.
• Working with the Clean Energy team Program Manager, report on programmatic KPI’s as needed.
• Synthesize, evaluate, troubleshoot, and automate large data sets including but not limited to: Information on City property; Tracking and updating project and program progress via Excel and Salesforce; Calculating greenhouse gas emissions reduction, cost, and energy savings of potential projects
• Close coordination with project teams including internal DEM stakeholders and agency partners
• Perform assessments to determine high level feasibility of site conditions for Solar PV and other Clean Energy project development and implementation.
• Solar PV system modeling using web-based, professional grade modeling software.
• Improving and enhancing DEM’s reporting capabilities and responding to information and analytical requests from a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Conducting research on a broad variety of topics related to sustainability as needed for advancement and reporting on Clean Energy topics.
• High proficiency in communicating in written and verbal form, complex, highly technical topics to non-technical audiences.

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.

• Strong understanding of distributed energy/generation technology
• Familiarity with energy usage, energy cost savings, and avoided greenhouse gas emissions calculation methodologies
• Strong and written and verbal communication skills. Technical report writing and editing, conducting meetings with various stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. Specifically, with large data sets.
• High level of productivity: able to meet and even exceed deadlines and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously in a highly technical and fast paced environment
• Experience working with Salesforce CRM or equivalent. (Microsoft Dynamics, Primavera, etc.)
• Experience working with or for public sector organizations a plus

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 StudentAid.gov/PSLF

Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #573807.

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NOTE: ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

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.