Strategic Analyst

About the role

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD The Campaign Finance Board is a nonpartisan, independent city agency that empowers New Yorkers to have a greater impact on their elections. Our mission is to make local democracy more open, transparent, and equitable by removing barriers to participation. We make it easier for New Yorkers to vote, meaningfully support candidates for city office, and run for office themselves. NYC Votes, our voter engagement initiative, meets people where they are to share trustworthy election information and help New Yorkers make a plan to vote. We publish the citywide Voter Guide, which delivers information about candidates directly to voters' doors. Our public matching funds program ensures small contributions can make a big difference, allowing regular people to run for office by relying on the support of other regular people, not just wealthy donors and special interests. And we lift the veil on how candidates raise and spend money, increasing transparency and accountability in local government. We believe that when every New Yorker is empowered to participate meaningfully in elections, candidates will better reflect the communities they serve, elected leaders will be more accountable to the public, and New Yorkers will have a democracy they can truly trust. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT Sitting within the Strategy, Products and Innovation division, the Strategic Planning Operations (SPO) unit leads the development, refinement, and stewardship of the agency's strategic direction, and serves as the hub for strategic direction, accountability, and organizational impact. This includes maintaining alignment between agency activities and strategic goals, translating leadership priorities into actionable frameworks, ensuring major initiatives move from concept to execution, and connecting planning, implementation, and measurement. SPO performs this function through two complementary internal capabilities that enable SPO to both understand outcomes and drive progress toward them: the Data & Metrics (DM) team generates insight into whether agency efforts are producing meaningful impact, while the Innovation & Implementation (I2) team focuses on translating strategy into operational change and delivering complex initiatives. Strategic Analysts on the I2 team will play a critical role in turning strategic priorities into real action and lasting change across the agency by helping divisions move complex initiatives forward, strengthening the agency's strategic capacity by improving how work gets done, and supporting problem solving and adaptive management when initiatives encounter obstacles. JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Organizational Strategy Innovation: - Curate¿problem-solving methods and approaches¿(e.g.,¿people-centered design, whole systems thinking,¿etc.)¿in a central repository¿to¿support¿building a community of practice¿that enables teams to apply them to¿continuously improve¿agency impact.¿ - Conduct research, data collection, and strategic analysis of data to¿identify¿new business innovations and processes that support agency-wide strategy development.¿ - Organize¿and support¿stakeholder workshops,¿meetings¿and interviews¿to surface new opportunities and prioritize ideas generated, including coordinating key stakeholders,¿preparing materials,¿supporting facilitation,¿documenting¿action items, and synthesizing findings¿into prioritized recommendations.¿¿ - Document and¿analyze current practices and workflows¿that¿identify¿bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement,¿and¿draft¿recommendations for redesigned workflows¿by conducting research, troubleshooting specific issues, and/or¿proposing¿new operating procedures.¿¿ - Maintain¿a repository of process maps¿and¿redesigned workflows¿in¿updated¿Standard¿Operating Procedures¿(SOPs), ensuring¿documentation is current and accessible.¿ - Draft¿communications (e.g., FAQs, briefs, memos)¿to build consensus and motivation across teams in adopting new processes and practices.¿ Project Implementation & Delivery Support: - Support¿delivery¿of cross-functional initiatives¿and manage select workstreams and initiatives to keep scope, schedule, and quality on track and in alignment¿with the Strategic Plan.¿ - Develop and¿maintain¿project workplans¿and¿schedules to align time with key priorities, milestones, deadlines, and decisions.¿ - Maintain¿accurate¿data and¿dashboards that allows agency leadership to¿monitor¿initiative¿progress on an ongoing basis.¿¿¿ - Draft¿communications¿(e.g., presentations, reports, visuals)¿on¿initiative progress¿and¿strategic plan implementation.¿¿ - Gather and analyze¿quantitative and qualitative¿feedback from agency staff and stakeholders to assess adoption,¿identify¿challenges and¿through-lines, and recommend improvements. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & OTHER BEHAVIORS (KSAOs) We're seeking individuals eager to make an impact, even if they don't tick every box on our j