College Aide

Hours: Part-Time - 35 Hours

Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101

College Aides are permitted to work up to 17 hours per week during the school year, and full time (35 hours) during the summer. Please note you must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or graduate school to be eligible for the position.

The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC), Project Controls Division, is seeking a College Aide to support project controls efforts. The selected candidate will perform schedule and cost analysis, risk analysis, and various data analytics tasks including transformation and visualization. Analytical work may be augmented with use of advanced tools including artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities may include supporting the development of a historical cost database; creating a historical lessons learned repository; assisting with schedule and cost estimating for capital projects; contributing to claims avoidance policies and procedures; and updating the Project Controls Guide.

The College Aide will gain competency in historical project data, including schedules, costs, building information models (BIM), issues, risk registers, delays, and other project performance data to support planning and decision-making.

Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service. A list of providers (fees apply) is available at:

COLLEGE AIDE - ASSIGNMENT LEVE - 1020B

Minimum Qualifications

• For Assignment Level I: Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.
• For Assignment Level II (Information Technology): Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or closely related field, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
• For Assignment Level III (Information Technology Fellow): Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or other area relevant to the information technology project(s) assigned, including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study. Appointments to this Assignment Level will be made by the Technology Steering Committee through the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

SPECIAL NOTE: Maximum tenure for all Assignment Levels in the title of College Aide is 6 years. No student shall be employed more than half-time in any week in which classes in which the student is enrolled are in session. Students may be employed full-time during their vacation periods.

Preferred Skills

Excellent time management written and verbal communication skills are required. Critical thinking and the ability to summarize, visualize, and articulate research findings. Excellent computer, database management, and management skills are needed.

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

Residency Requirement

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.

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.