Human Resources Business Partner

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Our commitment to equity effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed including:
Recruiting hiring and training City employees.
Managing 55 public buildings.
Acquiring selling and leasing City property.
Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
Leading the Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Division of Energy Management (DEM) serves as the hub for energy management for City government operations. We develop the Citys annual Heat Light and Power Budget; manage the Citys electricity natural gas and steam accounts; help our agency partners identify and pursue energysaving opportunities at their buildings; do energy efficiency and clean power generation projects across the Citys portfolio; and implement operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices.

DEM is tasked with leading the Citys efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 80 percent by 2050 from a 2005 baseline (80x50). As part of the Climate Mobilization Act the City also recently set new targets to reduce emissions from City government operations by 40 percent by 2025 (40x25) and by 50 percent by 2030 (50x30). To meet these goals DEM is committed to collaborating very closely with our agency partners to help them achieve major emissions reductions in their buildings. We are actively working to provide them with the energy efficiency and clean energy project funding project delivery vehicles technical expertise staff resources strategic planning support and data analytics that they need to succeed.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Division of Energy Management (DEM) seeks a Human Resources Business Partner to meet our urgent need for personnel support. The HR Business Partner will work in the Strategic Services Unit under the direction of the Chief of Staff with latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative.

The HR Business Partner will be responsible for supporting a broad range of HR work necessary for personnel recruitment and retention across the division. Specifically the person will be charged with the following responsibilities:

Managing the daytoday hiring process for DEM: Under the direction of the Chief of Staff manages the submission and tracking of personnel requests; provides guidance on appropriate civil service titles office titles and leveling; defines job responsibilities; supports the offermaking and onboarding process; and helps maintain accurate personnel records.

Performing recruiting outreach: Builds partnerships with relevant educational and professional organizations to create pipelines into City government for talented energy management professionals. Identifies and helps DEM participate in relevant recruiting events including mobilizing appropriate staff to attend.

Supporting staff performance management and leading succession and transition planning efforts: Oversees preparation of Tasks & Standards and completion of mandated performance evaluations. Helps develop and advance promotion requests. Manages the offboarding process for departing staff.

Contributing to efforts to structure relevant training professional development coaching and team building programs for staff: Works closely with other DEM staff to identify and meet training and professional development gaps within DEM.

Leading a small team of HR professionals: Managing a team of 34 administrative staff responsible for carrying out daytoday hiring office supply management purchasing interoffice coordination and other tasks as needed.

Managing specific employee resources and internal staff events and serving as the goto resource for staff HR questions and needs: Supports the development and management of DEM resources such staff handbooks and directories. Helps connect staff to other resources as necessary.

This position requires a skilled Human Resources professional with experience in New York City government who has the ambition to serve and grow within a dynamic fastpaced division of DCAS.


Flexible Work Update:

This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between City and OSA.


To Apply:

Only individual who are currently serving permanently in the title of Associate Staff Analyst or reachable on the Associate Staff Analyst civil service list may apply.

Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #712880.

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ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST 12627

Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in economics finance accounting business or public administration public health human resources management management science operations research organizational behavior industrial psychology statistics personnel administration labor relations psychology sociology human resources development political science urban studies or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and one year of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration accounting economic or financial administration or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis operations research organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration recruitment position classification personnel relations labor relations employee benefits staff development employment program planning/administration labor market research economic planning social services program planning/evaluation or fiscal management or in a related area; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in the areas described in 1 above.

associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience as described in 1 above.

4. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience as described in 1 above.

5.A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 3 or 4 above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of 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