Director of Operations

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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

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; 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
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

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.