Senior Training Associate

City of New York • New York, NY

15h

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. The Office of Professional Development and Mandated Training provides the critical link between employee professional development and ensuring policy proficiency of agency-funded programs. The Office of Professional Development and Mandated Training is responsible for all aspects of compliance training, curriculum development, and staff training responsible for providing oversight of programs administered by DYCD. The programs include but are not limited to, the following: Citywide Afterschool Programs, Summer Rising, Runaway Homeless Youth, and Adult Literacy. DYCD also administers services to immigrants, refugees, and non-citizens as well as programs related to youth enrichment and employment. Reporting to the Director of Strategic Learning, the Senior Training Associate is responsible for supporting, monitoring, and evaluating training programs designed for agency staff. The Senior Training Associate serves as a point of contact for communications, interpretation, and executing training activities and curricula related to Youth Program observation and evaluation, project management, and utilization of Microsoft products (such as Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word). The Office of Professional Development and Mandated Training is recruiting for one Associate Staff Analyst to function as Senior Training Associate who will:

Requirements

• 1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management, or in a related area; or
• 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above.
• 3.An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.
• 4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.
• 5.A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4” above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of experience as described in “1” above.

Responsibilities

• Develop content for Professional Development training including but not limited to: - Senior Management Training, Career Development, Youth Development Programming and Program Manager Core Competencies.
• Participate in meetings as well as develop surveys and other analysis tools to assess the agency’s training and professional development needs.
• Coordinate agency-wide and division-specific training activities and ensure that the development and implementation of training programs meet the needs and priorities of the agency.
• Participate in train-the-trainer workshops to become familiar with curriculum materials and presentation methodology for compliance trainings, new hire orientation, and content-specific workshops.
• Co-develop curriculum materials including lesson plans, trainers' guides, trainee workbooks, case studies, role plays, pre/post-tests, and evaluation instruments, and deliver content to adult learners.
• Play a fundamental role in orienting new employees. Participate in the planning, development, and implementation of new staff development curricula as well as the evaluation and refinement of existing programs to enhance the professional, technical, and programmatic capabilities of staff.
• Collaborate with various outside agencies and vendors to identify training opportunities, define deliverables, and manage vendor delivery of training. Such training may include courses, workshops, seminars, and staff development institutes.
• Provide rate-of-completion reports on compliance trainings and ad-hoc support with NYCAPS ePerformance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees