Program Service Evaluator

THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $74781.00 $85998.00.

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE PROGRAM EVALUATOR.

The Administration for Childrens Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages communitybased supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment. In juvenile justice ACS oversees detention placement and programs for youth in the community.

ACS Division of Youth & Family Justice (DYFJ) is responsible for oversight and management of secure and nonsecure detention services for juveniles awaiting disposition in family and supreme courts as well as a network of communitybased delinquency prevention alternative to detention and alternative to placement programs for youth involved in or at risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system. DYFJ oversees a wide network of providers throughout the five boroughs that operate placement sites for youth who are adjudicated delinquent and placed by the New York City Family Court as part of the Close to Home initiative.

Within DYFJ the Office of Juvenile Justice Programs & Services (JJPS) ensures youth are receiving comprehensive and consistent medical mental health case management social and educational services by (a) developing and overseeing ACS array of programming/services for court involved youth (b) strengthening mental health services (c) tracking data identifying trends and implementing effective interventions and (d) coordinating training and staff development around specific clinical mental health and programmatic issues (e.g. LGBTQ youth issues family engagement substance abuse impact of trauma etc.. In addition JJPS organizes DYFJs family engagement and parent support work and provides staff training on mental health trauma LGBTQ issues and Commercially Sexually Exploited Children.

JJPS is seeking a Program Service Evaluator who will develop and support implementation of health and specialized programs in detention placement facilities communitybased alternatives and Department of Education (DOE) operated schools.

The duties and responsibilities of the Program Service Evaluator will include but will not be limited to:

Partner with facilities contracted providers and DOE yearround to develop/support implementation of health programs and services for all Secure Detention Nonsecure Detention Nonsecure Placement and Limited Secure Placement youths

Coordinate and support strategic analysis and project planning including needs assessments service gaps identification and creation/ of project work plans/timelines

Manage and analyze projects accountability and identify resources needed to bring projects to scale to ensure quality care for youth and improved outcomes for youth and families

Collaborate with intradivisional staff to develop activities workshops events and programs that promote overall health and wellbeing

Assess internal and external programs via observation surveys to residents and staff and other evaluation methods to provide feedback and continuous improvement recommendations for programs policies and procedures

Develop implement and support crossdivisional training and support Executive leadership with logistics and coordination of training activities

Assist in training DYFJ and contracted provider staff to implement programming and provide technical assistance as needed

Conduct research to develop initiatives and innovate in the areas of juvenile justice and youth development and disseminate research findings

Track data in efforts comprehensively map and analyze youth and familyrelated trends to better address unmet or changing service needs and advise on the development of related protocols procedures and policy decisions

Maintain JJPSassigned contract development and organizational management activities and ensure contracts and proposals are properly entered into databases securely maintained and tracked

Develop and draft a wide range of divisional materials and publications for Health Services and Specialized Programs (e.g. Pregnant and Parenting Restorative Justice staff wellness)

Develop monthly quarterly and annual reports to provide updates programmatic proposals strategic plans white papers and other materials

Attend meetings with and on behalf of Senior/Executive staff and conduct followups with relevant stakeholders

Develop and maintain relationships with other public agencies and a wide network of communitybased organizations and volunteers via regular outreach and engagement efforts


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Section 424A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with childcaring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.


TO APPLY:

Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID# 685276
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PROGRAM EVALUATOR (ACS) 52416

Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in social work economics finance accounting business personnel or public administration human resources management management science operations research organizational behavior statistics labor relations psychology sociology nursing counseling child welfare political science urban studies education or a closely related field and two years satisfactory fulltime professional experience performing quantitative/qualitative statistical analysis in the evaluation of social service programs and/or operations or utilizing statistical analysis in social service programlevel planning. At least one year of this experience must have been in a supervisory administrative managerial or consultative capacity or related area; or

A maximum of six semester credits from an accredited college in statistics and/or research methodologies may substitute for up to six months of the experience described in 1 above. However all candidates must possess the one year of experience in a supervisory administrative managerial or consultative capacity and at least an additional six months of fulltime professional experience as described in 1 above.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in one of the fields listed in 1 above and three years of the fulltime satisfactory professional experience described in 1 above including at least one year of experience in a supervisory administrative managerial or consultative capacity or related area.

A maximum of six semester credits from an accredited college in statistics and/or research methodologies may substitute for up to six months of the experience described in 1 above. However all candidates must possess the one year of experience in a supervisory administrative managerial or consultative capacity and at least an additional six months of fulltime professional experience 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime