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Salary range: $52,438.00 – $59,255.00

*** Open to candidates who are permanent in the Civil Service title of Special Officer and will therefore be eligible to take the promotional exam for Supervising Special Officer whenever it becomes available.
Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.
As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.
Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:
1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a “response-ready” organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women’s health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7,000-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism’s impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
Program and Job Description:
The Division of Administration-Bureau of Operations/Health Police Unit oversees, directs and protects DOHMH employees, clients, visitors and properties throughout NYC areas on a 24/7 basis.
In meeting the growing needs and demands of the agency, this Unit requires adequate resources and staff to perform these services in an effective and efficient manner. Such services include the extension of hours of operations beyond the normal hours of operations at Public Health Laboratories and District Health Centers Neighborhood Health clinics.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Supervise Special Officers in absence of Level II.
Review work performance of Special Officers and conduct evaluations.
Responsible for any disciplinary matters pertaining direct reports.
Direct and train subordinates in their duties and responsibilities and ensure poor work performances are corrected and appropriately carried out.
Assign patrols and review patrol sheets from officers.
Inspect Special Officers posts and other work assigned.
Perform uniform and equipment inspection to ensure both direct reports and contract guards are in proper uniform attire and equipped for duty.
Patrol Health Department facilities and surrounding areas to maintain order and a safe environment.
Prepare, review and submit detailed incident reports to their direct superiors.
Issue summonses to violators of penal law and submit summonses from your direct reports.
Testify in court on arrests made and/or summonses issued.
Sign, review and maintain logbooks and memo books up to date.
Generate post orders for each assigned supervised location and ensure post orders are carried out.
Ensure appropriate coverage is assigned to all supervised locations.
Visit site locations and ensure daily field reports are adequately submitted on a daily basis.
Approve, review, submit and adjust time sheets for leave requests, heat days, excess leaves and overtime requests.
Work with assigned Special Officer to ensure that all reports are in compliance with required trainings.
**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:
Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:

• A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver’s license.

• Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

• Current Resume

• Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting’s “Minimum Qualification Requirements” section. Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to: college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.
If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.
**LOAN FORGIVENESS
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 StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
"FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL”
NOTE: This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.

Minimum Qualifications

55a Program

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Residency Requirement

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