Assistant Commissioner- Training and Development

City of New York•Middle Village, NY

13h

About The Position

The Assistant Commissioner for Training and Development is a senior executive responsible for the administration, coordination, and operational oversight of the New York City Department of Correction’s training, workforce development, and professional development programs. Under the executive direction of the Deputy Commissioner for Training and Development, the role supports the Training and Development Division’s strategic vision by establishing operational objectives, strengthening supervisory structures, and ensuring training initiatives are effectively executed across the Department. The position coordinates academy administrators, managers, supervisors, instructors, and support personnel to ensure programs are operationally relevant, instructionally effective, compliant with applicable laws and regulations, and responsive to Department needs. Through strategic resource management, program evaluation, and performance improvements, the Assistant Commissioner advances workforce readiness, instructional excellence, leadership development, institutional safety, accountability, and employee performance in support of safe and effective correctional operations.

Requirements

Demonstrated strategic and instructional leadership.
Experience or capability in multi-program, personnel, facility, project, and resource management.
Knowledge of adult learning, curriculum design, scenario-based instruction, competency assessment, coaching, mentoring, leadership development, compliance, emergency preparedness, and performance improvement.
Skills in data analysis, risk assessment, problem-solving, change leadership, collaboration, and accountability.
Executive-level written and oral communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Implement and monitor training strategy, operational plans, performance measures, staffing needs, timelines, and accountability.
Align training priorities with Department operations, workforce needs, reforms, risks, and public-safety practices; represent the Training and Development Division as assigned.
Oversee the Recruit Academy, Field Training Unit, in-service training, and assigned programs, ensuring adequate staffing, supervision, scheduling, facilities, equipment, assessments, remediation, safety, and quality controls.
Integrate classroom and field training through practical scenarios, coaching, competency assessments, and curricula aligned with policy and legal requirements.
Oversee supervisory, pre-promotional, mentoring, coaching, and leadership development for uniformed and civilian personnel, supporting role-specific skills and succession planning.
Analyze incidents, reviews, audits, investigations, corrective actions, observations, and performance data to identify skill and supervisory gaps; coordinate targeted training, coaching, and remediation with facility leadership.
Develop and monitor learning management system data, training records, dashboards, completion rates, competency measures, and operational trends to identify gaps and risks.
Evaluate learning and field application through assessments, practical testing, and supervisor observations, and recommend corrective action.
Establish standards for curriculum design, delivery, testing, evaluation, and revision consistent with policy, law, adult learning, and operational needs.
Oversee instructor selection, certification, development, evaluation, and deployment, including Instructor and Master Instructor Development programs.
Integrate incident command, fire and life safety, active threats, medical response, continuity, and critical-incident readiness into training.
Coordinate drills, simulations, tabletop exercises, after-action reviews, and joint training with relevant partners.
Direct, supervise, and evaluate uniformed and civilian leaders, instructors, analysts, administrative staff, and support personnel.
Assess staffing requirements, assignments, organizational structure, and succession needs; assist with budgets, contracts, procurement, technology, facilities, and equipment.
Identify resource constraints affecting safety, capacity, compliance, quality, and readiness, and recommend solutions.
Build relationships with educational, government, correctional, law-enforcement, research, and professional partners.
Pursue executive education, credentials, research, technical assistance, grants, and collaboration supporting reform, safety, accountability, and performance.