Job Description APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE. Department of Social Services, the Human Resources Administration, and the Department of Homeless Services through strategic partnership and collaboration, with the goal of creating an inclusive, motivated, and client centered workforce. The Headcount Control Unit (HCU) acts as HRS's liaison to the Office of Finance/Budget Administration on matters of headcount and prepares these actions for the Action Review Committee (ARC) approval. The Unit is responsible for monitoring the usage of the agency’s 16,000 headcount, checking that vacancies exist and submitting actions to the Action Review Committee for approval. Human Resources Solutions (HRS)/Headcount Control Unit (HCU) is recruiting for one (1) Associate Staff Analyst, to function as a Headcount & Budget Analyst, who will: - Be responsible for controlling, monitoring, and tracking the Personnel Services budget within designated Responsibility Areas/Responsibility Centers (RA/C). - Work closely with the RC Budget Analysts and/or Human Resources Business Partners, updates and monitors the designated baseline and vacancy control. - Utilize the Comprehensive Personnel System (CPS), a computer system application that receives and tracks all personnel requests, the Headcount Control Analyst will prepare and maintain the RA/RC Budget Tracking reports. - Monitor the processing of Personnel Request Forms (PRFs) submitted by designated RCs for all personnel actions (new hires, attrition replacements, backfills, promotions, demotions, change of title, transfers, salary adjustments and labor-relations orders). - Prepare Ad-Hoc headcount reports for Senior staff as needed. Qualifications 1. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) 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 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; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or 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 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in “1" above. Additional Information 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.