***THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $142,273.00***

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of New York City’s children and families by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care services. In child welfare, ACS contracts with private nonprofit organizations to support and stabilize families through community-based programming and preventive services and provides foster care services for children not able to safely remain at home. Each year, the agency’s Division of Child Protection responds to more than 50,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. In juvenile justice, ACS manages and funds services including detention and placement, intensive community-based alternatives for youth, and support services for families. ACS is also a key part of NYC’s early childhood and education continuum, providing childcare assistance to thousands of child welfare involved and low-income children so they can access safe, affordable, quality care.

The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is seeking an outstanding candidate to serve as the Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) within the Division of Child Protection (DCP). The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) investigates allegations of child abuse and maltreatment of New York City children in foster family care or in day care settings in order to safeguard children and ensure their wellbeing. Reporting directly to the Associate Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner oversees all office operations and administration within the Office of Special Investigations. With wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and decision making, the Assistant Commissioner is responsible for ensuring that mandated investigations of reports of child abuse and neglect are initiated upon receipt from the State Central Register.

Responsibilities of this Position:

- Oversee a number of Child Protective Managers who are accountable for activities of several units of Child Protective workers providing a broad range of protective, foster care and preventive services.
- Ensure that each unit within the office is sufficiently staffed, properly equipped, trained and capable of carrying out its responsibilities in accordance with applicable law, rules, regulations and policy.
- Oversee the implementation of agency policy and operational systems within the office to ensure the effective delivery of services including connections and all management compliance systems. - Implement and monitor necessary management controls and accountable for the evaluations of subordinate supervisors.
- Take the necessary steps to improve the quality of services and carry out other administrative assignments as required.
- Resolve procedural, personnel and overall operational problems within the office. - Design and oversee the implementation of creative solutions to management and case related problems within the office.
- Intervene and participate in the investigation of fatality cases by providing depositions and relevant facts.
- May be requested to represent the agency before the City Council and /or other executive bodies.
- Must exemplify leadership skills of effective communication, modeling, coaching, educating and support to foster quality supervision with the OSI staff on a consistent basis.


ADDITONAL INFO:

Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.


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1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time, satisfactory professional social services or related experience in organizations dealing directly with children and/or adolescents; such as (but not limited to) child welfare agencies, Day-Care, educational institutions, mental health groups, pediatrics, juvenile justice. At least eighteen months of the required experience must be in a supervisor, administrative, managerial or executive capacity.

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least eighteen months of experience in a supervisory, administrative, managerial, or executive capacity. A Master's degree in Social Work may be substituted for one year of the required general experience.

Preferred Skills The preferred candidate must possess: - Demonstrated experience managing large projects with minimal supervision. - Ability to multi-task and prioritizes projects. - Solid interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience successfully engaging and working with business and technical customers at all levels of an organization. - Exceptional listening, written and verbal communication skills. - Demonstrated ability to tactfully address difficult topics with internal and external stakeholders. - Demonstrated experience in the successful management of cross-functional teams with a wide range of business and technical experience. - Demonstrated ability to coach and teach project staff in best practices in project management, and project management experience in the development of online systems in network and cloud based environments. - The preferred candidate should ideally have a graduate degree in public policy, public administration, social research, urban planning, or other related field. - Candidate should possess the strong process improvement, analytical, project management, communication and interpersonal skills. - Must be familiar with spreadsheet, database, presentation, statistical, project management and word processing applications. - Must have the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced work environment. - Candidate must possess skills in the following area (6) Executive Core Competencies: * Fundamental Competencies: (i.e., interpersonal skills, oral communication, integrity/honesty, written communication, continual learning and public service motivation). * Leading Strategic Change: (i.e., creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, strategic thinking and vision). * Leading Teamwork & Developing People - (i.e., conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others and team building). * Accountability & Results Driven (i.e., accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving and technical credibility). * Managing Human & Financial Resources (i.e., financial management, human capital management and technology management). * Building Coalitions - This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and Local governments, nonprofit and private-sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. (i.e., partnering, political awareness and influencing/negotiating). *Bilingual skills are a bonus.

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 https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

New York City Residency is not required for this position

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.