Instructor, Civilian Development Unit

City of New York • Flushing, NY

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The New York City Police Department strives to foster a safe and fair city through the strategic deployment of resources, focusing on both crime prevention and addressing quality-of-life concerns while building lasting community relationships. The Civilian Development Unit (CDU) provides department-wide training for Civilian and Uniformed members, supporting operational readiness, professional standards, and supervisory development. Training includes entry-level programs for new civilian hires: Police Administrative Aide (PAA); School Crossing Guard (SCG); Evidence and Property Control Specialist (EPCS); and Police Attendant (PA). Training also includes recurring in-service courses such as Roll Call Training, School Crossing Guard refresher training, and the 'Introduction to Supervision' promotional training to build leadership skills and prepare personnel for supervisor roles. The Administrative Manager serves as an instructor within the Civilian Development Unit, and is responsible for delivering structured training, maintaining and updating lesson materials, and ensuring all instruction reflects current Departmental procedures. The role oversees the preparation, review, and modification of lesson plans, lectures, exercises, and related training documents, and functions as the liaison to commands on training matters. The Administrative Manager regularly uses Word, Excel, Power Point and TACTICS to create training materials, track attendance, finalize session, and generate reports, and may supervise staff and perform administrative tasks as required.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in '1' above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in '1' above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to '1', '2' or '3' above.
• Must possess 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience.
• State certified in the Method of Instruction (MOI) Course, or must complete and pass the two-week MOI course upon assignment.
• Must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
• Must complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty.
• Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.

Responsibilities

• Delivering structured training
• Maintaining and updating lesson materials
• Ensuring all instruction reflects current Departmental procedures
• Overseeing the preparation, review, and modification of lesson plans, lectures, exercises, and related training documents
• Functioning as the liaison to commands on training matters
• Creating training materials using Word, Excel, Power Point and TACTICS
• Tracking attendance
• Finalizing sessions
• Generating reports
• Supervising staff (as required)
• Performing administrative tasks (as required)

Benefits

• Health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26
• Union benefits such as dental and vision coverage
• Paid annual leave
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Pension
• Optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account

What This Job Offers

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