The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The NYPD strives to foster a safe and fair city through the strategic deployment of resources, focusing on both crime prevention and addressing quality-of-life concerns while building lasting community relationships.

The NYPD is hiring an experienced attorney to serve as a Director within the Special Victims Unit, within the Detective Bureau. The NYPD SVU spearheads the Department's development of sexual violence, child abuse, and human trafficking policy, operations, and program implementation, and ensures investigators have the tools to Investigate these cases. Working In conjunction with the Director/Executive Counsel and a uniformed Commanding Officer, the Director will:

- Ensure that all members of service receive the most up-to-date trainings and best practices surrounding response and Investigation of sexual violence, child abuse, and human trafficking offenses
- Liaise with advocacy groups and survivors to gather feedback on the Department's services, and help shape new programming
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to enhance sexual violence, child abuse, and human trafficking awareness and prevention through community advocacy
- Collaborate with legislators, advocacy organizations, survivors, and service providers to Inform and advance legislative and policy goals aimed at preventing sexual violence, child abuse, and human trafficking, and strengthening intervention mechanisms
- Coordinate various reporting on sexual violence and child abuse statistics and programs, including those mandated by New York State, New York City and other governing bodies
- Work closely with the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence to support citywide sexual violence, child abuse, and human trafficking prevention and awareness

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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.

1. Applicants must be admitted and in good standing in New York State and must have substantial legal experience following graduation from an ABA accredited law school. 2. Experience with sexual violence and child physical and sexual abuse investigations and prosecutions. 3. E1Cperience In sexual anti-violence advocacy, legislative advocacy, policy implementation, and education at an advocacy organization 4. Ability to think creatively, embrace new approaches and pioneer Innovative solutions to intricate problems. 5. Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. 6. Ability to write reports, correspondence, literature reviews and memorandums.

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.