ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT
About The Position
The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) works with City agencies and nonprofit organizations to prevent homelessness, reduce street homelessness, provide temporary shelter, and connect individuals and families to stable housing. The Division of Capacity Planning and Development (CPD) develops facilities and coordinates with providers, landlords, and developers on siting, procurement, and contracting for shelter locations. CPD’s work supports agency and Mayoral priorities, emergency planning, and programmatic innovation. The Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Procurement Management will assist the Deputy Commissioner with strategic planning to meet ongoing shelter development and capacity needs. The role leads planning for emergency capacity, uses and maintains data to identify needs and forecast pipeline gaps, and helps streamline the human service plan and release of requests for proposals. It also oversees procurement-related planning, including budget negotiations, the fiscal-year contracting plan, and provider negotiations. The position supports communications with executive leadership and planning for agency goals. The role supervises staff and coordinates with DHS program divisions and internal and external partners to advance shelter capacity and procurement. Applicants must be permanent in the Administrative Staff Analyst civil service title or permanent in a comparable title eligible for a 6.1.9 title change. The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Requirements
- Must be permanent in the Administrative Staff Analyst civil service title or permanent in a comparable title eligible for a 6.1.9 title change.
- Meet the Administrative Staff Analyst qualification through one of the listed education and experience pathways: a relevant master’s degree or law degree and two years of qualifying professional experience; a bachelor’s degree and four years; an associate degree or 60 semester credits and six years; a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Qualifying experience must include at least 18 months in an executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory capacity, supervising staff performing professional work in the specified fields.
- For the education-and-experience combination pathway, candidates must have a high school diploma and at least two years of qualifying experience, including the required 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience.
- Work schedule is Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Responsibilities
- Lead reviews and development of competitive and open-ended solicitations and contract language, ensuring DHS policies and procedures are updated and RFPs reflect provider expectations and new initiatives.
- Oversee strategic planning for viable shelter and program sites and contracting for single adults, families with children, and adult families by collecting and managing capacity, demand, and status data.
- Coordinate with the Agency Chief Contracting Officer’s office on program-related human service procurement tasks, timely proposal reviews, and streamlining and efficiency improvements.
- Serve as a CPD leadership contact for planning documents, presentations, and tracking outcomes for Mayoral initiatives related to shelter development, closing commercial hotels, and stopgap capacity measures.
- Build and maintain working relationships with DHS Programs, HERO, the Office of the Medical Director, Facilities and Logistics, DSS ACCO, the Office of Legal Affairs, the Finance Office, the Office of Budget Administration, and other partners to expedite budget and contract packages.
- Manage procurement for the pipeline of long-, mid-, and short-term options to address changing census needs.
- Supervise staff with varying levels of experience and education, ensuring deadlines are met and work is high quality.
- Support the Deputy Commissioner in communications with executive leadership and planning agency goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
