Job Description

Reporting directly to the Chief Citywide Equity and Inclusion Officer/Deputy Commissioner and functioning as a key advisor on initiatives related to Citywide program development and legislative priorities, the Director of Policy and Program Development will manage the Policy, Program Development Unit (PPD), which designs and implements initiatives that align with and operationalize legal mandates and legislation; organizes mandatory citywide best practice meetings and other educational programs for EEO Officers; promotes compliance with training programs and reporting; guides agencies in effective use of workforce metrics; designs and maintains compliance tools and reference resources; provides general guidance to agencies on preparation of their annual EEO plans and quarterly updates, which agencies are required to file pursuant to the New York City Charter Chapter 35, Section 815 (19).

The Director's primary duties include:

POLICY AND ANALYSIS:
-Track and review proposed legislation for potential impact on CEI operations and to help formulate the agency's position on the draft bills and language; respond to related questions and perform legal research.
-Direct the implementation of relevant legislation and develop methods to manage compliance.
-Research City Council hearing topics and gather information for testimony and Q&A preparation.
-Develop and provide tolls to assist agencies with compliance reporting obligations and enable staff to hold compliance consultation meetings with agencies.
-Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on policy initiatives and projects.
-Draft reports required by local laws, policies, processes, and project workstreams.

PROGRAMMING AND DATA ANALYSIS:
-Create and identify industry best practices that are shared with agency EEO Officers at mandatory citywide EEO Best Practices meetings.
-Design, develop and implement educational programs and platforms to share relevant strategies, programs, and processes to achieve specific legislative mandates and goals.
-Make regular updates to interfaces and platforms used for sharing resources with EEO Officers, including on Teams.
-Research trends and develop programming pursuant to the objectives of New York City Charter Chapter 35, Section 814.1.
-Design, establish and analyze baseline and benchmark workforce metrics to track, monitor and report on the effectiveness of related initiatives, including assessing outcomes from agencies' annual EEO plans and quarterly reports.
-Make recommendations using data visualizations, dashboards, and other reports.
-Provide data for reporting requirements, e.g. Mayor's Management Report (MMR), local law reports, etc.

CITYWIDE TRAINING CONTENT AND PRESENTATIONS:
-Conduct presentations to various groups (e.g. meetings, panels, for senior leadership).
-Within the City Training portfolio on workplace practices, assess needs, develop curricula ideas, review existing trainings for necessary updates, curate and assist in identifying subject matter experts, address issues regarding agencies utilizing various training modalities such as live sessions, e-learning, and train-the-trainer offerings; this includes professional development opportunities for EEO Officers and opportunities to cultivate content that qualifies for CLE credit, given that many of the EEO Officers are attorneys.

SUPERVISION AND OPTIMIZING PPD PROCESSES:
-Determine PPD's short and long-term goals, develop metrics and key performance indicators to track success, develop and update standard operating procedures (SOPs).
-Lead and guide PPD staff through training, coaching, including weekly one on one meetings, and performance evaluations according to the agency schedule.
-Ensure staff prepare and abide by timelines in project plans.
-Ensure inquiries PPD receives are addressed and tracked.
-Cross-collaborate with other CEI managers on projects and to promote employee engagement and success.

To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID #748658.

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Qualifications

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

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