Deputy Director

City of New York • New York City, NY

17d

About The Position

ONLY CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST OR WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT FROM THE OPEN COMPETITIVE OR PROMOTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST LIST WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. CANDIDATES MUST BE: Eligible for appointment from the civil service list ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST Transfers Or Permanent in the civil Service title ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish. DYCD is seeking a Deputy Director who, under the supervision of the Director, with latitude for the exercise of independent action and decision-making, will manage a portfolio of Discretionary contracts. The selected candidate will participate as a key member of a team charged with ensuring that Discretionary contracts – which typically range from $5,000 to $4,000,000 each year – are received, reviewed, approved, and processed in a timely fashion and that once registered are maintained in compliance with the terms of their contract.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and four years of satisfactory, full-time community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibility for planning, organizing, coordinating, developing, evaluating and/or administering a large community service program or activity
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in "1" above, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in "1" above
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for the community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in "1" above, at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 4 years. Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted for the community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in "1" above, on the basis of 30 graduate credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 2 years. However, all candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in "1" above.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees