Citywide Facility Planner

City of New York•New York City, NY

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The Citywide Capital Team supports Parks Operations’ stewardship of its facilities in a state of good repair and advances improvements through greenhouse gas emission reduction, ADA compliance, green infrastructure, improved equity, and other citywide initiatives. The Citywide Facility Planner supports facility planning for Parks Operations at NYC Parks (DPR), with work affecting neighborhood growth, public health, and communities throughout New York City’s five boroughs. The position reports to the Deputy Chief of Citywide Facility Operations and performs complex planning, coordination, research, analysis, and oversight for the Citywide Operations Capital Unit. This vacancy is only open to current full-time annually paid Parks employees who meet the stated civil service title, comparable-title, or civil service list eligibility criteria. The work location is Citywide Services, Randall’s Island.

Requirements

Eligibility is limited to current full-time annually paid Parks employees who are permanent employees serving in, or on leave from, the Administrative Community Relations Specialist civil service title; permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title; employees reachable on the Administrative Community Relations Specialist or comparable civil service list; or employees who qualify for a comparable title.
Applicants should indicate the exam title, exam number, and list number or comparable title on their resume.
For the Administrative Community Relations Specialist title: a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and four years of satisfactory full-time community liaison, community organization, or community relations experience, including at least two years in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, developing, evaluating, or administering a large community service program or activity; or a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of such experience, including at least two years in the specified administrative or policy-making capacity; or equivalent education and/or experience.
All candidates for the Administrative Community Relations Specialist title must have a high school diploma or equivalent and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with the specified responsibilities.
Undergraduate education above high school may substitute for community liaison, community organization, or community relations experience at 30 semester credits per year, up to four years, but not for the required two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience.
Graduate education beyond a bachelor’s degree may substitute for community liaison, community organization, or community relations experience at 30 graduate credits per year, up to two years, but not for the required two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience.
Current City employees must include their ERN on their cover letter and resume.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and oversee the development, implementation, and ongoing projects and initiatives of the Citywide Operations Capital Unit.
Conduct or supervise complex research, investigations, studies, and examinations related to energy reduction, state of good repair, and other programs supporting Citywide Services and the Agency.
Perform strategic analysis and risk management, and provide guidance to senior staff supporting Agency decisions on citywide development initiatives.
Review and analyze data from different sources.
Propose and implement measurement and verification methodologies to ensure project performance.
Analyze data concerning lighting, mechanical systems, and conditions of Parks facilities.
Research, analyze, frame, and document opportunities for new projects.
Prepare master plans, strategic planning documents, and high-level maps and graphics for presentations and master planning documents.
Help prepare applications for expense and capital funding through DCAS, DEM, or other funding sources.
Oversee development of the intern staffing plan; execute and supervise interns supporting research, data evaluation, recordkeeping, and research design execution and interpretation.
Support development of new needs funding requests for capital projects based on research and data analysis.
Maintain detailed records and provide progress reports.
Prepare briefing memoranda, project schedules, budget proposals, grant applications, correspondence, reports, and related documents.
Liaise with other City agencies, including DCAS, NYCEM, and DEP, and with third-party organizations providing programs and services through Parks, City agencies, and organizations.