Working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.

The Bank believes in work flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Employees can expect to be in the office a couple of days per week as needed for meetings and team collaboration and should live within a commutable distance.

What we do:

 

Research Information Services (RIS) provides information and data support to the Bank’s Research economists for their policy projects, Bank work, and scholarly publishing.

 

This role is core to providing knowledge services, cataloging and collection management of print and digital material. Reporting to the Head of Research Information Services, you will be responsible for streamlining access to digital content, evolving and maintaining the RIS intranet site, and delivering knowledge services and collection management within the Research Information Services team.

 

Your role as an Information Management Specialist:

• Execute an end-to-end process for identification, acquisition, tagging and cataloging, retrieving, synthesizing, and sharing data and information for 2nd District business purposes.

• Provide knowledge services by indexing NY Fed work products in repositories for broader scholarly dissemination.

• Support Group, Bank, and System efforts to systematically ensure value is leveraged through discovery and sharing of collected, created, and contracted information as permitted.

• Fulfill research requests to support Research economists’ business and develop bespoke alerting services, internal information products, trackers, and databases.

• Advises in developing policies, best practices, and strategies to enhance information management and services, and adhere to industry standards.

• Participate in and lead System workgroups and integrate System requirements into the broader Information Management initiatives.

 

What we are looking for:

• Aptitude at leveraging information hierarchies, meta data, and technology to support the design of tools for digital content and to evolve the RIS intranet site.

• Proficient with commercial cataloging tools, indexing and abstracting standards and methodologies.

• Experience conducting financial or economic searches, thinking critically, in support of ad hoc reference requests.

• Strong collaboration skills.

• Experience with commercial news service, such as Factiva and Lexis-Nexis.

• Familiarity with financial and economic data products, such as Bloomberg, Eikon, Capital IQ.

 

 

Application Deadline: Monday, May 23, 2022

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Benefits: 

Our organization offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career: 

• Fully paid Pension plan and 401k with Generous Match 

• Comprehensive Insurance Plans (Medical, Dental and Vision including Flexible Spending Accounts and HSA) 

• Subsidized Public Transportation Program 

• Tuition Assistance Program  

• Onsite Fitness & Wellness Center 

• And more 

 

Candidates must undergo an enhanced background check and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana. 

 

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service. 

 

The successful candidate must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and receive a booster shot within 30 days of being eligible to do so, unless the Bank grants an exemption based on a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.    

 

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. 

 

Touchstone Behaviors set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of our careers and aspire to achieve in our continued growth and development.

Communicate Authentically: Empathetically engage one another with direct and transparent dialogue and listening. Actively discuss viewpoints with respect and compassion in a timely and candid manner, taking into account verbal and nonverbal cues. Ask questions, learn from each other, and share information widely to move the Bank's work forward.

Collaborate Inclusively: Inspire a diverse and inclusive environment that empowers others to contribute meaningfully. Intentionally bring a diverse set of people together to achieve positive business results.

Drive Progress: Grow and adapt to changing priorities in the Bank. Experiment with new concepts and take appropriate risk to drive innovation. Remain curious and action oriented, navigating through ambiguity and uncertainty to drive outcomes.

Develop Others: Equitably champion, mentor, and develop others to grow professionally. Demonstrate vulnerability and empathy to create a trusted environment.

Take Ownership: Establish an environment of action and excellence by holding self and others accountable to execute to the highest standard.

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Submit specified application materials to linda.sanfilippo@ny.frb.org.