City Of New York

ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

City Of New York$125K — $150K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college
  • 4 years of relevant experience, including 18 months in a managerial or executive role
  • Experience supervising personnel
  • Competency in organizational performance analysis
  • Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the principal advisor to the Fire Commissioner on performance and analytics
  • Lead a team analyzing operational effectiveness and identifying improvement areas
  • Support executive decision-making with data-driven insights
  • Develop a department-wide performance management framework
  • Partner with stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide improvement initiatives
  • Create executive dashboards, KPIs, and performance reports

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous improvement
  • Collaboration with diverse leadership across a distinguished public service
  • Influence on strategic decision-making within a pivotal city department
  • Engagement in modernizing business processes to enhance public service delivery
  • Participation in innovative performance management initiatives
Full Job Description
The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Associate Commissioner. Reporting directly to the Office of the Fire Commissioner, the Associate Commissioner will serve as the Department's principal advisor on organizational performance, strategic analytics, process improvement, and enterprise transformation. The selected candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for evaluating organizational effectiveness, analyzing operational and administrative performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and supporting executive decision-making through data-driven insights. This position will partner with Bureau Chiefs, Deputy Commissioners, uniformed leadership, and civilian executives to improve operational performance, modernize business processes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement throughout the Department. Serve as the Departments executive advisor on organizational performance, enterprise analytics, and continuous improvement initiatives. Serve as the Departments executive advisor on organizational performance, enterprise analytics, and continuous improvement initiatives. Develop and implement a department-wide performance management framework aligned with the Commissioners strategic priorities. Partner with internal stakeholders and lead enterprise-wide improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, Business Process Improvement (BPI), and other continuous improvement methodologies. Identify operational inefficiencies, organizational risks, and opportunities to improve service delivery through quantitative and qualitative analysis. Develop executive dashboards, performance scorecards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and strategic reports for executive leadership. ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER (FD) - 95040 Qualifications 1. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college and 4 years of satisfactory experience of a nature to qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or 2. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, consultative or supervisory experience described in "1" above. Additional Information

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