City Of New York

Director of Strategy & Program Implementation

City Of New York$120K — $150K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's degree in relevant fields such as economics, finance, or public administration.
  • 2 years of professional experience in budget administration or organizational research.
  • 18 months in an executive or managerial role overseeing professional staff.
  • Experience in managing public or private sector programs and evaluations.
  • Ability to interpret complex regulations and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership for multiple citywide programs.
  • Develop and implement policies and operational frameworks.
  • Manage and direct staff aligned with key initiatives.
  • Maintain relationships with city agencies and stakeholders.
  • Oversee performance and drive continuous improvement efforts.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence citywide programs and initiatives.
  • Engagement with diverse stakeholders including city agencies and external partners.
  • Potential to enhance operational efficiency in public service delivery.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Office of Citywide Procurement (OCP) is the centralized procurement line of service with various external and internal functions, including ensuring that procurement processes comply with all applicable rules and mandates. In support of all City agencies, OCP is responsible for citywide contract management, quality assurance, and supply chain management. This work helps maintain the public trust and ensures that all products and services support the City's overarching environmental and economic justice goals.

The Director of Strategy and Program Implementation will provide strategic leadership, oversight, and administration of citywide programs, including but not limited to: the Child Care Program, OMNY Card Ordering Program, and P-Card and Travel Program. This position is responsible for establishing program direction, developing policies and operational frameworks, ensuring compliance, managing stakeholder relationships, overseeing program performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The Director collaborates with City agencies, executive leadership, vendors, and external partners to ensure the effective delivery, sustainability, and enhancement of citywide programs that support employees and agency operations.

Additional functions of the Director of Strategy and Program Implementation will include but not be limited to the following:

- Manage and Direct staff on their daily activities in conjunction with the LOS's key initiatives.
- Meet with key stakeholders citywide on issues surrounding programmatic needs and updates.
- Manage DCAS's first of its kind childcare program. Responsible over administrating the childcare contract, managing the vendor, reviewing invoices for accuracy, issuing guidance and communication, and managing child enrollment procedures.
- Perform, develop and manage OCP/DCAS's key strategic initiative through the various units within the LOS.

Only permanent employees in the civil service title of Administrative Staff Analyst and those in comparable civil service titles are eligible to apply.

To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs, or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees, and search for Job ID #787529.

No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST ( - 1002A

Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, 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 closely related field, and two years 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, 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. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

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