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Staff Analyst/Transportation Planner Series - Operations Planning

Job ID: 11408

Business Unit: MABSTOA

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Department: NYC Transit Authority

Date Posted: Apr 16, 2025

Description

Job Information

Title: Staff Analyst/Transportation Planner Series

First Date of Posting: 4/16/2025

Last Date of Filing: Open till filled

Authority: OA / TA

Department: Operations Planning

Division/Unit: Data Research and Development

Reports to Manager Service Quality Performance Analysis

Work Location: 2 Broadway, Manhattan

Hours of Work: 9AM to 5PM

Compensation

Staff Analyst Series

TA EMPLOYEES MUST BE PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST, STAFF ANALYST I OR STAFF ANALYST II IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED

The Data, Research and Development unit within the Division of Operations Planning provides insights into subway and bus ridership and performance by monitoring, analyzing modeling, forecasting and reporting key indicators. Our algorithms and analyses support the work of planners, schedulers, and leadership across NYCT to inform all scales of planning for New York City’s transit system, from daily schedules, temporary service diversions, bus network redesigns to long-term capital needs. DRD projects include developing in-house ridership models utilizing transportation software such as Trans CAD to forecast ridership under different service and land use scenarios, projecting run times for proposed bus routes, recommending service levels for shuttle buses, assessing equity impacts, and developing processes, reports and visualizations to effectively share these insights. Our work also includes exploring newly available ridership and performance data sources to develop new data pipelines and improve existing analytical tools. The group submits reports to the FTA’s National Transit Database and manages NYCT’s involvement in benchmarking organizations to compare our performance and exchange information and potential innovations on a broad range of relevant topics with peer transit agencies around the world.

Responsibilities

This position may include updating processes for modeling and measuring ridership, updating passenger-perspective performance metrics calculation, exploring new data collection technologies, and developing algorithms that integrate multiple data sources to produce actionable insights, validating new datasets, or designing visualizations for internal and external use. These projects may involve data sources such as Automated Fare Card (AFC) records, Automated Passenger Counts (APC), anonymized mobile device data as well as bus and subway movement data. Specific tasks may include analyzing data using SQL and Excel, automating processes in Python or Java, designing reports to disseminate findings, and writing associated documentation.

Compensation

Transportation Planner Series

Principal Transportation Planner (OA): $96,595- $128,289

Senior Transportation Planner (OA): $91,154 – $116,207

Transportation Planner (OA): $80,256 - $103,356

Assistant Transportation Planner (OA): $68,627 - $81,242

Staff Analyst Series

Assoc. Staff Analyst (OA): $90,511 - $117,195

Assoc. Staff Analyst (TA): $83,098 - $107,951 (New Hire Rate: $72,258)

Staff Analyst II (OA): $80,071- $89,179

Staff Analyst II (TA): $73,510- $81,871(New Hire Rate: $63,923)

Staff Analyst I (OA): $68,962 - $81,642

Staff Analyst I (TA): $63,310- $74,950 (New Hire Rate: $55,049)

Education and Experience

Associate Staff Analyst

+ A Master’s degree from an accredited college with a major in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and ONE(1) year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, fiscal management or in a related field; OR

+ A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and THREE (3) years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in 1 above.

Staff Analyst I & Staff Analyst II

A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, or urban studies, or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; or

+ A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the following areas: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area; or

+ An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in "2" above; or

+ A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in "2" above; or

+ A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", "3", or "4" above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma.

Desired Skills:

+ Excellent presentation, communication, and writing skills

+ Proficiency in technical writing and data analysis

+ Fluency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Word and GIS

+ Knowledge of New York City Transit subway and/or bus system and the geography of New York City are highly desirable.

Selection Method

Based on evaluation of education, skills, experience and interview.

Appointment may be at a comparable level to current level of selected candidate (if necessary).

Other Information

Pursuant to the New York State Public Officers Law & the MTA Code of Ethics, all employees who hold a policymaking position must file an Annual Statement of Financial Disclosure (FDS) with the NYS Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (the “Commission”).

Equal Employment Opportunity

MTA and its subsidiary and affiliated agencies are Equal Opportunity Employers, including with respect to veteran status and individuals with disabilities.

The MTA encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, including military service members, to apply.