Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Human Resources and Labor

Open to candidates who are permanent in the civil service title of Administrative Labor Relations Analyst or the comparable civil service titles of Health Services Manager Administrative Community Relations Specialist or Administrative Staff Analyst.

Agency/Office Overview:

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is a world-renowned agency with a long tradition of protecting and promoting health in the nations most culturally and linguistically diverse city. Our 7000-plus team members bring an extraordinary array of languages cultures and experiences to bear on the work of public health. Our diversity fuels creativity because all perspectives are heard and valued. DOHMH aims to improve the health outcomes of all New Yorkers by centering persistent racial inequities and promotion of social justice at the core of its work.

Position Overview:

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene seeks a dynamic and experienced professional to serve as the Assistant Commissioner for Human Resources and Labor Relations. Under Executive direction and with the broadest possible latitude to exercise independent judgment and decision making the incumbent will be responsible for implementing HR strategies that support DOHMH including oversight of recruitment leaves and labor relations. The successful candidate will lead oversee direct and manage all aspects of Human Resources for DOHMH.

The candidate will be expected to provide strategic leadership direction and guidance to a team of HR professionals and their respective staff; ensure the efficient daily operations of all human resources and personnel functions administration HR strategic planning civil service hiring and workforce planning; analyze existing policies and processes to determine and make recommendations as necessary to improve existing practices; collaborate with the senior leadership team to ensure HR initiatives support DOHMHs strategies and goals; advise and make recommendations to senior leadership on matters pertaining to workforce administration compensation promotions and ensure the efficient and effective resolution of HR issues in accordance with applicable laws established rules and regulations.
Proposed Duties

Duties include but not limited to:

Manages a staff of approximately 60 people in the bureau of Human Resources and Labor Relations including Recruitment and Hiring Civil Service Compliance Labor Relations Workforce Analytics Leaves and Benefits and Employee Relations.

Provide strategic leadership for recruitment strategies civil service hiring succession management administrative processing workflows and labor management resolutions.

Provide expert HR counsel to agency leadership and serve as liaison to unions oversight bodies and external stakeholders.

Develop and implement HR policies and procedures consistent with civil service laws collective bargaining agreements and agency goals.

Oversee recruitment onboarding and retention strategies to ensure skilled and diverse public health workforce that reflects the communities we serve
Updates agency staff on changes in HR policy.

Ensures that recruitment hiring and promotion/salary actions are done equitably in accordance with all related laws and regulations.

Works closely with EEO office and Occupational Safety and Health to ensure adherence to laws and regulations.

Ensures that leave and workers compensation requests are processed with applicable laws.

Works closely with the Employee Law Unit on disciplinary matters.

Leads agency staffing efforts in emergency activations.

Works closely with DCAS on civil service appointments title classifications and citywide HR policies.

Conducts analysis on salary parity recruitment efforts and workforce needs.

Provides data to agency leadership on vacancies separations staff demographics and other workforce related data.

Is responsible for overall leadership of all Human Recourses and Labor Relations matters.

ADMINISTRATIVE LABOR RELATIONS - 82994

Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in business or public administration economics labor or industrial relations statistics or a closely related field and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in labor research and analysis employee benefit design and benefit program evaluation compensation analysis labor economics economic planning or a related area 18 months of which must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in labor research and analysis employee benefit design and benefit program evaluation compensation analysis labor economics or economic planning; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and five years of professional experience including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and must possess the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory 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 :

Full-time