Senior Planner
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Job Description
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of communitybased organizations (CBOs) to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish. DYCDs initiatives include COMPASS the Citys comprehensive afterschool system Beacon Community Centers adult and youth literacy programs youth employment programs services for runaway and homeless youth antiviolence initiatives and community development programs. DYCD also collaborates with other City agencies on a range of mayoral initiatives to improve City services and ensure greater opportunities for minority and immigrant youth and families.
Situated within the Bureau of Planning Program Integration and Evaluation (PPIE) the Planning Program Design and Grant Development team performs program and policy research and develops program models agencywide policies and best practices for DYCD based on stakeholder feedback internal data research and evaluation. The research and stakeholder engagement phase can include conducting literature reviews and obtaining input from program administrators participants and a broad range of stakeholders on program design. The Office also facilitates meetings and design processes with multiple units to develop and revise program design. Once models are developed the Office formalizes program design and requirements in solicitation and contractual documents. Upon award the Office implements a postaward process that ensures that both DYCD staff and providers understand program model expectations adheres to and tracks contractual requirements and are connected to resources. Additionally the Office promotes program integration efforts through standardized policies and practices and universal language. The Office also leads fundraising strategy for DYCD including development of grant proposals for foundations and public and private sector entities.
Reporting to the Senior Director of PPIE the Senior Planner will:
Responsibilities:
Program Design and Facilitation
Lead program design development processes for multiple program areas across DYCD;
Design and facilitate intraagency meetings to develop and revise program design; establish policies and encourage consistent implementation practice across DYCD;
Apply humancentered design approaches such as journey mapping root cause analysis to program design processes;
Integrate datadriven decisionmaking into program design processes;
Facilitate trainings feedback sessions conferences and other convenings to communicate new program models and answer questions from various stakeholders;
Coordinate with program and fiscal teams to develop budgets for programs and initiatives;
Community Engagement
Conduct focus groups and interviews with stakeholders including participants service providers experts and advocates to inform program design;
Liase and collaborate with diverse stakeholders within DYCD other City agencies DYCDfunded programs people with lived experience and the broader community to support development of systems agencywide policies frameworks and best practices;
Coordinate community planning processes in coordination with relevant programmatic units;
Research/Writing
Draft RFPs concepts papers and other procurement documents for multiple units across the agency;
Conduct research and literature reviews to determine best practices design and plan programs;
Obtain and analyze data from internal and external sources to identify areas of improvement service gaps and participant needs;
Summarize findings of analysis research and stakeholder engagement for stakeholders;
Continuously monitor program model performance through administrative data analysis and review of evaluation studies conducted by the agency;
Other
Additional tasks including reviewing and rating proposals grantwriting participating in workgroups with other units and divisions within DYCD and interacting with other City agencies to coordinate joint initiatives.
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST 21744
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.
NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
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
Employment Type
Full-time
