Director of Parks Inspection Program

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York is seeking an Administrative Community Relations Specialist to oversee the Parks Inspection Program (PIP) and related inspections, providing leadership to a team of inspectors and analytic staff. The role reports to the Chief for Inspection and Audit and requires strong administrative and policy-making capabilities.

The position is based at Arsenal, Manhattan, with responsibilities including staff training, data reporting, and inter-division coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and four years of satisfactory full-time community liaison/relations experience, at least two years in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity.
• Eight years of full-time experience with a high school diploma or equivalent, with two years in admin/policy-making as described above.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Parks Inspection Program (PIP) and other inspections as assigned.
• Ensure PIP team of 10 inspectors receive training, supervision and feedback.
• Manage the PIP Analytic team to ensure quality assurance of field inspections and reporting.
• Present ratings to Chiefs and Commissioners at Monthly Operations Meetings and other high-level settings.
• Collaborate with divisions to improve data availability in desktop and mobile environments.
• Represent PIP in trainings and presentations internally and externally.
• Provide guidance to Maintenance and Operations and conduct field visits to discuss properties and standards.
• Create GIS sub-properties for inspections as needed and respond to legal requests.
• Ensure compliance with Fleet procedures and follow-up on violations.
• Perform special projects as required.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Four years of related experience in community liaison/relations

Job description

• Job Category: Administration & Human Resources
• Salary Band: $100,000 to $125,000
• Compensation: USD 120,000 - USD 125,000

Job Description

*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT FULL-TIME ANNUALLY PAID PARKS EMPLOYEES*

*This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent Parks employees serving in the Administrative Community Relations Specialist civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title (e.g. Administrative Staff Analyst, Administrative Park & Recreation Manager, or Administrative Manager) or 4) Parks employees who are reachable on the Administrative Community Relations Specialist civil service list or a comparable civil service list or qualify for a comparable title. [Please indicate the exam and your list number or comparable title on your resume.]

• For Operations and Management Planning (OMP), reporting to the Chief for Inspection and Audit, under general supervision, with considerable latitude for independent initiative and judgment, oversee the Parks Inspection Program (PIP) as well as inspections for Recreation, Golf, Restrictive Declaration, Automated External Defibrillator, Summer Weekend, Internal Audit follow-up, Capital Walk-Thru and other inspections, as needed.
• Ensure that PIP’s team of 10 full-time Inspectors receive proper training and support, are monitored for consistency, and receive regular feedback and guidance.
• Manage the PIP Analytic team, providing guidance and technical support, to ensure quality assurance for field inspections and improve the content and delivery of PIP’s tools, reports and presentations.
• Present ratings results to Chiefs and Commissioners at the Monthly Operations Meeting and at other high-level settings.
• Collaborate with other divisions to improve the usefulness and availability of PIP data and reports throughout the Agency in desktop and mobile environments.
• Represent PIP by conducting training and presentations both internally and for outside agencies.
• Provide guidance to Maintenance and Operations, addressing any concerns and conducting field visits to discuss properties and standards.
• Ensure new inspection sub properties are created in GIS as needed and added for inspection on a timely basis.
• Respond to requests from Legal regarding inspection records.
• Ensure compliance with Fleet procedures including routine maintenance and follow-up on violations.
• Perform special projects, as required.

Work Location: Arsenal, Manhattan

NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request. Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee between $40.00 to $101.00 based on the salary range of title. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to a $104.50 background check fee.

nyc.gov/parks

MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

For information about applying for Civil Service Exams go to: Civil Service Exams - Department of Citywide Administrative Services (nyc.gov)

ADMIN COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPEC - 1002F

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and four years of satisfactory, full-time community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibility for planning, organizing, coordinating, developing, evaluating and/or administering a large community service program or activity; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in "1" above, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in "1" above; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for the community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in "1" above, at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 4 years. Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted for the community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in "1" above, on the basis of 30 graduate credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience, up to a maximum of 2 years. However, all candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational
equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in "1" above.

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.