EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF CONTRACTS, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
About The Position
The Department of Social Services (DSS) includes the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA focuses on fighting poverty and income inequality by providing essential benefits. DHS works to prevent and address homelessness. The Human Resources Administration/Customized Assistance Services (HRA/CAS) is responsible for program evaluation, reporting, and strategic direction for service utilization. CAS evaluation, analysis, and reporting inform high-level decision-making across DSS-HRA-DHS, including research efforts on data provided by data systems for supportive housing as part of the NYC 15/15 initiative. The Office of Contracts, Finance & Management Planning is responsible for the development, procurement, and management of CAS's contracts and grants, and oversees CAS's budget, fiscal, and management planning program monitoring, and analysis activities. It ensures that CAS human service contracts deliver high-quality clinical and support services integrated with other HRA program areas. The Director, under the Deputy Commissioner for Customized Assistance Services (CAS), with significant autonomy, manages CAS's contracts, budget, fiscal operations, and management planning, program monitoring, and analysis.
Requirements
- Permanent in the Administrative Contract Specialist Civil Service Title or have passed the open Administrative Contract Specialist Exam (#5001) with a score of 100 and be immediately reachable.
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time, satisfactory professional, technical or administrative experience in one or more of the following fields: program evaluation, contract negotiations/management, business or public administration, contract community relations, or related fields; at least eighteen months must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or supervising professional personnel performing work in program evaluation, contract negotiation/management, business or public administration.
- A four year high school diploma, or its equivalent, and six years of full-time, professional, technical or administrative work experience in one or more of the fields cited above; at least eighteen months must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or supervising professional personnel as described in "1" above.
- All candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative, managerial or executive experience or experience supervising professional personnel as described in "1" above.
Responsibilities
- Direct CAS contracting activities including developing scopes of services in conjunction with clinical and operational areas, drafting RFPs and bid specifications, managing solicitations, contract negotiations, processing contracts, and evaluating contractor performance.
- Direct the performance of budget and fiscal activities including: the preparation of new budget requests, formulation of programs and operational processes to increase productivity, the review of contractual budgets and requests for contract adjustments and reviewing and authorizing contractual payments.
- Direct the performance of management planning, coordination and programmatic analysis activities including the preparation of reports analyzing program effectiveness and the coordination and response to audits, FOIL requests and other requests for information by internal and external agencies.
- Serve as CAS’s point-of-contact with administrative offices within HRA (including Contracts, Finance, and Legal Affairs) and external to HRA (e.g. Mayor’s Office of Contract Services) to ensure the fulfillment of CAS’ mission.
- Formulate policies and performs special high-level projects assigned by the Deputy Commissioner for Customized Assistance Services.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
