Director of Parks Inspection Program

City of New York•New York, NY

4d•$120,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position is open to current full-time annually paid Parks employees. Specifically, it is open to current permanent Parks employees serving in the Administrative Community Relations Specialist civil service title, on leave from that title, or in a comparable title (e.g., Administrative Staff Analyst, Administrative Park & Recreation Manager, or Administrative Manager), or those reachable on the Administrative Community Relations Specialist civil service list or a comparable list. The role involves overseeing the Parks Inspection Program (PIP) and other inspection initiatives, reporting to the Chief for Inspection and Audit. The position requires significant independent initiative and judgment in managing the program and its team.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university 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.
OR A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described above, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity.
OR Education and/or experience equivalent to the 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, at the rate of 30 semester credits 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, on the basis of 30 graduate credits for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 2 years.
All candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Parks Inspection Program (PIP) and inspections for Recreation, Golf, Restrictive Declaration, Automated External Defibrillator, Summer Weekend, Internal Audit follow-up, Capital Walk-Thru and other inspections, as needed.
Ensure the PIP team of 10 full-time Inspectors receive proper training, support, monitoring for consistency, and regular feedback.
Manage the PIP Analytic team, providing guidance and technical support for quality assurance, and improving PIP's tools, reports, and presentations.
Present ratings results to Chiefs and Commissioners at the Monthly Operations Meeting and other high-level settings.
Collaborate with other divisions to enhance the usefulness and availability of PIP data and reports across the Agency in desktop and mobile environments.
Represent PIP by conducting training and presentations internally and for outside agencies.
Provide guidance to Maintenance and Operations, addressing concerns and conducting field visits to discuss properties and standards.
Ensure new inspection sub-properties are created in GIS and added for inspection on a timely basis.
Respond to requests from Legal regarding inspection records.
Ensure compliance with Fleet procedures, including routine maintenance and follow-up on violations.
Perform special projects as required.