Senior Director of Fatherhood Initiatives

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

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 Senior Director to oversee its Fatherhood Initiative. DYCD’s Fatherhood Initiative program aims to engage fathers to become self-sufficient, support fathers in establishing relationships and/or reconnecting-with their-children and assist fathers in strengthening their ties to their communities, in order to strengthen their children’s economic, emotional and social futures. The Fatherhood Initiative Programs will serve fathers at any level of child engagement and who are potentially living at or below the poverty level. This includes fathers who are disconnected from or have no visitation with their children, have supervised visitation with their children, or have unsupervised visitation of their children, regardless of whether they are a non-custodial or custodial parent.

Requirements

ONLY CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT FROM THE OPEN COMPETITIVE OR PROMOTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES LIST WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four years of progressively responsible experience, in a large governmental agency, business firm, civic or community organization operating in the area of social services, including one year at the administrative or managerial level; or Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above.
Graduate education or a license may substitute for up to a maximum of three years of experience in the area of social services, but not for the one year of experience at the administrative or managerial level as described in "1" above, as follows: (A) A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, business, child welfare, counseling, economics, education, finance, human resources, labor relations, management, management science, nursing, operations research, organizational behavior, personnel or public administration, political science, psychology, sociology, social work, statistics, and/or urban studies may substitute for two years of experience; and/or (B) Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university in the area(s) listed in “2(A)” above for each year of experience up to a maximum of three years; or (C) A valid New York State Registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) may substitute for three years of experience.
All candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and one year of experience at the administrative or management level as described in "1" above.

Nice To Haves

Under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner, with wide latitude for independent judgment and initiative, the Senior Director will oversee the CBO contracts under the Fatherhood Initiative portfolio.
In addition, the Senior Director will represent DYCD in the City’s various efforts to promote responsible fatherhood, work to enhance DYCD’s profile in the field of responsible fatherhood, and will coordinate “father-friendly” campaigns and special events (e.g. “Dads Take Your Child To School Day”), making public presentations, etc.

Responsibilities

Provide direct supervision to assigned staff engaged in contract management, development, and monitoring of assigned contracts and make sure they receive effective oversight.
Review site visit reports prepared by program managers and ensure these and other contract monitoring instruments are completed and issued in a timely and efficient manner.
Accompany program managers conducting on-site programmatic and administrative visits to CBOs during program hours (may include weekends and evenings).
Review budgets, programmatic and contract documents for final approval.
Coordinate with PACE, Fiscal, and other DYCD departments the flow of contract development.
Ensure that Corrective Action Plans are completed and addressed in a timely manner.
Monitor each CBO’s program design, work scope and other documentation and procedures to ensure they remain aligned with the stated programmatic goals and objectives as per the Request for Proposal and contract.
Provide technical expertise for contract negotiations and development as well as targeted assistance to underperforming contractors.
Provide assistance to CBOs to identify resources, strengthen linkages and referrals, and refine practices.
Become proficient and provide training as needed to CBOs on DYCD’s web-based program management systems (PTS, EMS, etc.) as well as DYCD’s protocols and frameworks (e.g. incident reports, case management standards, circles of support, social emotional learning, etc.)
Monitor and analyze longitudinal performance of contractors and programs and provide periodic reports including on progress of the Initiative.
Provide regular updates to supervisory staff concerning poor performing programs along with recommendations to improve program performance.
Make recommendations concerning the provision of additional funding or defunding of program contracts.
Provide technical support for CBOs and coordinate training and assistance with the Capacity Building Unit.
Facilitate routine meetings with CBO providers to provide information and introduce resources and potential linkages to assist contractors.
Identify and research other poverty alleviation studies as well as citywide, statewide and federal initiatives.
Prepare reports and carry out special assignments, tasks and projects assigned by the Assistant Commissioner.
Assist with developing new program areas and Request for Proposals.
Prepare staff evaluations.
Serve as liaison to community-based organizations as well as partnering City agencies.
Represent DYCD and present at public meetings, conferences, community events, symposia and other forums.
Other duties as assigned.