Director of Partner Projects

City of New York • Flushing, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent Parks employees serving in the City Planner civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title or 4) candidates who are reachable on the City Planner civil service list, Exam No. 1112 or 5045 or a comparable civil service list. Under the direction of the Chief of A&E Program Management, supervise the team responsible for delivery of capital projects managed by various other agencies and partner groups. Ensure that partner projects are delivered with requisite quality and to Parks’ standards while also being on time and on budget. Manage the relationship with other agencies at a managerial level. Coordinate with other Parks divisions to perform technical reviews of partner projects as necessary. Collaborate with various stakeholders across the agency to ensure programmatic needs are met. Develop expectations for project typologies that are to be typically delivered by partner agencies on Parks’ behalf.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in city planning.
• A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to a baccalaureate degree and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in city planning.
• Graduate education in city planning, urban planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, transportation engineering, public administration, economic development or related fields may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience.
• All candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.

Nice To Haves

• One additional year of professional experience as described in "2" above for Assignment Level III.
• Two additional years of professional experience as described in "2" above for Assignment Level IV.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the team responsible for delivery of capital projects managed by various other agencies and partner groups.
• Ensure that partner projects are delivered with requisite quality and to Parks’ standards while also being on time and on budget.
• Manage the relationship with other agencies at a managerial level.
• Coordinate with other Parks divisions to perform technical reviews of partner projects as necessary.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across the agency to ensure programmatic needs are met.
• Develop expectations for project typologies that are to be typically delivered by partner agencies on Parks’ behalf.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager