Deputy Director

The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self- sufficiency as quickly as possible. Human Resources Solutions (HRS) supports the human resources needs of the Department of Social Services, the Human Resources Administration, and the Department of Homeless Services through strategic partnership and collaboration, with the goal of creating an inclusive, motivated, and client centered workforce. Human Resources Solutions (HRS)/ Office of HR Partnerships is recruiting for one (1) Deputy Assistant Administrator for Personnel Administration & Labor Relations, M-II to function as the Deputy Director of HR Partnerships, who will: Assist the ADC in planning, managing, and administering the operations of the HR Partnership unit, which consists of a team of 13 Human Resource Business Partners (HRBP) and 13 Deputy Human Resource Business Partners. Assist the ADC in monitoring and maintain all HR partnership unit functions to ensure they are in line with the agency's goals, regulatory requirements, and ensure policies, procedures, and systems are in compliance with Federal, State, and City rules and regulations. Prepare, review, and submit reports on critical staffing needs and vacancies with recommendations to solve to for review by the ADC for the Senior Deputy Commissioner. Prepare weekly city hall reports on staffing requests and staffing deliverables. Assist the ADC in overseeing the flow of all human resources activities between the HRBP and their respective Chief's organizational structures, ensuring that programmatic support area staffing needs and agency goals are efficiently and expeditiously met. Assist the ADC in recommending and developing solutions for employee relation conflicts, problematic areas in addition to developing ideas to prevent and manage conflicts in addition to help improving departmental and organizational structures. Review and conduct an audit of the submissions of monthly Pre and Post Audit Planned Action Report (PAR) prepared by the HRBPs, ensuring that the PAR submissions conforms to all Mayoral directives and approved guidelines. Assist the ADC in identifying, analyzing, and reviewing the impact of existing and/or new policies and practices to ensure adherence and uniform implementation with the HRBPs. Assist the ADC in formulating strategies or suggest changes or improvements to current business plans, policies, and procedures. Plan and implement the goals and objectives and the strategies of the HR Partnerships. Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis necessary for recommendations and monitoring project performance of the HRBPs. Prepare confidential and non-confidential summary reports, monthly and ad hoc reports for the ADC to inform them of all HR issues and concerns. Perform monthly audits of the budget and headcount analyses, staffing logistics, draft specifications for Comprehensive Personnel System (CPS) actions and other types of analysis with designated HRS staff to ensure budget and headcount approval; alert and advise the HRBPs of issues that may affect budgetary and headcount approval. Minimum Qualifications A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, plus four years of satisfactory full-time experience performing work related to recruitment, personnel relations, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor relations; 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 A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years of full-time experience equivalent to "1" above; at least eighteen months of this experience must have been in a supervisory or managerial capacity; or Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. College credits from an accredited college or university may be substituted for experience based on 30 semester credits for one year of work experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least eighteen months of experience must be in a supervisory or managerial capacity as described in "1" above. Preferred Skills Excellent oral and written communication skills. - Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building relationships and demonstrating influence with staff at all organizational levels. - Excellent analytical skills. - Knowledge of civil service rules and regulations, and human resources policies, procedures and practices. - Work well under stress/pressure with restrictive deadlines. Public Service Loan Forgiveness As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at Residency Requirement New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview. Additional Information The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.