The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

We exist to provide answers in support of families, victims and community during times of profound need.

The core values of the OCME are to put the mission of the agency first, to be truly dedicated and to have integrity in every aspect of our professional life. The core functions of the Human Resources Department include recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, employee discipline, labor relations, performance management, timekeeping, and professional development. Under the supervision of the Executive Director of Human Resources, the selected candidate will provide training and talent acquisition support to the Human Resources Department at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Typical tasks that will be performed by the selected candidate include, but are not limited to the following:

- Assesses the best training platforms for staff, such as in-person or virtual.
- Provide training courses to staff and management of the agency.
- Assesses training needs, gaps, and opportunities for professional workforce development.
- Track and manage of training completion within the agency.
- Identify and implement improved methods or processes to centralize training completion information.
- Assure that completion of trainings is tracked for reporting training metrics to HR Executive Director
- Implement novel training modalities for improved workforce performance and engagement.
- Compiling, maintaining, and reporting data and analytics
- Tracking headcount, attrition, and other metrics
- Developing and submitting job postings in EHIRE
- Reviewing candidate qualifications and forwarding qualified r sum s to hiring managers
- Conducting follow-up to ensure candidates are accomplishing onboarding milestones within set timeframes
- Conducting agency-specific orientation sessions
- Preparing job offers, release letters, and other correspondence
- Coordinating and attending job fairs, professional conferences, and various recruiting events
- Planning and attending interviews as the HR representative
- Coordinating start dates with hiring managers
- Referring candidates to DOHMH for employment and medical processing
- Facilitating civil service list actions
- Establishing and maintaining rapport with OCME’s HR Partners, e.g. DOHMH, DCAS, other agencies, etc.
- Other duties as assigned

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in "1" above; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in "1" above;
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in "1" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.

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.