Director, Policy & Program Development — Citywide Equity

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

City of New York is seeking a Director of Policy and Program Development to lead the Policy, Program Development Unit (PPD) within CEI, guiding the design and implementation of initiatives aligned with legislative mandates and citywide compliance requirements.

The role oversees budgeting, reporting, and collaboration with agencies to meet EEO and workforce equity goals, while driving data-driven policy analysis and program improvements across 80 agencies.

Qualifications

• Admission to the New York State Bar and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant legal experience, including supervisory experience.
• Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.
• Demonstrated background in policy analysis, project management, ability to develop, implement and monitor programs that support the City\'s workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Ability to drive managerial prerogatives and engage staff through attentive supervision and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Track and review proposed legislation for potential impact on CEI operations and to help formulate the agency\'s position on the draft bills and language; respond to related questions and perform legal research.
• Direct the implementation of relevant legislation and develop methods to manage compliance.
• Research City Council hearing topics and gather information for testimony and Q&A preparation.
• Develop and provide tools to assist agencies with compliance reporting obligations and enable staff to hold compliance consultation meetings with agencies.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on policy initiatives and projects.
• Draft reports required by local laws, policies, processes, and project workstreams.
• Create and identify industry best practices that are shared with agency EEO Officers at mandatory citywide EEO Best Practices meetings.
• Design, develop and implement educational programs and platforms to share relevant strategies, programs, and processes to achieve specific legislative mandates and goals.
• Make regular updates to interfaces and platforms used for sharing resources with EEO Officers, including on Teams.
• Research trends and develop programming pursuant to the objectives of New York City Charter Chapter 35, Section 814.1.
• Design, establish and analyze baseline and benchmark workforce metrics to track, monitor and report on the effectiveness of related initiatives, including assessing outcomes from agencies\' annual EEO plans and quarterly reports.
• Make recommendations using data visualizations, dashboards, and other reports.
• Provide data for reporting requirements, e.g. Mayor\'s Management Report (MMR), local law reports, etc.

Skills

Policy analysis

Project management

Data visualization

Public speaking

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

MS Teams

Education

Admission to the New York State Bar

Tools

Westlaw

Microsoft Teams

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Zoom

Job description

City of New York is seeking a Director of Policy and Program Development to lead the Policy, Program Development Unit (PPD) within CEI, guiding the design and implementation of initiatives aligned with legislative mandates and citywide compliance requirements.

The role oversees budgeting, reporting, and collaboration with agencies to meet EEO and workforce equity goals, while driving data-driven policy analysis and program improvements across 80 agencies.