Job Description

*PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY EMPLOYEES PERMANENT IN THE TITLE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER WILL BE CONSIDERED

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Organizational Development & Human Resources (OD&HR) is the Agency’s internal consultant/partner on organizational culture change and human resources matters. We identify and respond to employee relations issues, staff development needs, and current and strategic manpower requirements. We collaborate with employees, management, employee representatives, employee affinity groups, and other City agencies to develop sustainable policies, procedures, and practices. Our functional areas include Recruitment, Employee Engagement, Operations, Employee Benefits, Human Resources Information Systems, Time and Leave/Performance Evaluation, Wage and Salary Administration, Workforce Development & Training, Payroll, Central Timekeeping and Strategic and Workforce Planning.

Under the executive direction of the Director of Human Resources (Planning, Recruitment and Operations), with a very wide latitude for independent initiative, judgement and decision making, the candidate will serve as Director of the Operations Unit. In this capacity, the candidate will manage difficult and responsible professional personnel work in all aspects of clerical/administrative and related civil service activities concerned with the intake and processing of civil service candidates and is responsible for the overall management of the Operations Unit. Candidate will perform difficult analytical work in capturing civil service metrics and statistics; serve as an Agency Personnel Officer (APO) and liaison between DCAS and the Agency in providing accurate information on and/or interpretation of Civil Service Rules & Procedures, DCAS Personnel Rules & Regulation, and Agency Personnel Policies and Procedures. Candidate may represent the Agency at DCAS meetings. Candidate will also oversee the management of a large office engaged in the on-boarding, processing and data entry of all Personnel Actions to include provisional, civil service, non-competitive, etc. new hires, title changes and salary adjustments. In addition, oversee difficult and responsible civil service personnel functions including transfers and reinstatements and serve as the Agency liaison with the Dept. of Investigations (DOI). Candidate must demonstrate knowledge of and support for EEO standards and procedures and promote a workplace free from safety hazards.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or

2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or

3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of

satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1"

above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial,

executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the

supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than

moderate difficulty; or

4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. However, all

candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1", "2" or "3" above. Education above

the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative

experience (but not for the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory

experience described in "1", "2" or "3" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits

from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½

years.

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.